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Comment by Dirtracer47h@yahoo.com on July 1, 2010 at 9:32am

Thanks Maria yea i am still young smile

Comment by Dirtracer47h@yahoo.com on July 1, 2010 at 9:32am

ralph, yea i know i still young..

Comment by Dirtracer47h@yahoo.com on July 1, 2010 at 9:01am

Good morning to all, wow i already turn 35 today oh jeez i'm gettin old fart kid hahaha

Comment by Jessica Gaffney on June 30, 2010 at 12:14pm

FW thats great : )

I've got one for you...so the It guy in our office today was explaining to one of my co-workers that his nick name for the new guy is Probie. The look he got from my co-worker was just a blank stair then the question of what the hell is a probie and why would you call anyone that.

So of course I have to turn around and explain what a probie is to her, and tell her that its actually a sign of respect especially in the firefighting field.

Plus I explained to her that I'm still a probie and proud of it : )

But now everytime the it guy yells to the new kid hey probie it makes me jump...lol : )

Comment by Firewriter on June 30, 2010 at 12:01pm

Okay ... popping in with a really great funny for your day (back later to bug the crap out of you all!!):

During a U2 concert in Scotland, the lead singer asked for silence in the audience. He then clapped his hands once every few seconds and said "Everytime I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies." A Scotsman in the audience then broke the silence by saying, "Well then, stop f*ckin' doin' it, ye evil bastard!"

Comment by Jessica Gaffney on June 30, 2010 at 6:40am

Tarisa so sorry to hear about Don.

Comment by Jessica Gaffney on June 30, 2010 at 6:32am

I've got the coffee all up and going.

Comment by Michael Meadows on June 30, 2010 at 5:55am

Tarisa I hate to hear about Mr. Tees. Sounds like a good man who had a bad thing happen to him. Who has the coffee 6am is too early in the morning.

Comment by Tarisa on June 30, 2010 at 3:09am

R,I,P Brother Don sadly and greatly missed
Another Wade Dump responder succumbs
Don Tees, a verteran paramedic who spent 17 hours treating his fellow responders at the Wade Dump fire was freed of his suffering last wqeek when he went home to be with the LORD. The following was printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Posted on Tue, Jun. 29, 2010


Donald W. Tees, paramedic at Crozer-Chester
By Sally A. Downey

Inquirer Staff Writer

Donald W. Tees, 60, of Boothwyn, a retired Crozer-Chester Medical Center paramedic, died at home Friday, June 25, of brain cancer.

Mr. Tees, his family, and former coworkers believed that his cancer was the result of exposure to burning toxic chemicals.

On Feb. 2, 1978, he was among the 200 firefighters, police, and paramedics who answered the call when fire erupted in Chester in what was later discovered to be one of the worst illegal chemical dumps in the nation.

Firefighters told Inquirer reporters in 2000 that the burning chemicals discolored and dissolved their gear, and left them with raw throats, chest pains, burning eyes, and severe skin rashes.

Mr. Tees, who was at the fire for 17 hours, told reporters he treated the firefighters, still dripping chemicals, in the back of a smoke-filled ambulance. He wore no mask or gloves and, with the heater blasting, shed his secondhand firefighter's coat.

According to an Inquirer investigative series, "Beyond the Flames," by 2000, serious illnesses, including cancer, vascular and neuromuscular disorders, and kidney failure, afflicted at least 45 of the people who had been at the fire at what became known as the Wade dump.

In 1988, Mr. Tees had a brain tumor removed and returned to work. After he had another tumor removed in 1995, followed by radiation, he was prone to seizures and was forced to retire on disability.

"The flames of that fire were still burning inside of him for over 32 years of his life," said his wife, Janice Mielcarek Tees.

Bill Richard, a Crozer-Chester Medical Center paramedic who was also at the fire, contracted Hodgkin's disease in 1980, but recovered. "Don wanted the public to know how dangerous the fire was and was very grateful for the Inquirer series," said Richard, who trains paramedics and lectures about the Wade dump fire.

Mr. Tees graduated from Chester High School. He completed an automotive-maintenance course at the former Spring Garden Institute and studied scripture at the Word of Life Bible Institute in Pottersville, N.Y. He received his emergency medical technician certification from Delaware County Community College.

While working as a paramedic, he was a part-time driver for Pepsi Bottling Group.

In addition to his wife of 19 years, Mr. Tees is survived by a son, Donald, 17, and daughters Rebecca, 16, and Edna, 12. He was devoted to his children, his wife said, and wrote them goodbye letters.

Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 29, and from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 30, at Ward Funeral Home, 1459 Market St., Linwood. A Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Church, 108 E. Ridge Rd., Linwood. Burial will be in Lawn Croft Cemetery, Linwood.

Donations may be made to Children of Donald W. Tees Fund, Wachovia Bank, 3400 Chichester Ave., Boothwyn, Pa. 19061.




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Contact staff writer Sally A. Downey at 215-854-2913 or sdowney@phillynews.com.

Comment by Oldman on June 29, 2010 at 4:29pm

We are resting until this weekend. All Hell will probably break loose. Last year, we ran 12, one right after another.

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