Small Town Firefighter's

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You know who you are the one's in the town's that nobody has heard of. In my case its Knotts Island N.C.

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Kevin Benton

WHATS UP EVERYONE, STOPPING BY FROM DELCO NC. I AM A MEMBER OF ACME DELCO RIEGELWOOD FIRE-RESCUE.

Mar 4, 2009
cliff leath

Hello from Detroit Texas.....776 people. We cover around 100 sq miles.

Mar 4, 2009
Doug

Hey, I am from Johnson Twp. Decker In. We serve aprox. 1,250 people in a 50 sq mile area with 17 members. We have 4 trucks a engine,rescue,tanker and a brush truck.

Mar 4, 2009
Robert C. Baker

Hello there all, just wanted to say Hi and say hello from Western Pa. Our dept. serves a pop. of around 1500 or so folks. We average about 65 calls a year, not bad for weed beaters and MVC's, Oh we still get a good worker every now and then too. Have Fun and Stay Safe.

Mar 5, 2009
Michael E. Odell

My dept. is 30 members stong and we cover 51 sq. miles in upstate NY. We operate on a budget of $58000 for the year total. Have a board of Commisioners,2 class A pumpers,(1) 2800gal tanker(1) ambulance(1) 1969 4WD brush truck and average 124 fire and 200 EMS calls a year.

Mar 5, 2009
Matthew Mask

Lafe Fire Department we got 17 firefighters 2 brush trucks and 2 pumpers ones a 1952 cab over. We get about 100 to 120 calls a year and cover 10-12 sq. miles. We got about a $9,000 budget. Lafe Arkansas Northeast part of Arkansas.

Mar 6, 2009
Levi Winfrey

hey everyone im from a little podunk town called Bay City in oregon we cover only about two square miles in our dept,

Mar 7, 2009
Jay Griffin

Hi folks My dept is in Hamilton county ny The largest county east of the mississippi with the least amount of people less then 5500 my dist is 250 sq miles and 1400 residents we use two pumpers one mini one 1500/3000 tanker and one heavy rescue about 100 call a year and 30 guys I also serve the county as fire coordinator with one deputy.

Mar 7, 2009
Janelle Musick

Well im from a small town in cali. Technically its not even a town its a lake . Called Lake Don Pedro subdivison. Its in Mariposa county so we are a county fire dept. we have 12 stations around the county and each has from aroun 3 people to 10-15 or so... Our company doesnt even have a station. We have a car port in the sheriffs yard. Our office is a storage container. Ironically we arent even on the top of the list do get a station. Theres another station ahead of us and they have a station but it's in bad shape.

Mar 8, 2009
Marty D. Ross

Howdy All, I am Asst.chief of a fire district in missouri our town population is about 2000, we serve about 100 square miles. We have 3 stations manned by 40 volunteers + officers. We have built a truck fleet of 16 trucks.

Mar 8, 2009
Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright Chief of West Point Fire Department,West Point KY. The population of my city is 1100 people. We have US31W running right thought of city limits,also 2 railroads and the Ohio River. We're about 20 miles south of Louisville KY and 10 miles north of Fort Knox. We have 18 members and run 2 engine and 1 telesqurt. Glad to be this group

Mar 8, 2009
Ron Fink

Ron Fink Asst.Chief of the West Laurens FD in Central upstate NY. If you blink when you drive thru our Hamlet you will miss it. But do not speed thru it because the law loves it because it has a 45mph speed zone and no one does it. We have between 75 to 100 calls each year fire/ems combined. There is three depts. plus one ems dept. in our town which splits up the coverage of 45 sq. miles. My dept. takes care of 15 sq. miles of the town. We have 1-Pumper, 1-Mini Pumper, 1-Light Rescue, and 1-Tanker. There is 40 members 25 active, 10 life or charter members, the other 5 help at fund raiser's.

Mar 9, 2009
Jeff Pearson

Village of Prentice,Wi.. Population 800. All volunteer with 24 members. 2 pumpers, rescue van, tanker, 2 ambulances, and a rescue 6wheeler..We cover three townships.

Mar 9, 2009
Joshua

Rindge, NH population about 2500, we have about 25 members (we need more, but so does everyone) we have two engines, a rescue, a tanker, a brush truck, a hose truck, a boat, and a 4-wheeler, last year we had 880 calls, we had 226 alone in the 12 day period of the December ice storm, so we're really stressed

Mar 13, 2009
Joshua

oh and the 880 includes mutual aid, if not i'd say our residents have a problem lol

Mar 13, 2009
froGido

Harrison, Montana is not even an incorporated town and I would be surprised if there were 200 people. Our fire department has less than 20 members, we also cover Pony, Norris and Summit Valley. We have more equipment than people.

Mar 13, 2009
chris carillo

Montauk, NY is a small summer town on the east end of long island, we have around a hundred members but the reality is 10-15 members showing up to a structure fire. The average age is 42 so you do the math. the hospital is an hour away, and mutual aid at least 20 minutes

Mar 14, 2009
GirlyFireFighter

Carlisle Oh. small dept. We are paid on call and let me tell ya it wont pay your bills. LOL Alone we do around 250 calls a year. We have one station with a rescue an engine and although we do have a tower we dont run it. Its definatly an old one. We staff around 30 people however there are about 10 of us that run every call. I never knew I could be so close with what were strangers until I came to this dept about 5 months ago. These are the greatest people I have ever worked with in my 5 years of service

Mar 15, 2009
Deanna

Hazelgreen, Mo. we have 3 stations and not enought crew to go around. we fair pretty well.

Mar 15, 2009
Terry Potoczny

St Johnsville NY, population onder 2000. 44 active but you know the same 15 seem to show up to most calls. We even have a dive team with air boat. 3 engines, dive truck, tower, brush truck and a pair of jet ski's.

Mar 15, 2009
Cody Collopy

Westminster Fire Dept in Westminster, South Carolina. A combination department working out of one station.

Mar 16, 2009
Marty D. Ross

Hey yall: Commented about our small department. By the sound of it we have a small area, we have 3 frontline engines,5 tankers 3brush trucks, 1 medical rescue, 1heavy rescue 1 reserve engine, ( 1959 Ford) and 1 new pumper-tanker on the way. We are a volunteer dept. Our new station is about 10,000 sq. feet. So I guess we are not doing so bad.

Mar 18, 2009
Cody Vogt

we have on1 engine, 1 tender, 2 brush trucks, 1 off road tanker/brush truck, 1 mini pumper/ light rescue, 1 mobile air unit to fill scba's. there is about 45 people in our area that we cover. we are pretty small.

Mar 19, 2009
Gordon Mandeville

My town: little less than 1 sq mile,
1200 citizens. 20 firefighters, station 1 2 stage engine, 1 75' squirt and 1 single stage engine that ran on medicals & auto accidents

Mar 26, 2009
Darren Chamberlain

just joined and wanted to hi to all

Mar 27, 2009
Brett Johnson

my town...600 people... we have a lot of rural fire district tho...3 brush trucks...1996 dodge ram, 2005 gmc 4500 and a 1940sumthin jeep...

Mar 28, 2009
Brett Johnson

we also have a 2007 750 gal 1500 gpm pierce rescue/pumper, 1000 gal ford/alexis pumper, 1999 peterbuilt 4000 gal tanker, 2004 peterbuilt 2000 gal tanker a rescue, ambulance and a boat.

Mar 28, 2009
Jon Strong

Our pop. around 2500 average about 30 calls a year. We have 30 volunteers.

Mar 28, 2009
Nikki C. Saunders

Hey Gang,
I just joined this group and although I am not a fire fighter I am a dispatcher for the Bull Mountain Vol. Fire Dept. and I hope it is okay with everyone that I have joined your group.

Mar 28, 2009
Jon Strong

Fine with me Nikki you dispatchers are just as important as the firefighters

Mar 28, 2009
Arlington1220

We have a rural department (Arlington) in Oklahoma and serve approx. 39 square miles. We have 20 firefighters and average about 75 calls per year.

Mar 29, 2009
Spider Kramer

The Cortland Volunteer Fire Department is 100% Volunteer. The Population of this town is 3000 Our station holds 2-E1 Engines, Engine 10 was bough new in 2007. A Rescue truck, a first respone rescue rig and a command car. We host a huge kitchen, showers and bunk rooms. I joined this department in 2005. But I have been a volunteer for the last 12 years.

Mar 29, 2009
Spider Kramer

Right now we average about 320 calls per year. We do alot of Mutual aid to Sycamore and Deklab Illinois.

Mar 29, 2009
al hoffman

my son and i run with a small town dept. in central Pa. We have 2 engines , a brush truck , a tanker , and an ambulance. Most of our fire calls are mutual aid or brush fires. We are both emt certified and run on the ambulance also. Last year the ambulance answered about 110 calls.

Mar 29, 2009
Brett Johnson

fine with me nikki... dispatchers are the vital link between the patient and the responders...without you the circle would not be complete...

Mar 31, 2009
robert

how is everyone tonight

Apr 2, 2009
Robert C. Baker

Great there Rob, How are you these days.

Apr 3, 2009
Rose Folkman

How's it going everyone. Just Joined from Susanville, California. Biggest thing known for is our Prisons....

Apr 3, 2009
Bryan Kinderknecht

Hello from Powell Wyoming!!

Apr 4, 2009
Robert C. Baker

Greetings there Rose and Bryan
Welcome to the group, and just remember have fun, make friends, and start or jump in anywhere.

Apr 4, 2009
Noah Sheckler

Hello from Sciota Illinois. Volunteer Firefighter on Good Hope/Sciota Fire Department. We have about 25 to 30 volunteers on our department. We run probably 100 to 150 calls per year.

Apr 4, 2009
Mitchell Williams

Bushnell, Illinois.... been a busy couple weeks, with quite a few brush fires, and a couple structure.... been busy with mutal aid...

Apr 5, 2009
Station10Capt106

LaGrange, Indiana here. We currently have 26 on our dept and average about 175-250 calls a year.

Apr 7, 2009
Lee Huff

HI, everyone. I'm from Chester, W.Va. I'm with the Lawrenceville VFD. We cover suburban to rural area, with assistance calls in Hancock County, WV, Beaver County, PA, and Columbiana County, Ohio. We have 2 heavy engines (both HME's), an 1800 gallon tanker (4-Guys body on a '91 International chassis), and we just got a GMC squad/mini-pumper. We average around 120 calls a year, mostly medical and rescue.

Apr 7, 2009
anna m mills

hello everyone,
i'm from a small town in southern nj and i'm with an ems and rescue co
monroe township ambulance and rescue assoc.

Apr 8, 2009
Clayton Juhl

Hi everyone, I'm from Medford, Oklahoma and I'm the rookie of the Medford Volunteer Firefighting group; we're 16 strong.

Apr 13, 2009
Ryan Wyatt

Hey ya'll, I'm Ryan Wyatt from the East brooks Volunteer Fire Department(South Georgia) and we're 5 strong.

Apr 15, 2009
rav3375

hi russ vaughn from greatvalley ny and we are about 30 stroung

Apr 21, 2009
Evan Lee Underwood

Hey guys, im from Stayton, Oregon and am a member of Stayton Fire District. We have 4 stations and about 60 volunteers and 5 paid staff

Apr 23, 2009
Kevin Salzman

Tsup? thanks for having me in this group. I,m a member of the Perrysburg Volunteer Fire Dept. in Perrysburg N.Y. We are about 40 strong and I,m one of the newest members.Nothing quite like the feeling of belonging that comes with being a member of a group that does so much while asking for so little.

Apr 23, 2009

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