Rick Brown

Male

Pace, Florida

United States

Profile Information:

Type of Organization

Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer

Job Function

Captain, EMT - Basic

Years in Fire/EMS:

24

Primary Fire/EMS Department:

City of Crestview/ Crestview, Florida

Years With Department/Agency

4

Web Site:

http://www.fireandiron36.com

Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations

Escambia County Fire Rescue
Alachua County Fire Rescue

My Training:

all certs in Fla.
Fire Officer I
Pump Ops w/ Aerial
EMT
Inspector I
Instructor I
Investigator I
Tech Rescue

About Me:

I AM A TRUCKIE!!!
Panhandle F.O.O.L.S.
Fire and Iron Station 36 Emerald Coast

Day Job:

Fire and Iron Firefighter Motorcycle Club

Relationship Status:

Married

Why I Joined Fire/EMS

Second generation, I've been around it all my life. I started as a junior firefighter at the age of 14. This is the only thing I've done for any amount of time that I was good at. Well, this and being a man whore.

Why I Love Fire/EMS

I get to follow my Dad's foot steps. I'll never fill his shoes, just follow the steps.

Top Issues Facing Responders:

Pay, manning and equipment upgrades. Can you go any where in this Great Nation and find an all volunteer law enforcement agency? NO, NO, No! Every community should be offered the highest amount of protection. I guess it's ok to have ones personal belongings stolen with the posibility of getting them back. But if your belongings (pictures, keepsakes, irreplaceable belongings, YOUR LIFE) go up in flames, that's just fine! Within the Department I currently work for its the fact that our Chief and Deputy Chief are idiots and need to retire!!! Honestly, they are our biggest road block to progress and proactivity. Antiquated SOG's, great ideas with terrible application, poor Department management, lagging and out of date equipment & apparatus, no line item budgets or projected/rollover accounts. New firefighters don't even have proper uniforms and gear! I could go on for hours.

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