My Firefighter Nation
Rick
, Male
Trimountain, Mi
United States
Profile Information:
- Type of Organization
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer, EMS/Rescue Squad - Volunteer
- Job Function
- Firefighter, First Responder
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 4
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Adam township fire and first responders
- Years With Department/Agency
- 4
- Dept. Web Site:
- http://adamsfire.org
- My Training:
- FF I and II. MFR, state licensed.
- About Me:
- Anything you wish to know please ask.
- Day Job:
- Medical
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- Why I Joined Fire/EMS
- I've worked in the medical field most of my life, I was always thinking about bieng a 1st responder, finally did. Fire was the next natural step.
- Why I Love Fire/EMS
- Helping others in their time of need.
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- Funding. To many rural agencies are using equipment that is not up to modern standards. Many are running with trucks 30 plus years old.
As for the EMS portion, there should be a distinction between the fire and EMS portion of your department. This would help for funding via grants. We are lucky here, our ambulance service replaces everything we use on a call for no charge.
Jim aka Bick
Mar 6, 2008
Jojo
Mar 6, 2008
Joe B.
Mar 8, 2008
Jen
Mar 10, 2008
Joe B.
Mar 10, 2008
Jen
Mar 11, 2008
Jen
Also, just so you know, I just called the Super 8 motel in Houghton yesterday to confirm my reservations from last tourney. They said they had two rooms left. All the other motels were booked.
I would love to get back into Wildland, however, now you have to take the Physical test, I just don't have an extra vacation day this year to go to marq. to take the test. ( I got a wedding and a honeymoon this year, yay) It was so much nicer to just go to Houghton and do the pack test, the new one is pretty tough.
Well I gotta get back to work, be careful "clearin your head" on those back roads to Pelkie! Delete Comment
Mar 12, 2008
Smokeyjoe85
Mar 13, 2008
Jen
Mar 13, 2008
Jen
What happened:
I got there first since it was four blocks from my house, the neighbors house was on fire, so I went to make sure the girl was out. She was screaming her cats were inside. I told her we had to get out and worry about the cats later. I then walked outside and still no one else was there, and I heard a scream from by the trailer house, I went running over there and a kid said "he's inside" so I went to the part that was still standing and he was stumbling out.
I believe it was a gas leak, he said he remembered lighting a smoke and it sure looked like he took it face on, as his hair was all melted to his head and skin blown back towards his ears on his face and up to his elbows on his arms. Suprisingly, he could still see and was coherent. I asked him if he knew who he was and he shook his head and then I asked if he knew who I was and he tried to say Jenni, I then turned and yelled for someone to call an ambulance cuz I was worried about his organs. I didnt want to touch him at that point but what else do you do? So I grabbed him by his jacket on his sholders and got him the hell away from the blast. By then the fire trucks and guys got there, and another guy and I went to get the 2 cats out! :)
I seriously do not think it was a drug lab cuz, the amount of smoke I took in getting him away woulda killed me. He did not have utilities in the trailer but was heating it with an old gas (no electric required) stove and my guess is the pilot light went out and the gas slowly kept coming. Doesn't take much to make the explosive mixture in a sealed trailer. Like a huge Pipe Bomb.
All is good tho, no one got killed.. It was f***ed up tho, pieces of trailer were blown in all directions some places up to 200 feet.
Mar 14, 2008
Jojo
Mar 18, 2008
Joe B.
Mar 20, 2008
Jen
Apr 3, 2008
Jen
Apr 8, 2008
Zach Hoekstra
Apr 10, 2008
Zach Hoekstra
Apr 16, 2008