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Moose

50, Male

Schoharie County, NY

United States

Profile Information:

Type of Organization: Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
Job Function: Assistant or Deputy Chief
Years in Fire/EMS:: 23
Primary Fire/EMS Department:: Carlisle Fire and Rescue
Years With Department/Agency: Three years
Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations: Northport Fire Department, Long Island, New York, 4 years
Richmondville Volunteer Fire Dept, New York, 11 years
Richmondville Volunteer Ambulance, New York, 11 years
Cobleskill Fire Dept, New York, 6 years.
My Training:: Major Certs; Firefighter II, National Fire Inspector I, Fire Protection Specialist, National Fire Investigator, Haz-Mat Technician Basic, NYS Health and Safety Officer, NYS Codes Enforcement Officer.
NYS Certificates;
Essentials, Initial Fire Attack, Fire Attack II, Ladder Co. Ops, Rescue Ops., Auto Extrication, Fire Behavior & Arson Awareness, Principles of Investigation, Electrical Fire Cause Determination I & II, Wildland Firefighting, Wildland Search & Rescue, Haz-Mat 1st Responder, Haz-Mat Technician, WMD; Awareness, WMD; Operations, Preparing for command, ICS:100, ICS: 200, NIMS: 700, NIMS: 701, NIMS: 703, Advanced Firefighter, Firefighter II, Firefighter Survival, Pump Operator, Incident Safety Officer, Building Construction Combustible, Sprinkler Systems Workshop, EMT-Critical Care (Expired), EMT-Basic (Expired), Garage Fire Seminar, Search and Rescue Seminar, Thats all I can remember...
About Me:: I have a 6 year old daughter named Isabella, and have been married now for almost 7 years. I love the fire service and all who respect it the way I do, and will be striving to bring back the standards of training and respect for senior members that it use to have, but somehow got misplaced...
But hey...If your daddy is chief and your last name has history in the dept you are safe for now. Bring back respect, and brotherhood...please.

I Believe...
That credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the most of everything.
Day Job:: Fire Safety Rep. for the State of New York
Relationship Status:: Married
Why I Joined Fire/EMS: I joined the fire service to help those in need during times of disaster, even if its simply retrieving their family pictures from the wall of their burning home. Im here for whoever needs me. I dont need bars on my shirt or a different color helmet to make me have honor and pride in what I do.
Why I Love Fire/EMS: I live to make others happy, and help all who need it, and I love the training, brotherhood, and the feeling that I belong.
Top Issues Facing Responders:: I will probably be stoned to death for saying this but I feel passionately about it and maybe it will generate some support for this issue; I feel that Firefighter I & II should be State License's and need to be re-certified every 3-5 years like the NYS EMT license's. Not enough people refresh their training and its scary...VERY scary, to see guys who took "Essentials" 20+ years ago but have not attended any further or refresher training and feel they do not need to. THATS one of the top issues I feel in todays fire service.
Lack of training standards, volunteers with not enough time to train properly that get doctored through the system and end up being Chief at the age of 25. Lost Traditions, lack of respect of the elders and officers, Manpower issues, and equipment issues.

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Randy Macey

Seen your post, thought that I would drop by and say hi.
Mace

Nov 14, 2007
Elizabeth Bristol

yes i was with scriba but moved to the rochester area and now i am with leroy

Nov 15, 2007
Randy Macey

Well we have had snow alread, in Oct. we had a little well I was up north Moose Hunting with friends and family. Not to worry was not looking for you in the bush.
Nov. we had a couple of days with a couple of inches of snow. But warmed up and turned into rain, it's been nice but your right it's getting cooler and it's that season again for fireplaces. I'm the ground control, I climb for a living as a lines-man but do not leaving my ladder. So I'm better holding it at the bottom than being the one on the roof. We all have our fears and weakness, and work around them. One thing is that you use your crew to there best. And if you know what each person has as fears or weakness you can work with that. I would leave my ladder, just don't like to. We have already a couple of chimmeny fires. Had a couple of bad calls in the past week, one a propane station fire. 100 and 25lbs propane tanks exploding is not a fun scene. As well we had a worker at the pits get his arm stuck in a gravel press.
Other than that it's been good and slow... Means everyone is safe....

Nov 15, 2007
Ray

Hi Brian, glad to have you as a friend, always be safe

Nov 15, 2007
Randy Macey

It's always nice to hear that someone is doing good after a call. That is one thing that I have found different from each job that I have done in the past. Was a nurse for some time, than did EMT for a part time gig for a little while and know I have been with the fire dept for over 10 years, each job I have found different. Nursing you always knew how they made out, sometimes you did not get the full story or even know what happened. EMT you got a little more as you where on scene and your always at the hospital so you could ask. Firefighter you only hear unless someone knows them or you hear back from the EMT or Police. Last fall we had a bad one, just down the road from me. A mini-van with 10 people in it, 8 that where here visist all Korean that blew a stop sign and crossed the path of an trasnsport which was on a hwy.
First truck on scene, and it was not nice at the end 5 died, choppers could not land as they have a new rule now that they can not land after sun set unless it's a chopper pad. So some where transported, but the freaky thing was as my Mom moved in with us not to long ago.
She went for her daily walk, seen it happened. As one of the firefighters grab me and said that Mom was in the cruiser, I was a little stund. Went over to the cruiser and asked what was going on. I was informed she was a witness as well first on scene. Only lucky thing after talking to her, the mini-van was heading south and my Mother was North. With the impact of the tractor trailer being on the south side, of the transport she did not see to much until the dust settled. We all do our best, and only hope for the best. It was a little disturbing knowning 10 people in a mini-van design for max 7 people.
You have taken the Fire / Arson Investigator Course, I hear that course is pretty good down in the States....

Nov 15, 2007
Erin

Long Island never changes. I am from Sag Harbor, but moved to Coram. I'm waiting on my papers to get into Coram's fire department. I will be going from 300 calls a year to over 3000. I can't wait. Where are you living up state?

Nov 15, 2007
Erin

I will ask about him. Maybe he is still a member? I had my first fatal a few months ago. He was burnt to a crisp. I had trouble getting him out of my head and at times still think about it. I know living in Coram, i'm going to see dead people. Losts of MVAs. i can handle dead people, but burnt ones, we'll see.

Nov 15, 2007
Huggie

ahh i ve been to cobleskill before, spent a week there. all i remember were train tracks and a bar haha. we stay busy down here, my department i 100% volunteer and we run about 400 calls a year, no medical calls which i a plus

Nov 16, 2007
William J Liddell

hey brain long time no see man its been like a year or so since i worked that one shift with ya that we did in coby was the night of the rural metro dinner and we went to albany first we had to got to nellistion and get the big stretcher then to coby er that was a messed up night lol good to see talk to ya take it easy man.

Nov 16, 2007
James Roberts

Things are good here. The fire side is so much better. We treat our people a lot better. We are hiring FF/EMT-P if you know anyone who wants to come here.

Nov 16, 2007
Jonathan

wow hey thanks for commenting on my blog id have to agree with you stay safe
Jon

Nov 16, 2007
Mary Ellen Shea

Hey Moose,
My soon-to-be-ex in-laws are from Schoharie, or SoScary as I like to call it. :)
Thanks for the add--keep an eye on my page for updated training news.

Nov 19, 2007
Robert Izzo

Hi Brian,
Thanks for the add. I work in Albany and work with some people from Cobleskill.

Nov 19, 2007
EL COCHINO

hey thanks i noticed that lol! well u have to understand that has a lot of history behind it! since LA CO FD were the first fire dept to implement paramedics back in 69 and therefore all other fire dept accepted the paramedics into the fire service! the funny thing is the show didnt air until 79 long while till everyone caught on! hey be safe out there and thanks

Nov 19, 2007
Chris Albert

hey Brian! thanks for the add! see ya around sometime!!!

Nov 19, 2007
Joe Campbell aka Cutty

Hey Moose
This is Madisen a 5 year old middle aged adult she came along late in life and has been a true blessing to me I would not take a million dollars for her but then I would not give you a nickle for another one just like her...
Stay Safe
Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless
Cutty

Nov 20, 2007
Christy

Thanks for the friends request. My boys are cute aren't they lol. Oldest wants to join the explorers program next year. Youngest will be so jealous!
Happy Turkey Day!

Nov 20, 2007
crystal eads

thanks for the comment...Hope to chat with you again soon and you also have a good Thanksgiving!

Nov 20, 2007
Robert Owens

Here is the link to the video I also posted it in the discussion.

http://www.thebravestonline.com/news.html?view=1&id=2531

Nov 20, 2007
John Kriska

Same back at you Moose, leave room for dessert. JK

Nov 21, 2007
William J Liddell

Yo Brother just wanted to say happy thanksgiving take care bro. ttyl

Nov 22, 2007
Captain Jenner

Hey Moose! C'mon over, we always have room for one more. :)

Happy Turkey Day!

Nov 23, 2007
krystal

hey... sorry i didnt get back to you sooner.. hope you had a good thanksgiving!!! and im sure ill talk to you soon... later

Nov 25, 2007
Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich

Thanks, Moose.
I appreciate that.
Sadly, I don't think that we are reaching the kid and if you've noticed, there are a few others like him chiming in.
Simply because we have experience in these matters and are trying to save this punk some grief, we are "not it alls, puffing our chests out". It really ticks me off, because it is a pervasive attitude in the fire service. Anyway, some evening, we'll get on the chat.
Thanks, again.
Art

Nov 26, 2007
Amy

Hey Moose,

Thanks for the warm welcome!!! just wanted to drop by and say hi!!! check out my new videos...

Aim

Nov 27, 2007
Captain Hays

To my brother Moose, how's it going man. Hope all is well. Love the photo's of the family. When you get a chance stop by my page and sign the guest book. You take care brother and have great day out there!!

Nov 28, 2007
Jim Seargent

Hey Brian, I was reading your "STUPID" posts, (pardon the pun), and took a look at your profile. I to an a native of Long Island and spent time in Soscary County. Even graduated Fundamentals from the Bethpage Fire Academy way back when! I hope all is well with the Sloughters up there. Is John Barlow still running the gun shop in Richmondville? If he is, do you know if Cesar, (the dog), is still alive? One thing I do have to say for that area is that I miss the Stewarts coffee. Hope to hear from you soon, and keep your head down.

Nov 28, 2007
MIKE TOIKA

Hi Brian, thanks for the correction on my reply to "Stupid" fast fingers, slow brain. Be safe, have great weekend, and like to be friends on the network....take care

Nov 29, 2007
Jim Seargent

Hey Brother,
I had 5 acres in Sloansville where I built my house. Life there was OK, but my X-wife really turned on me. I was working on the road and decided to get out before she beat me up too bad. Long story, but the jist is that it's beautiful up there, (in the summer), but there's nothing to do that makes any real money. I was traveling around the country making a good living, but the living itself wasn't good. I took a trip through there about 5 years ago and it all looked pretty much the same.

Nov 29, 2007
Jim Seargent

Is Bruno Hoffman still a prick? I did a load of work on his house in Cooperstown and on the American Rehers, (spelling), building. He was one demanding ass! Do you think that comes from the money?

Nov 29, 2007
crystal eads

Hey sweety...good to hear from you. Thanksgiving was great and turned out very well. Other than that just keeping busy and trying to get through school. ( Only 2 more days left!!! )....anyways, hope you and Isabella are doing good and all is well with you. Dont be a stranger and take care .

Dec 6, 2007
Chris Albert

Hey Brian! Not sure if any of our members r on here on not!
Take care!
Stay Safe too!

Dec 10, 2007
Courtney

Hey Brian,
I am getting a job up in Cold Spring harbor come the new year. I love it here on the island. I am good, although OOS for a few days due to injury. Hope that all is well with you. Have a great holiday. Stay safe & stay low!

Dec 19, 2007
Courtney

an eye injury, something stupid but so painful. I should be back by the end of next week. I should get cleared by the reg doctor to go back to work friday and then I have to get cleared by the dept doctor and with next week being the holidays I bet it will be toward the later part of next week. Have a good holiday.

Dec 19, 2007
Pararescue

Merry Christmas to you and your family! As for things at R/M in buffalo? HA! A total joke! but..... ya know. Talk to ya soon, and be safe!

Dec 24, 2007
Rich

Whats goin on Moose??? Hows things goin up there??? Its always good to see guys from the Second division on here! Stay low, Stay safe!!!

Jan 7, 2008
Bunny Coy

I love your site. I'm still working on mine. I'm not very computer savy. Lol

Jan 28, 2008
Sarah

my daughter is 18 months old and she is a handful!

Feb 1, 2008
Moose40e

Sorry it's been a while since I've been on...I got my nickname from a buddy of mine when we doin a swift water rescue class...I was comming out of the water and had some weeds stuck to my helmet....He said I looked like a big Moose comming out of the marsh....so it stuck...how bout you?

Feb 2, 2008
Jeff

Have a Happy and safe St. Paddy's Day Moose!

J

Mar 17, 2008
James Cass

Hey Moose. My family was involved with Eatons Neck FD (Cass), Nortport FD (Wines), and i was HMFD. I used to party in Cobleskill, when i was younger and the fiars there where great, I went to my first demolition derby there. Caverns there are great t00. My Family has propert in Richmondville off of Clapperhollow Rd.

Mar 24, 2008
Jim Brunelle Jr.

Congrats on the promotion good luck with the job.Stay safe.

Apr 10, 2008
Mary Ellen Shea

Thanks for the comments Moose-- I appreciate them and the feedback -
:)
Mel

Apr 21, 2008
Kimberly A Bownas

Hey Brian, I happen to have family in Cobleskill.... Be safe...

May 22, 2008
Kimberly A Bownas

My step dad's family have a farm still. The Tessiere family...

May 22, 2008
Mary Ellen Shea

lol Moose, thanks for your comments---I think if you had a pack of grizzlies behind you--you would be astonished at how far you could run...

A book? ....hmmm....maybe one of these days....

Jun 17, 2008
RESCUE3091

thanks for your comments, i really appreciate it, i seen you all had lots of calls today, i will be on most of the night if you wanna to write back, i do have my space and yahoo. my name is tammy. most of the time i am on my space. hope to hear from ya. take care. rescue3091@yahoo.com have a good one.

Jun 18, 2008
Ben Waller

Brian,

I'd enjoy that as well.

Sorry for the late reply - a long day, culminating in a 3-hour Planning Commission meeting while they debated on a street name for a street that was built and operated with no name...for 3 months.

You have to love a street that can't be entered into the 911 system because there's no way to address it. I guess our addressing technician will be busy tomorrow.

Be safe,
Ben

Jun 18, 2008
RESCUE3091

hey there, what's going on? nothing much here, just hanging around, getting ready for the holiday next weekend. what about U? i will be on later, i was thinking of going to duransburgh to see the fireworks. don't know yet, hope to hear from ya. take care.
tammy

Jun 28, 2008
Kimberly A Bownas

Hey there Brian, just wanted to say hi. It has been nuts here and next week is our carnival and parade. hope everything is good with you. Have a great day.. Be safe..

Jun 30, 2008

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