Joe Rogel

, Male

Spring Valley, Illinois

United States

Profile Information:

Type of Organization
Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
Job Function
Firefighter
Years in Fire/EMS:
16
Primary Fire/EMS Department:
SPRING VALLEY FIRE / RESCUE
Years With Department/Agency
10
Dept. Web Site:
http://WWW.SVFD200.COM
Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY FIRE / RESCUE - 2004 TO 2009LADD FIRE DEPARTMENT 2000 - 2004
MABAS DIVISION 57 2002 - 2004
10/33 AMBULANCE 1995 - 2000
My Training:
FIREFIGHTER II
HAZMAT OPS
INDUSTRIAL II
EXTRICATION OPS
NIMS
About Me:
I AM NOW IN MY 16TH YEAR AS A FIREFIGHTER BOTH VOLUNTEER AND FULL TIME AND STILL LOVING IT.
Day Job:
FULL TIME FIREFIGHTER
Relationship Status:
Single
Why I Joined Fire/EMS
I GREW UP TWO BLOCKS FROM OUR CITY DEPARTMENT, I WOULD FOLLOW WHERE THE ENGINE WOULD GO ON MY BIKE AND BE FASCINATED WITH WHAT EVERYONE WAS DOING ON THE FIRE GROUND. THEN WHEN I WAS OLD ENOUGH AND MOVED BACK TO TOWN, I WENT THE STATION AND FELL IN LOVE WITH THE JOB TO A POINT WHERE I NOW VOLUNTEER AND WORK A FUL TIME POSITION IN THE FIRE SERVICE.
Why I Love Fire/EMS
THE BROTHERHOOD AND THE RUSH I STILL GET WHEN RUNING INTO A BURNING BUILDING AND THE STATISFACTION FROM A JOB WELL DONE.
Top Issues Facing Responders:
THE TOP ISSUES TODAY WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE FIREFIGHTER SAFETY AND TRAINING.

Comment Wall:

  • Joe Rogel

    HELLO TO ALL

    Mar 17, 2008

  • firemanmike3073

    hey joe
    im goin up on sat for trainig. we just had traing in gateway this weekend for new poeple. the drag strip opens up sat... we have already had hendrecks team in testing on the voal. it was 14 degress when they took the track... crazy ... they got some good test data.. were here for 3 days ....anyway..good to see you here and talk to you soon..be safe.........mike.

    Mar 17, 2008

  • Jim aka Bick

    JUST DROPPING BY TO SAY WELCOME TO FFN. I AM SURE YOU WILL ENJOY THE SITE.YOU CAN ADD ME AS A FRIEND IF YOU WANT TO, AND BE SAFE OUT THERE

    Mar 17, 2008

  • Eugene aka Mr.Freeze

    Hello Joe. Right now we are allowing firefighter to reserve their copy before others. You can reserve your copy on my myspace page. They are 15.00+shipping (3.00)... when released to the public it will be 20.00+shipping.
    www.myspace.com/mrfreezesongwriter
    the album will have everything from country to hiphop.

    Mar 18, 2008

  • Mike W.

    Thanks for the ADD Joe.

    Syaf safe my brother

    Mike

    Apr 28, 2008

  • Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd

    Hey Joe, You want to trade hazmat training stuff? Here's a drill I put together based on a real incident that happened to some firefighters in a neighboring county. Without getting wordy here, the chemical involved was zinc phosphide (CAS Number: 1314-84-7). Look it up... Look and see what happens when water gets added to the product. And think exposure. Two days after an incident that involved a 55-gallon drum of this stuff resulted in one of the firefighter's coughing up bright red blood in an emergency room who was wearing a SCBA, NOT level A or B but firefighter turnouts when he was putting water onto this stuff because the material was on fire. From the pictures, you could see wisps of black smoke going past the firefighter. Again, he was wearing a SCBA and full structure gear. So we recreated the incident and enforced as a learning goal the need to look at all the constituents when dealing with a hazardous waste.

    Jun 10, 2008