Thanks for the Add, Be safe out there

Thanks for the add, happy holidays!

hey thanks for the add have a safe and happy holiday season

Well, thanks for the welcome...I've been here since August, but thanks anyway!

Thanks Ken. Looking forward to getting to know people on here

Were you able to download the Code3D program? Let me know if you had any problems! Merry Christmas!

welcome too firefighter nation be safe and be careful
wish you a wonderful christmas and a happy new year

Lt. Michael A. Perkins
Oakwood
Fire Department
&
Rescue Squad
Infectionist Control Officer
Unit#37
va.firefighter.37@hotmail.com

You also stay safe out there... hope you have a Merry Christmas!!

Just wanted to drop in and say HELLO...Stay Safe

Thanks for the hello...You stay safe also and looking forward to talking to you again soon

Happy New Year !!

hello kenny from steve.hope ya have a happy new year .need to get together.sometime

Thanks for the add....So when can I make my way up to your station....I cant say I have ever got to look at the apparatus....Well let me know sometime I'll stop up and check it out....

I am off work this weekend and will be here alot this weekend. I can send you a message and let you know when i get here. I know Paul Castline and when I ran with the Florin Fire Company many years ago he was one of our junior firefighters. I also work with Walter Roth.

Mike,

Yes it was. I finally got some sleep at 11:00 am today and slept for a couple of hours before going to work for 2nd shift.

HI Ken, thanks for the invite..how's you night going

Thanks for the invite! I'll do more updates asap! Take care and be safe!
KC

Thank you for the Friend Request! Feel free to check out my page and pics. If you have any questions...Just Ask! I am an open book.

Take Care and Please Be Safe!
Crystal
~Protect Thy Brothers~

just wanted to come by and say hey!!! have a safe and happy week!!!!

Thanks for the add - stop by and say Hi :)

Hello kenny.
Well Its Time We As Volunteers Write Our Goverment Officials & Explain To Them Its Time To Promote Volunteerism In Both EMS & Firefighting.Because Of The Tax Dollars It Would Save The Community..At Least Write Our County Representives....Steve..........

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Maine Firefighter Sues Nonprofit over Loss of Her Job

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Portland Press Herald (Maine)



In the early morning of Feb. 2, 2007, Katherine ''Kait'' Billings, a volunteer firefighter and first responder in Clinton, donned her emergency gear and joined crews from five towns fighting a house fire off Route 100.

As a result, she didn't report for work that morning at the Community Care agency offices in Skowhegan. For that, according to a lawsuit she filed in Kennebec County Superior Court this week, she was fired.

The lawsuit could be the first test of a Maine law passed in 2005 to protect volunteer firefighters when they are late or absent from their regular jobs because of fire emergencies.

Community Care provides social and mental health services to foster children and foster parents. The agency has nine offices throughout Maine.

Brent Singer, a Bangor attorney who is the clerk and registered agent for Community Care, said Friday that the nonprofit agency had not been served notice of the legal action, ''so it's hard to respond.''

He deferred questions to Executive Director Kate Davis, who said the agency can't respond to the claim because it hasn't received documents on the case.

''We terminate an employee only when it's something we have to do,'' she said.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, seeks back pay, compensatory damages and attorneys' fees. It says Billings' firing violated the law protecting volunteer firefighters from disciplinary action if they are absent or late for work because of an emergency response.

James A. Billings of Augusta, a lawyer who represents Katherine Billings but is not related to her, said the fire to which his client responded was big enough to keep crews busy into the early morning.

''The call went out at 1 a.m.,'' he said. ''They were there all night fighting the fire.''

Billings notified Community Care that she would not be able to report to work because she had responded to the fire, the lawsuit says.

''I used a sick day,'' Billings said Thursday. ''We were released from the fire station at 9 a.m. and I called them at 7:30. My first visit (for work) would have started around 10.''

Katherine Billings said that in the year she worked for Community Care, she was absent only three times, including last Feb. 2.

James Billings said the 2005 Maine law is clear in such cases. He said his client seeks reinstatement of lost benefits, costs and any other remedies that would return his client to her position.

Katherine Billings was earning $11.50 per hour working 40 hours a week for Community Care.

She said she has been a firefighter since 1990, the last six years with the Clinton Fire Department. She now works as an emergency medical technician in Portland and works per diem for Delta Ambulance and Sebasticook Valley Ambulance Service.

thanks for the add!

thanks for the invite. can never have to many friends. take care and stay safe

Has anybody out there applied for a grant to get vehicle accquisition for your fire department? We are looking to apply for a grant to get a new traffic unit for our department and need a sample copy of somebody that got a grant approved for a vehicle.

Thanks for the request! I think firefighters do a wonderful thing. You guys are awesome:)

You know there are other ways to get money from you state assembly men,and or senator.. It is called a members item.. Our dept recieved $10,000 from a members item. This is not a grant but only takes going to your state men.. In our case we went to Aubertine at that tme was our assembly man.. He did all the work.. We did write up why we needed what we did.. New pagersand some new turnout gear...

Hi! How are u? Be careful and safe.

Do you know where there is a good place to get funeral hats and jackets?

HI! I used to do security at a mall.

Policeman Vs. Fireman (Episodes 1 - 3)
Policeman Vs. Fireman (episode 4) Policeman vs Fireman pt 5 Policeman vs Fireman pt. 6 Policeman vs Fireman pt. 7

I'm a volunteer with my dept. too and wish for someday to go full-time. It's great though to see others that are volunteers too and love the job.

Thx for the request. I didn't think a woman of my somewhat advanced (for a ff) years would get noticed.

Have a great weekend and stay safe!

Hello thank you for inviting me Im brand new tell me more about this web site

Thank you for the message , and what about those discussion an the blog what to say on them when can you use them Im just learning this web sight thank you ?

Thanks for the request. Stay safe, and enjoy your weekend!

Thanks for adding me as a friend. Good luck to ya, and stay safe.

Hi! Ken. How are you?

hey whats up Ken

Thanks for the add Ken.

Hey Ken thanks for the add, e-mail me anytime if you want to chat!

Thanks For The Add Ken

stoped by to say hello and see how things are there? good I hope.

Thanks for the add. Stay safe.
chel