Eddie

, Male

Myrtle Beach, SC

United States

Profile Information:

Type of Organization
Fire/Rescue Department - Paid
Job Function
Lieutenant
Years in Fire/EMS:
25
Primary Fire/EMS Department:
Georgetwn County Fire Ems
Years With Department/Agency
3
Dept. Web Site:
http://georgetowncountyfireems.com
Web Site:
http://www.scffpipesndrums.org
Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
Verplanck Fire Dept
Montrose Fire Dept
Clark AFB FD, RP
Horry County Rescue Squad
Horry County Fire Rescue
Victory Fire Dept Baghdad, Iraq
My Training:
IFSAC FF I and II, Fire Inst I ,II, Fire Officer I, Fire and Life Safety Educator I
Incident Safety Officer, SC Paramedic, NREMT-P,ACLS,BCLS, PALS,PEPP, ADV BTLS, PHTLS,AMLS, EVDT, Pumps Ops I and II, Aerial Op's, Truck Company Op's
Haz Mat Op's, Haz Mat Tech, Rope Rescue Op's, Confined Space Rescue I, Vehichle Extrication, PADI Adv Open Water, ERT: Basic Concepts, Arson Detection for First Responders, ICS, ICS for High Rise, ICS for Structural Collapse, PICO,STICO, Building Construction Principles: Combustable, Leadership I, II,FLAG, Firefighter Safety and Survival; A Company Officers Responsability

Inst: EVDT, Basic FF, FF I,Extrication, Incident Safety Officer, NIMS,PICO,STICO,
Day Job:
Fire Lieutenant
Relationship Status:
Divorced
Why I Joined Fire/EMS
I HAVE ONLY ONE AMBITION IN LIFE....THAT IS TO BE A FIREMAN
SO THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE
Why I Love Fire/EMS
The Rush
Top Issues Facing Responders:
Safety on the Fireground, Protective gear that allows us to go far into the beasts livingroom, lack of funds to properly do our jobs, lack of adequet equipment, Lack of Training funds

Comment Wall:

  • 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 31, 2008

  • Dusty Baize

    hey. welcome to FFN. have a safe one out there. If you would like feel free to add me as a friend.

    Mar 31, 2008

  • sherry miles

    hi eddie my name is sherry i live in douglasville ga not to far from you i guess anyway i am a emt-i stundent now and i hope soon that i will be in my county fire dept and plus i have a foundation called rescueangels07 and it is to help emt/firefighters in anyway that i can yes i have a profile on this but i dont have a picture yet i am 37yrs old and my e-mail is sherrymiles5@peoplepc.com give me a yell waitting to here from you sherry

    Apr 1, 2008

  • LT. Nosedive

    Hey there Eddie, thanks for adding me. You and I should chat sometime, looks like we have alot in common. Stay safe out there.
    ~J~

    Apr 2, 2008

  • boots

    Hey there! Thanks for the add! Be safe!

    Apr 8, 2008

  • Chrissy

    Hi Eddie, Thanks for the add and stay safe out there. By the way i see you used to belong to Verplank FD... DO you happen to know Jim Burns?? The old NEw York State Car #1??

    Apr 8, 2008

  • Eddie

    of course i know uncle james a

    Apr 9, 2008

  • Christina Luick

    Hello there! Thanks for the add. I see you are originally from New York!! That is a good thing! Stay safe

    Apr 9, 2008

  • Reagan

    Thanks!!!!! Yours is a nice page also!!!

    Apr 16, 2008

  • Joe

    y not

    Apr 20, 2008

  • Randy Lowry

    Eddie,
    I was there at the same time, got there in 86 and left in 89. I was on John May's shift.

    Apr 21, 2008

  • Joe

    ok i see what your saying thanks

    Apr 21, 2008

  • Randy Lowry

    Thats great, havent seen to many people since I left there, except Greg Wilson, Tom Painter, Tim Ellis and Pat Marquart.

    Apr 22, 2008

  • Randy Lowry

    Tom is the Chief at Bismarck ND airport fire. Saw him a few weeks ago when he came down to give us training here in Washinton State. We work for the same company providing ARFF at airports.

    Apr 23, 2008

  • Eddie

    What company are you working for? Last I new Jesse Gomes is working for Richmond, VA I believe he is a ff/medic...Also Kerns died from cancer a couple years ago. I heard about it when I was in Iraq

    Apr 24, 2008

  • Deanna

    Hey thanks for the add... Have a great and safe weekend

    Apr 24, 2008

  • Band of Brothers pipes and drums

    Getting drums aint sooo tuff. I hav gotten 2 donated to me, 1 from my old high school band director and one from a chief who had started a band and couldnt make a go of it. Unions are great at handing out cash for golf outings, hit them up. So far I have gotten a check for 500 bux to get me started and then came back and asked for them to buy my 2nd kilt (black Globe bunker kilt with 3m stripes). Ive also picked up alot of overtime, sold raffle tickets for the band, and attended alot of functions so the band would make the money to buy the needed accouterments. Not a cheap hobby, lots of time and patience is needed from you and the old lady.

    Vollys can pancake breakfast there ways into a band but it will take several. Piggy back it with a fishfry/speghetti dinner too. Petition your state's chiefs association and see if the fire marshall is willing to throw a donation. Old band equipment can be had on ebay. First few years you dont have to be sooo pretty, sound good first. When you sound better than you look folks will ask how they can help. But really, ebay, is where I got a fly plaid from scottland at half the price.

    After you have done chanter work for 6 months and can play "AG" all the way thru, with ur first earned money buy a set of pipes ($1000 minimum). Get good at playing the new pipes and then work on making your kilt money. Put ur business card in at some local funeral homes and offer to play amazing grace for anyones funeral, in ur Clasas A's, for $100 a performance, per former. That might get you some kilt money. After you have learned "AG" you can start learning the other tunes (Balmoral, Scotland the brave, Minstrel boy, etc) But AG is the core tune.Understaand that it is almost always a funeral song, the quicker u can increase ur catalog the more versatile the event u can play for. Parades will pay you to play them or you can get a sponsor and hold a banner with their name on it for some green as well. Get a kilt for parades (300-500). Hose and flashes with spats and shoes (100-200) will put a nice touch with the kilt. Google "kilt" for web images and select a style. Sporran is a very cool piece as well but pricey (250). Its the big horse hair furry thing that hangs on the front where ur boys are.

    Good luck...

    BS+KFIYL
    Mark

    Apr 24, 2008

  • Melanie Bragdon

    Hi Eddie..... thanks a friend sent me that . Take care and be safe talk with u soon bye bye

    Apr 27, 2008

  • Eddie

    yeah, deffinetly a good pic of what not to do

    Apr 27, 2008

  • Jojo

    Thanks for the complement

    May 1, 2008

  • Wellie Eglorianin, M.A. Ed.

    Bro, yes we all miss CAB.

    May 4, 2008

  • Nick Coutsouvanos

    Thank you, appreciate you sharing your thoughts. If you or your organization are ever in need of advanced training, please contact us.

    May 4, 2008

  • Bernard Val Co

    Hey thanks for the add... Be safe...

    May 4, 2008

  • Marcus

    Eddie, how the hell are ya! It is so good to hear from you. Everything is going great. I'm stationed at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter. I'm a firefighter now in the Air Force and I love it. I go back to the beach every couple of weeks to visit my and Christi's parents, so keep in touch so we can get together. We got a lot of catching up to do. Take care of yourself brother and I hope to hear from you soon.

    P.S. Sorry it freaking took so long for me to respond to you, I finished up a refresher class for my medic, so I've been pretty busy.

    May 7, 2008

  • Eddie

    you should shoot tony an email...he was asking about you

    May 8, 2008

  • joseph j carroll

    no win yet eddie, things are going in the right direction. we will see how it goes,thanks jjc

    May 13, 2008

  • robert f newkirk

    hi eddie my name is robert newkirk I take fire photos for abour 6 fire dept. in cape may county n.j if my photos can help just late me know .
    I ask is that you late me know and we talk about how and were the photos go thank you

    Jun 18, 2008