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Daniel Robert Garvin

Male

Montreal

Canada

Profile Information:

Type of Organization: EMS/Rescue Squad/Hospital EMS - Paid
Job Function: EMT - Paramedic (or Other ALS)
Years in Fire/EMS:: 25 {EMS}
Primary Fire/EMS Department:: Urgence Sante Montreal
Years With Department/Agency: 25 years
Dept. Web Site:: http://urgencesante.qc.ca
Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations: Canadian Armed Forces FD
My Training:: I am trained in PHTLS and ACLS. I have been a paramedic for over 25 years and am current with my training. I also worked as a firefighter in the Canadian Armed Forces for a few years before I got my discharge.
About Me:: I am married with two daughters and enjoy weight lifting, speed walking and patch collecting. I enjoy contacting other emergency related workers to arrange patch exchanges and talk about the difference in our systems. I am also involved with a Christian music group that tours Montreal and surrounding areas, we have recorded 3 CD's and are working on number 4!
Day Job:: This is my day job
Relationship Status:: Married
Facebook or Other Online Profile:: http://www.aeternalministries.com
Why I Joined Fire/EMS: Even as a kid I loved the flashing lights, sound of sirens and the adrenalin rush of an emergency. I also get a great sense of worth when I can make a difference in someone's life for the good. There is a sense of gratitude for your life when you can make someone else's better. I love EMS and always will!!
Why I Love Fire/EMS: It gives me great self-worth to help others in their time of need.
Top Issues Facing Responders:: Violence/ Personal safety/ Communicable diseases/ Lack of information/ PTS/ Proper Gear/

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Michael

Sorry bro been real buisy here.
Yeah I will trade u. Do u have any from ST. Louis ? I know I want the winnibeg fd patch, and the con fd patch.

Sep 21, 2008
Michael

Alright Bro
I would like the Kingston FD, Quebec EMS, N.J. State EMT/Paramedic and Paramedic Connecitcut
I will take these 4 for 4 of my ST. Louis FD Company patches.my address is
Michael Wojick
5316 Blow Street
ST. Louis, MO 63109
U.S.A.

Sep 22, 2008
Michael

I sent the patches out this afternoon. Ill let u know when I get yours.

Sep 22, 2008
Jay

welcome to the group!! let me know what you have to trade and hopefully we can set something up!! i have FD and PD patches to trade!!

Sep 22, 2008
Kasey

Hey thats great. Anything you'd like to send would be appreciated. I have 2 patches from my volunteer fire department, ones a shoulder patch and one looks like a badge and goes on the chest. I always send them together.
Give me your address and I'll get them out to you.

Sep 23, 2008
Jim Brunelle Jr.

Hey Daniel,
Welcome aboard. Yeah I'll swap with ya.
Jim Brunelle Jr
8E Deer Run Dr.
Hudson Falls,NY 12839
Firecar380@yahoo.com

Sep 24, 2008
Jay

Fire Traders:
Asheville NC Fire Dept
Bethel Twp Clark Co Ohio
Miami Twp Fire Rescue Ohio (Yellow Springs)
Mason Ohio Fire Dept
Gulfport Ms
California Dept Of Forestry
El Paso TX
South Media Fire Station 51
Nether Providence PA
Harley Davidson Firefighter
Willoughby OH Fire Dept
Toledo Ohio Fire Rescue
Police Traders:
Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach (tri-city) SWAT Maine
Lakeville Minnesota
Portage Michigan
Fairborn Ohio Court Security
Dayton Ohio Police
Kennett Square PA
Oyster Bay New York
Milwaukee Sheriff Wisconsin
Florida Capitol Police Security
Crystal Minnesota Explorer
Fort Lauderdale Florida (on card)
Harley Davidson Motorcycles Sheriff
Philadelphia PA
US Dept of Defense
Ohio Deputy Sheriff (old style )wedge shaped (used but good condition..have several)
Ohio Corrections (thread holes but great condition)
Ohio Deputy Sheriff (thread holes)
Connecticut State Police
Colorado Springs Police
Huntsville Alabama Police (with card)

Look through here and let me know what you are interested in. I have seen several of yours that I would like, so let me know what you want and we will go from there!

Sep 25, 2008
Kasey

Yes, that is fine. Thanks!
You can send them too:
Kasey White
c/o Keeling vol. Fire Dept
P.O. Box 12
Keeling, VA 24566
USA
School is going well for me so far. Its starting to get harder though so it may not stay that way. Plus I'm starting a job which will make it that much harder, but I'll make it through. How are things for you?

Sep 25, 2008
Jay

i looked at your list and if you want to send me the 7 K9 patches, plus the US Park Police and the Hawaii 5-0, we will be good to go. I am also going to send you the small version of the Biddeford SWAT patch, and one of our older Dep Sheriff patches. I will have them out first thing tomorrow
Here is my info:
Jay Davis
267 Redbank Dr
Fairborn Ohio 45324
United States

Sep 25, 2008
Daniel Robert Garvin

Sounds good to me Jay! I came across 2 more K-9 patches that I have doubles of so I am including them. The US Parks Police is used. The rest of 'em are brand new. If you would ratjher another one over the parks police I'll send it along. Be safe!
Daniel

Sep 25, 2008
Jim Brunelle Jr.

Patch from Kingsbury went out today. Be Safe.

Sep 25, 2008
Jay

hey Daniel,
I do want the US Park Police as well.. i am not someone that freaks out because a patch is used.. as long as it looks good in my collection book, its all good!! I will have them out to you tomorrow!!
Slainte'
Jay

Sep 25, 2008
Jay

the patches were sent this morning as well!!

Sep 26, 2008
Kasey

Hey, I'm sorry to hear about that. I hope its better soon!
I'll be putting yours in the mail first thing in the morning. I'm sorry I haven't sent it already but I got really busy the last few days.

Sep 29, 2008
Kasey

I got it in the mail this morning. I'm glad your hand is better. We might could use you down here to handle violent people lol.
School is going alright. I'm inbetween classes now. I have 2 classes today and was supposed to have a test in both but I guess my first teacher forgot. I'm not complaining haha.

Sep 30, 2008
steve gray

HDan sorry took so long to get back to you. I will send you my ems and fire dept patch tommorow so here is my address : Steve Gray 4622 Cecil pl. St.Louis Mo.63116 and thanks appreciate it.

Oct 1, 2008
Natasha Sharpe

Hi, haven't spoke for a long time.. Your patch is in the mail.. Thanks. Keep in touch..

Oct 2, 2008
Kasey

Hey. Yeah I was worried we would have it today. But today she was talking about giving us a different one on Tuesday. So maybe we won't have it.

Oct 2, 2008
Michael

Yeah Bro I already got them . Thanks again for a good honest trade.

Oct 2, 2008
Jay

just wanted to let you know that i got the patches today..thanks for a GREAT TRADE!!! I will let you know when i get some new ones in and hopefully we can set something else up!!!
Stay safe!!!

Oct 5, 2008
steve gray

Hye daniel whats up? hope all is well there and just wanted to let you know i got your patches today. Hope you got th atches i sent you also or will get them in the next day or so. Thanks for the honest trade and stay safe.

Oct 6, 2008
ROB ELLIOTT

hey i am a fireman in australia and wondering if you would be intrested in trading fd hats and tshirts with me i am size xl and when you have sent me the shirt and hat i will send back to you a shirt and hat from here what size shirt are you daniel stay safe brother

rob elliott
8 scobie crescent bellambi
nsw 2518 australia

Oct 6, 2008
Jay

glad to hear that they got there!! hope they are to your liking. thanks again!!

Oct 7, 2008
Kasey

haha she forgot again today. all that studying for nothing.
I got your patches Sunday. Thanks! They're really nice.

Oct 7, 2008
Kasey

yep, she just told us that both of them are going to be next Thursday. oh well. I guess I can't be but so lucky haha. I think I also have a test in another class that day.
How is everything going for you?

Oct 9, 2008
steve gray

Hey there glad you got and like the patches and thats cool about the abbott patch. I really like the patches you sent me also so if you get anythng new let me know i would be happy to trade with you again. Thanks and be safe fire hurts! Ha Ha!

Oct 9, 2008
Leo Cartwright

Can send U One patch of 'Ambulance Victoria' - Australia if U wish to trade for one of your service patch. As a Paramedic, I only have Ambulance patch no Fire patches.
If Interested please contact me by Email with your Name and address and I will oblige. Email = 1ecar1@bigpond.net.au
many thanks Leo Cartwright (Australia)

Oct 14, 2008
Rusty R.

Wow, look at that. A face to go with the name after all those patch trades!
rr...

Oct 14, 2008
Bobby Shelton

I will get you a patch, no problem. Just shoot me your address and I will send you one

Oct 15, 2008
Kasey

Thanks. She ended up only giving us one. She said we'll have the other one next week. I still have a test in math in 30 minutes, but I don't think I'll have a problem with that.
Yeah, I know how that goes. I've been out of the state for the last 2 big fires we've had. The first one was a house fire where 2 people died, and I was in Florida. The other one was a lumber yard burnt down and I was 4 hours away for the weekend. It was so annoying. We haven't really had anything major this year besides those. Why was he riding with you? And I'm glad you're doing better :)

Oct 16, 2008
Floyd Aldridge Jr

Daniel,
No problem brother, Send me your address and a patch and I'll send ya a couple back!! my address is 8456 New Hampshire Ave
Silver Spring, Md 20903-3308

Stay Safe !!

Floyd

Oct 16, 2008
Leo Cartwright

Daniel; haven't received your email or details as of today?
I'll PRINT my address this time you will have to send it in lower case.
LECAR1@BIGPOND.NET.AU

LEO

Oct 17, 2008
Floyd Aldridge Jr

Daniel,
No problem, Where I worked a few started a Pipes And Drums and sound really good. I wanted to play the pipes but cant put the time in. go to youtube and type in DCFD Pipes & Drums to hear some of there work. My favorite is the Lion King theme. Sounds cool on the pipes!!
Floyd

Oct 17, 2008
Kasey

Thats awesome...I wish I was friends with a famous person haha. But that is cool that you do ride alongs. I don't think we have stuff like that around here, but the city might and I just don't know about it. I think I did good on the math test. There was one problem that took me about 20 minutes to figure out, but I finally got it I hope. I have a 98 average in the computer class I'm in now so thats good :)
We were called to a wreck Sunday afternoon. The woman went to the hospital, but she didn't seem to be hurt all that bad. Her hand was cut up, and her shoulder was really sore from the seatbelt, but she was walking around. Then Sunday night we had a tobacco barn fire. It was on my road but about 6 miles down. My dad has his own fire truck that he uses on the farm for water, but occasionally he'll take it to a fire if it would be closer for him to do that than to go to the station and get a truck, so he took it to that fire and was the second truck there. It destroyed that barn but somehow it didn't catch the barn that was about a foot away on fire.
I also got my EVOC license on Sunday (I don't know if you have that there, but if you don't its the license to drive the firetrucks). I took the class a month ago, but just got the license on Sunday. I was very anxious to get it haha.
Hope you have a good day.

Oct 21, 2008
Kasey

I'm out in a rural area. Sunday was actually a really busy day for us. We usually average about 2 calls a week. We were called to a possible house fire this morning, but it was just a wood furnace that had some kind of problem so there was no fire. Its like I'm glad that somebody didn't lose everything they own...but yet I'm really let down that it wasn't a fire. Oh well. We'll have a big one one day I'm sure.
We don't have any highways, like I said we're really rural. We even have a couple of gravel roads haha. We still have people wrecking that I'm sure are going at least 80-90.

Oct 23, 2008
Floyd Aldridge Jr

Daniel,
Got the patches today. I have been dealing with my sick dad. I will get ya some patches out as soon as I can!!

Oct 23, 2008
Kasey

Have you had any good calls the past week? All we've had since last Sunday is a couple of EMS calls.
Our department shares a parking lot with a church, and on Halloween night the church is having a trunk-or-treat (where the kids walk around the parking lot and get candy out of the trunks of cars) so we're going to pull all of our trucks out of the station and turn on the emergency lights and let the kids get candy out of the trucks. That should be a lot of fun.
Hope things are going well for you!

Oct 28, 2008
Kasey

haha that sounds like a lot of fun. We have some people like that in our area, but they all live in mobile homes, so the only steps we have to worry about are the 4 from the ground to the door. We mostly have problems with having room to get everybody in the house, cause the houses are all small and cluttered and 10 family members want to be in the middle of everything, so if you take a step you crash into something or somebody. We actually have one house that we get called to occasionally, I couldn't tell you how many people live there cause theres always some different people there, but theres 3 people there that have to be at least 500 pounds. If you step anywhere on that floor thats not a support beam it bends under you and you think you're gonna fall through the floor just cause its so fatigued from them walking on it.
Yeah I'm really excited about tomorrow night. This whole weekend is going to revolve around the department. I've got that tomorrow, then Saturday we're moving a storage building to make room for a new addition to the station, then Sunday night we have a meeting where we're gonna vote on Firefighter and EMS person of the year, and on the officers for next year, as well as discuss some fundraisers that are coming up this month. We'll be cooking a stew on the 22nd, then having a Tree of Lights ceremony the next Sunday (where people pay $5 to have a bulb put on a Christmas tree in honor or memory of someone).

Oct 30, 2008
Leo Cartwright

Thanks Daniel, I didn't expect you to receive the patch the quick, it just adds a little faith in the postal system doesn't it. Looking forward to receiving yours.
Stay Safe out there
Cheers Leo

Oct 30, 2008
Tim

Hi Dan,

Sorry it took awhile to get some patches but I managed to cop a few. If youre interested in trading,let me know. My address is :

Timothy Gash
5140 Patrick Lane
Osage Beach,Missouri 65065 USA

Thanks and take care! Talk to you soon!!

Nov 3, 2008
ROB ELLIOTT

cool no worrys here is my postal address

rob elliott
8 scobie crescent bellambi nsw 2518 australia

Nov 3, 2008
ROB ELLIOTT

cool i will send you some patches when i have recieved them and will send you a nswfb hat and can you send me a hat back from your department when you have recieved the stuff in the mail to you stay safe

Nov 4, 2008
Kasey

I did have fun Friday night. The kids really enjoyed getting to trick or treat from the firetrucks haha.
I think we need to get a special rescue. We just have 2-5 people from the fire dept, and however many come from the rescue squad.
I hope you can come here one day as well...although with us you'll be more likely to share sweet tea or mountain dew.

Nov 4, 2008
Kasey

I only got the candy that I ate out of the bowl when there wern't any kids around (probably 5 pieces), and my friends housekeeper sent me a small bag. I'm glad I didn't have anymore though cause then I'd eat it and complain about being fat.
We had a call this afternoon to a 2 year old having seizures. We got there and he wasn't having seizures anymore but he was crying and kept going to sleep. His temperature was 102, but they said it had been up to 103 earlier. Wierd thing was he had just had his 2 year checkup this morning and everything was fine, and he didn't get any shots to be having a reaction to. He's related to one of the guys that went on the call, and the guy loves him to death so I'm hoping he's ok.
I love Mountain Dew too. I used to like Mello Yello, but then I didn't drink it for a while when I went on a diet and now I can barely drink it. Do you not like tea?

Nov 5, 2008
Kasey

Thats good that its no permanent damage. I hate calls where kids are invovled.
I'm addicted to sweet tea. I went to Washington DC a few years ago, and all they have is unsweet. After about the 5th day I ended up going to a convenience store and getting a bottle of Lipton sweet tea cause I was craving it so bad.
Haha, I'm sorry, I'm sure you can find some candy on clearance somewhere. Then you'd have more than me :)

Nov 6, 2008
Floyd Aldridge Jr

Dan,
I have not forgotten ya bro. My dad passed away on Oct 26 and be buried him on Nov1st. We had to bring him home before the ground froze in Upstate New York. But I will send ya the patches when I get one more for ya. Ok!! Floyd

Nov 8, 2008
Floyd Aldridge Jr

Dan,
Thanks for understanding and thanks for being a friend!!
Floyd

Nov 8, 2008
Kasey

I haven't heard anything on him yet, but I'm sure I will tomorrow.
All the candy that I've seen on clearance is the nasty stuff that nobody would take if it was free.
The sweeter the better haha

Nov 9, 2008
DoubleH..Harry

Hi Daniel
Thanks for the add and welcome to the nation!
I'll check around the station for a patch...........not sure how many we have,and we don't have any more of the ones I use for my avatar.Harry

Nov 9, 2008
Kasey

He was at church Sunday and seemed very happy.
I guess any of it will make your teeth fall out eventually haha. I hate celery. I'll stick to potatoes :)
Sunday me and 2 guys from the department had taken our main pumper to the city (20 miles away) for a veterans day parade. I was riding on top of the truck being pretty, and out department was called to a house fire. We pulled onto a side street and I got in the cab, but by the time we got back the fire was out. It was depressing. Yesterday we were called to a wreck where a car had run into the back of a school bus. No one was hurt, but the guy was really lucky he was wearing his seat belt. He went under the bus up to his windshield.

Nov 11, 2008

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