GFDone

Male

Tahlequah, OK

United States

Profile Information:

Type of Organization
Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
Job Function
Fire Chief / Chief of Department
Years in Fire/EMS:
21
Primary Fire/EMS Department:
Gideon Fire Dept. Inc.
Years With Department/Agency
15
Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
Greasy Volunteer Fire Dept.
My Training:
Tons but not enough!
About Me:
I love my wife and kids! I also love firefighting! What else is there?
Day Job:
General foreman for a large construction co.
Relationship Status:
Married
Why I Joined Fire/EMS
Seen a need and filled it.
Why I Love Fire/EMS
It gives me purpose, it is who I am and what I do.
Top Issues Facing Responders:
Time!!!!

Comment Wall:

  • Filiberto Rodriguez

    Welcome to the family where the language and reasoning importate the border is not in our work is to save lives regardless of color, religion or social position, much less. The important thing in our work does not need language to communicate, or borders to help.
    Greetings from Mexico.

    Jan 12, 2009

  • Boice Atkinson

    Welcome to the FAM be safe out there and we all need more traning GOD BLESS...

    Jan 12, 2009

  • Leo Cartwright

    Hi there; Leo from Australia, Paramedic; Welcome to FFN hope U enjoy the site and gather many friends during your stay. If you read my profile and think that I am suited; please feel free to add me to your collection of FFN friends.
    If U are interested and If U send me your postal address via my Email I will post you one of my State Ambulance Service Badges, (patch) for exchange of one of your service patches,
    My Email is lecar1@bigpond.net.au (LECAR1@BIGPOND.NET.AU)
    Cheers Leo

    Jan 12, 2009

  • Brett Hill

    Chief, thanks for the kind words and adding me as a friend! I am very interested in your opinion on our 10 Year 9/11 Anniversary event that is really going to billed as a Public Safety/Military Appreciation Event held on Nine11-Twenty11 (also name of event) It will be in L.A. and New York. Obviously would love to have your departments support and participation and either event! It's all on http://memopatch911.weebly.com
    Thanks!
    Brett

    Jan 16, 2009

  • Leo Cartwright

    Thanks heeps for your concern, send me your Email address and I will send you some fire information we have had for the past 2 weeks.
    Cheers Leo

    Feb 16, 2009

  • Robert G.Polen

    Hows the work going for you now?On the east coast everyone is working in Atlantic City NJ.Its all comming to an end out of money.Supposed to go back up to Philly Next Mon. starting a school.probly be connecting.Its not set in stone until the first colume is in.

    Feb 18, 2009

  • Robert G.Polen

    I am pertty lucky myself.i usually dont sit around too long.We are pretty tight on work around here.Thats why Iev been in Atlantic City Nj. about two and a half months now.Its 90 miles each way.i be back in Philly soon just got cleared on a job.Everybody wants a background check these days.We had pretty high winds again today probly 50-60mph.Theres 6 hammerheads over my tower.They where all doing the weather vain today. We lost lots of deck also.

    Feb 21, 2009

  • Asst. Chief GARY L. NEWMAN

    Thanks for the note. Glad to be a part of this site. Rogers County as a whole has been having a lot of fires even with a burn ban. Some have been arson or just plain stupid people. We work a lot of medical/mva calls too. Would like to hear more about your dept.

    Feb 22, 2009

  • Jason Louthan

    I run all the Rescue classes, not much with the Haz-Mat. Good to see they are trying to get some training.

    Mar 13, 2009

  • CHIEF NORMAN

    GFDone thanks for the add, Amber is in central Okla between Chickasha and Tuttle on Hwy 92. We are just south of OKC...And thanks for the comment on our Tanker, I designed that one myself, and you talk about seeing something at night, that thing is lite up like a christmas tree and all the striping & lettering is in scothlite...

    Jun 10, 2009