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Brandon

41, Male

Columbia, South Carolina

United States

Profile Information:

Type of Organization: Combination Fire Rescue Department
Job Function: Firefighter
Years in Fire/EMS:: 11 years
Primary Fire/EMS Department:: Columbia Fire / Rescue, Fort Jackson Department Emergency Services
Years With Department/Agency: 2
Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations: Southwest Fire Dept, Jacksonville Ems/Rescue
My Training:: FF1 and had Emt but it run out on me and lots of other valuable training that i have recived over the years way to much reall describe
About Me:: I have been in emergency services since 1998 i joined a volunteer fire dept as a junior firefighter, the reason i did was to get my foot in the door in the fire service, i dont know why i wanted to do it my only guess would be that i have always wanted to be a fireman since i was knee high to a grass hopper and never got over the stage of big shinny things that make lots of noise and go fast lol, but i can tell you that i love the emergency services and i dont think that i will ever get out of it completely and or could live my life with out it i love helping people in thier time of need and i dont care about the thankyous and what not its just a self gratification knowing that i did a good deed and made someone elses life in shamble a lil better.
Day Job:: Federal Police Officer, Fort Jackson SC,
Relationship Status:: Single
Facebook or Other Online Profile:: http://myspace.com/brandonwedwards
Why I Joined Fire/EMS: Becasue i love helping others and putting thier needs above mine and i always wanted to do it since i was knee hight to a grasshopper
Why I Love Fire/EMS: Being able to help others in thier time of need and not thinking twice bout it
Top Issues Facing Responders:: the challenges in obtaining gear and training since the stuff changes every day and not revciving enough money to pay us for what we do and or buy equipment to helo us in our everyday working

Comment Wall:

Joel Swanson

Welcome to FFN, Brandon!
First of all, THANKS for YOUR service to our country.
Glad to have you on board here.
Take Care!

Feb 1, 2008
Jim aka Bick

HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE FFN . FEEL FREE TO ADD ME AS A FRIEND IF YOU WANT TO, ONE CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY FRIENDS IN THIS WORLD . HAVE A GREAT 08 AND STAY SAFE OUT THERE.

Feb 1, 2008
Larry Jarnagin

Hey Brandon - welcome to FFN from Tennessee! Saw you're a HazMat Team member and want to invite you to SpillEaters.com which is where we spill hazmat info, training ideas and information that will help us be better prepared for calls that involve hazmats. Stop by if you get the chance and stay safe out there!

Feb 3, 2008
Anneemarie

Yeah, figured its something cool if you are on it!

Feb 3, 2008
Michael Bird SR

hey dude when are u commin home? miss u arund here things ar going good.. we get the new tanker in march... glad u decided to join

Feb 4, 2008
Jeremy

tahnks and same to you

Feb 11, 2008
Kelly

hello and what is up with you

Feb 13, 2008
Kelly

hello and what is up with you

Feb 13, 2008
Kelly

hello and what is up with you

Feb 13, 2008
Kelly

well good to hear that you are alive

Feb 13, 2008
Brandon

hey guys just figured id leave a little hello for yall to read up on when you hit my page up

Mar 4, 2008
Connie

not much just waiting for calls. It must be nice to live in Hawaii!!! I have always wanted to go there.

Mar 6, 2008
Connie

ok so maybe i wouldn't want to live there...but vacation sure does sound good! lol Does your dept run a lot of calls?

Mar 7, 2008
Connie

that's cool...every now and then we are slow but we at least have an average of 2 calls a day. But that's pretty good for such a small town vol.dept.

Mar 11, 2008
Connie

do yall have a lot of good calls or mostly bs

Mar 11, 2008
Brandon

Hey just to let yall know i wont be here for a while i dont think i am going on a mini Deployment to the big island of Hawaii the actual island and county of Hawaii to the PTA area for some Assistance to the Department of the Army Civilian Police for some shit that is going down over there dont know many details but i was just told so i guess you could call that the 96 hour or less orders for deployment i leave in 4 days so if i dont hop on here for a while thats why....

Mar 28, 2008
Brandon

yep im back from my Depolyment so if yall wanna hit me up go right ahead, i got lots of pics uploaded to my myspace account and also my facebook account so look me up to see the pics for now until i get a chance to get them uploaded on here yeall

Apr 28, 2008
Brandon

Just wanted to tell everyone that we had a Firefighter Pass away this mothers day at approx 0330am est. Mrs Ritta Zimmer will always be missed but not forgotten for her dedication to the Onslow County Fire Service EMS Services and Special Incident Response Services please give your prayers for the men and women of Onslow County Emergency Services and the friends and family of mrs Ritta Zimmer

May 11, 2008
Jeff Borra

Stay out of tobies LOL stay safe

Jun 11, 2008
Jeff Borra

Strokers was a fun place to hang out.

Jun 12, 2008
Jeff Borra

is that big C&W bar still their.

Jun 20, 2008
Jeff Borra

Yea tarheels could not think of the name big time brain fart

Jun 20, 2008
Jeff Borra

Jul 11, 2008
Todd

Not a problem.

I'm in Lexington County, which is right across the Congaree River from Columbia. All Lexington County fire stations have volunteers. The municipal departments in West Columbia and Cayce do not.

If you are moving to Richland County, where the city of Columbia is located, the fire stations in the county there have volunteers.

The remaining counties in the area (Kershaw, Sumter, Fairfield, Calhoun) are mostly volunteer.

Columbia-Richland Fire Service page
http://www.columbiasc.net/index.php?pageid=64

Lexington County page
www.lex-co.com

Hope that helps!

Aug 15, 2008
Todd

If they are IFSAC certified courses they should transfer over.

Aug 17, 2008
gb

if you are close to kershaw county witch is next door to richland county you should go by blaney fire in elgin

Nov 26, 2008
gb

ok just get on hwy 1 or two notch torwads camden cant not mess once you get into elgin

Dec 1, 2008
gb

i am here monday thur friday from 8-5 meetings first monday of the mouth at 1900

Jan 9, 2009
FireCat

Thank you for the request. I hope you had a great Valentine's day. TCSS

Feb 16, 2009
Leslie Sewell

thanks for the add..

Jul 21, 2009
Bulldog324

well good luck there young blood i hope you have great career like i did and enjoy it.

Aug 15, 2009
Zachary Lyons

i live right down the road from half moon, write now i am just up here for work i have decided if i want it to be a permanent move yet.. cause right now were at the Marine corps air station... I heard jacksonville and Camp Lejune are hiring so i am gunna look into that

Aug 26, 2009
Zachary Lyons

yeah i live on gum branch in rain tree so that would be great if they put of a new station there.. and i am already govt. employed and have clearance on the bass from the navy and stuff cause i work at the air station our job is about 80 million... and i know alot of them govt people first i would like to go over there and check out the station ya know

Aug 27, 2009
Zachary Lyons

i wanna check out the city station and the base stations.. i checked out half moon they seem like a good bunch of guys

Aug 28, 2009
Zachary Lyons

yeah when i went and talked to them at half moon at station 5 i noticed there helments were kinda backwards cause i have always had a black helment and i am used to SCOTT and MSA air packs i think they said they use survivor air or something like that.. i haven't ever heard of it.. so i am gunna have to do some research

Aug 30, 2009