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DoubleH..Harry

Male

Otisco NY

United States

Profile Information:

What State do you live in?: FL
Type of Organization: Volunteer Fire Department
Job Function: Fire Chief/Commisioner, Firefighter/Driver Operator
Years in Fire/EMS:: 50
Primary Fire/EMS Department:: Otisco FD
Years With Department/Agency: 50
Dept. Web Site:: http://departments.firehouse.com/dept/OtiscoNY
My Training:: long list!
About Me:: Husband,father,grandfather,retired union steamfitter,I collect old and unique nozzles............check the storeroom let me know what you've got!
Day Job:: Part time misc work to stay busy!
Relationship Status:: Married
Facebook or Other Online Profile:: http://twitter.com/OFD020
Why I Joined Fire/EMS: To help my community and continue a family tradition
Why I Love Fire/EMS: The feeling I get from helping my neighbors
Top Issues Facing Responders:: Shortage of qualified volunteers

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Royce Terry

lets see here doubleh umm oct 21 yes yesterday we had a fully involved garage fire thats what it was, i didnt go i had some homework that i needed to do before i did anything but after that i went at sat at the station for an hour or so but yes it was in the far side ouf our district it was almost in west excetrs fire distric
What brought you to edmeston?

Oct 22, 2008
Royce Terry

lets see yesterday we had a fully involved garage fire! i didnt go had some homeowrk that needed to be done before anything but after that was done i went and sat at the station.
What brought you to edmeston?
andn i believe that all the trucks went east first cuz it was east of our firehouse and there our some back roads (good old upstate NY) that can get us to certain things quicker!

Oct 22, 2008
Royce Terry

umm from what i heard today it was an outside wood stove that caught a tarp on fire which cought the wood on the one side of the (open garage) on fire then it was a burning mess from there i go to school with the girl whos garage it was and she said by the time we pulled up it was alrady falling down and she siad there was about 100 piles of wood that was destroyed or whats the term piles or pallets of wood

Oct 22, 2008
Royce Terry

like the girl said god darnit now i half to work 4 times as hard to get all new wood and restak it.

Oct 22, 2008
Randy Leizear Jr.

archie is now a senior member and has been for about 10 years he was a commishoner for a while and now we rarly see him

Oct 24, 2008
Stephanie Martin

nah i didnt make it saturday, i was coming home from tully so i didnt make a truck

Oct 27, 2008
Stephanie Martin

haha ok ill look for ya....we had a role over this mornin...i didnt make that one either lol eventually i will not be in tully and i will make a call for a change haha

Oct 29, 2008
Stephanie Martin

What is otisco too good for the southern section banquet?! haha

Nov 3, 2008
Daniel Robert Garvin

Hey Harry!!
I am a paramedic from Montreal, Canada. Would you consider a patch swap with me? I love the music!!!! Stay safe out there bro!

Daniel

Nov 9, 2008
Daniel Robert Garvin

Thanks Harry....stay safe bro.

Daniel

Nov 10, 2008
Dave Statter

Hi Harry,

Thanks for the nice comments.The ladder truck you mentioned was a reserve we used for a few weeks when ours (The 1965 Pirsch in one of the other pictures) was in the shop.

Keep in touch.

Dave
STATter 911
dstatter@wusa9.com

Nov 16, 2008
Al

Harry,

I just turned out of my apprenticeship this year, so I have a way to go. You be safe too.

Nov 16, 2008
Jodi

Thank you very much. I had a great day with my kids!!

Nov 23, 2008
Rob Delaney

Thanks Harry. And the same too you. Rob

Nov 29, 2008
Rob Delaney

Yeah I made that one. As far as I know no one was hurt. It first went up Friday night a couple weeks ago, made a good hit on it and the house would have been repairable. It was actually Caz's call. We got sent back home, and the next morning got popped for a rekindle there. By the time someone called it in and everyone got there, it was fully involved and not salvageable. I think the home owners might have been home on Friday night when it first went up but they got out. I never heard what the cause was of it.

Dec 1, 2008
mike hobbins

hi from all in freezin manchester uk

Dec 7, 2008
anne potter

hey long time no hello.. sooooooo hello

Dec 15, 2008
Matt Kirsch

hey, thanks for the idea, These are pics from mid to late 1950s of some of our first engines. They were found by one of our new firefighters, they are slides from when his grand father was on our department.

Dec 22, 2008
bill

thanks for the welcome harry,jst a note i used to be in tully fire back in 96,97.Actually i lived on the otisco road for abt a yearon the tully end but used come dwn to yr end if u had a call on tht road to help out. im now retired from the fire service thanks to a couple people in my last dept. i was 1st asst. chief. enough for now harry thanks again look forward to hear from ya!.Take care and above all stay safe brother.

Jan 7, 2009
Stephanie Martin

hey sorry ive been pretty busy lately, haha yeah i saw the sign, nice. i was at your pancake breakfast this past weekend though. road in on sleds, rough trails out there.

Jan 8, 2009
bill

okmharry thnks. for the addy i will add u later wheni hav more time.Stay safe brother

Jan 9, 2009
Captain 46

46 Brothers Unite and stay safe out there!

Jan 10, 2009
Russell D. Henry

Thanks for the comment. I really like these videos myself. I like the Dropkick Murphy's songs. Stay safe out there.

Jan 12, 2009
Melanie Bragdon

Hi sweetie, How r u? I am good thanks and doing well......take care Harry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jan 23, 2009
DoubleH..Harry

Hi All I'm trying the twitter thing............anyone use it? I got the idea from Firegeezer.com

Feb 10, 2009
Dale Barker

Harry,

Hope the ears were ringing. Had a great time down there last night. Hung out with Homer and Preble. Later.

Dale

Feb 15, 2009
Jane Trombley

Hi,

As I understand it, the fire started in E2 and spread to the ambulance. No one was there so it's being investigated to see what happened. Started around noontime.

Take care

Feb 16, 2009
Al Heath

Good to hear from you, been a lot of years since we buffed Syracuse on the south side.

Feb 17, 2009
Jane Trombley

Hi,

Do you know the name of the bar or her uncle's name.

Take care.

Jane

Feb 17, 2009
DoubleH..Harry

Hi Jane
Just checked with the wife!.......bar was in Youngstown ! Sorry SSTC Harry

Feb 17, 2009
SMOKEnPipesJim

Hi ya, It took me a few minutes to recall the name Just because you asked of course Because this is "public" Idontlike toname drop, you know , But his last was Curran which I most likely mispelled but forgive me it was 30 years ago,,..lol sometimes I think I spend way too much time on this thing.. Its hard to not step in when you read some of this "new age" crap the brainwashing the "safetyfags" got us doing.. I rode open cabs and "riot cabbed" ALF's and It makes me sick when we are turning out and snot nosed asks me to close my window cuz its cold out The other night returning from a box, we caught a good whiff, turned aound and pinned it down found a woodstove in a commercial workshop the stove pipe was clogged and cherry red, twenty minutes "in the cold" at midnight is easier then 6 hours chasing fire across a divided block building 200 x 400 with 9 buisnesses out of buisness..lol hehehe

Feb 19, 2009
SMOKEnPipesJim

I am pretty sure his name was James, at the time, 1978,79 he was a Rescue1 loo.... much of our discussion (s) were based on early bail outs techniques and potential for using and teaching on a simple level....Not sure how long he remained on 1's I was under the impression he stayed quite a few years, but if he made Captain and beyond,..Oh if you were refering to my anology of the Cairns story, and "meeting standards" There is definately a LOT of truth to it, including the true Leather Forever Movement

Feb 19, 2009
John M. Scheibel

Hi Harry... Hope to be more " available"

Feb 20, 2009
Rom919

Shorted out extension zip cord... That was me driving and on the radio with 1302. Took awhile to get out... We have a crazy way of storing our gear and it just drives me nuts. Damn Bingo takes up all the room.. tom

Feb 24, 2009
Rom919

Sorry... I missed it.. I was up North and was involved in a live burn training. But I know what you mean by Cold.... lol

Mar 9, 2009
Trevor Wendt

well this is trevor wendt. i am a jr ff at cambri VFC. i saw your inquiry about what happened. further investigation determined that the wiring harnes was rubbing against the steering column and then all heck broke lose. SO we have about a million bucks worth of damage. thank god we just upgraded to the better insurance policy

Mar 10, 2009
Tom

sounds good hope you can how every thing going

Mar 25, 2009
Dan

Hey harry, The light tower you saw is run by Dupage County Emergency management. As far as the manufacturer I don't have an answer for you, sorry. The first time I saw it was at that fire.

Mar 27, 2009
Tom

yea its ben a bit crazy here thats for sure

Mar 27, 2009
Judson Smith

Thanks for the Welcome, The drill went pretty good. I was very proud of the crew. Thanks for asking.

May 10, 2009
SHB1207

Hi, planning on staying dry, but i hear rain is predicted and we are in a parade and baseball game on Wednesday! 100Clubof Buffalo is hosting with the Bisons and in honor of First Responders and the crash. Take care, S

Jun 16, 2009
Caroline(Kitty)Drachler

Sorry not back to you in SO long... I live just below that tower You have probably gone right by the house.. Gray house ,red roof on the corner of nursery and 206 across from the church... lots of people working on it... In the good weather out side more on puter come Winter... Hope you are enjoying your summer.. an I have been keeping eye out for nozzles..Nothing as yet
Kitty

Jul 6, 2009
Caroline(Kitty)Drachler

ok will see what happens... I"m usually out on the back acre If you k now what day you might be around just drop a line i'll check out the ole good looking one lol kitty

Jul 6, 2009
rose wyman

Hi DoubleH..Harry Be Safe

Oct 16, 2009
Mike

Our old Mack is late 1970's 75' platform. The arial has been inspected every year, still in great working order. We just got a deal that we couldn't pass on for a newer 100' platform so now we're looking to sell the old one. We are still working the truck once a month to keep everything in working order on it.

Nov 18, 2009
Mike

hello, just to give you a heads up on the last comment you left me about our mack arial. I just found out today that they are taking bids on it. basically the highest bid gets it. and another heads up as of now it's only at $8000.

Dec 19, 2009
Mike

it is thru our board of commissioners.

Dec 20, 2009
Norm Tindell

Thanks for the compliment on the photo of LDH. Man, I really love your music and sound. Lots of interesting stuff going on here! Thanks again and stay safe.

Feb 28, 2010
rg

Harry,

Thanks,

One can only try to be a good person and most of all have a good sense of humor (Scotish)
Love the Irish music.

Cheers, Roy.

Mar 15, 2010
Gina

Hey DoubleH, thank you for the welcome. Like the profile pic. That's cute.

Mar 25, 2010