My Firefighter Nation
Cristina Welch
Female
Newberry Springs, CA
United States
Profile Information:
- What State do you live in?
- CA
- Type of Organization
- Volunteer Fire Department
- Job Function
- First Repsonder
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 2
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Newberry Springs
- Years With Department/Agency
- 8 months
- Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
- Daggett Fire Department/ CERT/
- My Training:
- EMT training at Barstow College,Medical field, Extracation Equipment, Hazmat/ Hazardous Materials, confined spaces, FF 130, FF 190, Wildland. Pumping water from our engines and brush patrol. Emergency Reporting for ICEMA, Wildlife Forestry Concervation, Private Investigating. Forklift Training 6k and 2&1/2 ton truck training.Defensive Driving course out in Fort Irwin, Ca. "Army Base"
- About Me:
- I am currently enrolled in a 4 year university getting my Bachelors of Psychology. I Volunteer with the Fire Department and our CERT team. (Community Emergency Response Team) and hand out commodities every month to needy families. My current occupation is being a Caregiver. I take care of my mom. I love my family very much and happy to have made it on the Deans List with a GPA of 3.85 At Argosy University.
- Day Job:
- caregiver, student, fire fighter/ first responder
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- Facebook or Other Online Profile:
- http://cristy welch
- Why I Joined Fire/EMS
- I love helping people and this is an honorable way to show you care about your community, plus I have made some awesome friends!
- Why I Love Fire/EMS
- my passion to save someones life but with that being said, you cant save them all.
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- Not enough funds to get gear needed and some lack of training. Sometimes, not enough people to respond to a call because almost everyone has other jobs, so they aren't available for calls.
Timothy John Dodson
It looks like you have a great crew at your station. :-)
Dec 10, 2013
Timothy John Dodson
Hey Cristina!!! No apologies necessary, family comes first. Hope none of your calls were too catastrophic. We've been quiet at our station lately (Uh-oh!!!!! I just put the whammy on us by saying the "Q" word--LOL!). Hope to chat with you soon.
Mar 18, 2014
Jim Roebuck
Thank you for the friendship and photo comments, Cristina. It is truly an honor.
Jul 16, 2014