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CHRIS
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- Yakima, WA
- United States
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- Type of Organization
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- Job Function
- Lieutenant
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 17
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- WEST VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT YAKIMA, WA
- Years With Department/Agency
- 17
- Dept. Web Site:
- http://WESTVALLEYFIRE.COM
- My Training:
- RED CARDED, EMT, FF1, INSTRUCTOR 1, SAFETY OFFICER, EMS INSTRUCTOR,
- About Me:
- IVE BEEN ON MY DEPARTMENT FOR 17 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN A LT. FOR 5 YEARS NOW, IVE BEEN AN EMT FOR 16 YEARS AND TEACH MANY EMS CLASSES, I TAKE DUTY WEEKENDS ONCE A MONTH.
- Day Job:
- OFFICE MANAGER FOR A TRUCK BROKER
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- Why I Joined Fire/EMS
- MY FATHER IS A RETIRED CAPTAIN OFF OF OUR FULL TIME CITY DEPT.
- Why I Love Fire/EMS
- I LOVE TO HELP PEOPLE, PLUS I REALLY ENJOY FIGHTING FIRES:)
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- LOW NUMBERS AND INCREASING CALL VOLUME
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I AGREE ABOUT THE WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS, I ONLY DO A LITTLE WILDLAND, WE ARE MOSTLY STRUCTURAL WITH A FEW WILDLAND THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURES.
THANKS, I WILL BE SAFE, IM SORRY TO SAY THAT MY FRIEND THAT WAS IN THE BOOK WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS KILLED, BUT HOPEFULLY BY THEIR STORY BEING TOLD IT WILL HELP OTHERS FROM SUFFERING THAT SAME FATE.
TAKE CARE AND BE SAFE ALSO.
CHRIS
You never accepted the friend request.
TK
I respect the Wildland Firefighters sooo much. It's a completely different type of firefighting than I'm used to - I don't know if I could do their jobs.
Stay safe and I hope your buddy stays safe, also!!
Tom
This is the first book of its kind written by a Providence Firefighter in 118 years.
“You can almost smell the smoke and feel the heat. ‘Working Class Hero: Memoirs of a Providence Fireman’ is a three-alarm read. It’s taken from the 23-year on-the-job experiences of a second-generation Providence firefighter who could shrug off tragedy with a flippant remark, time after time after time. Required reading.” (Wally Pickford -The Reporter)
“…his experiences pull the reader in and force them to think about the bravery of firefighters and of their own mortality.” (Kelly Smith - Warwick Beacon)
“Working Class Hero: Memoirs of a Providence Fireman is one man’s action-packed account of twenty-three years of life as a firefighter in busy metropolitan Providence – the third largest city in the Northeast. Experience what it’s like to be taken on one emergency call after another – fires, shootings, stabbings, and more. Encounter situations that are completely unimaginable to the average citizen. Thoughtfully written with the reader in mind, describing each stage of an incident, this book allows the reader to visualize riding along with the firefighters as they pull up to a scene and must take immediate action. In this book, Lieutenant Tom Kenney will take you inside the mind of a firefighter as he makes life and death decisions. Celebrate his victories and suffer his defeats. Glimpse a world few people ever experience. From practical jokes and fun around the firehouse to gut-wrenching real-life tragedies, this book covers it all!”
The book is currently available at Barnes & Noble Book Stores, Borders Books, and online through www.amazon.com and www.publishamerica.com. It is a full size paperback edition, 224 pages, and retails for $19.95.
Tom Kenney can be reached via e-mail at tekpfd@cox.net & at his webpage at: www.ProvidenceFireman.com.