GERARD

Male

Lafayette, LA

United States

Profile Information:

Type of Organization
Fire/Rescue Department - Paid
Job Function
Battalion Chief / Division Chief
Years in Fire/EMS:
27
Primary Fire/EMS Department:
LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Years With Department/Agency
27
Dept. Web Site:
http://lafayettefirefighters.com
My Training:
FIREFIGHTING
HAZ-MAT
MEDICAL
About Me:
I AM 46 YEARS OLD AND HAVE JUST ACHIEVED THE RANK OF DISTRICT CHIEF. PRIOR TO THIS I WAS A CAPTAIN FOR 17 YEARS AT COMBINATION FIREFIGHTING/HAZ-MAT STATION. I ENJOY THE OUTDOORS ! I LIKE HIKING AND I HAVE JUST RECENTLY TAKEN UP GOLF.
Day Job:
FIREFIGHTER
Relationship Status:
In a Relationship
Facebook or Other Online Profile:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&am...
Why I Joined Fire/EMS
THIRD GENERATION FIREFIGHTER
Top Issues Facing Responders:
FIREFIGHTERS ARE BEING PUSHED ASIDE BY CITIES AS FAR AS REVENUE GOES AND THE MANNING OF TRUCKS AND THE UPKEEP OF EQUIPMENT ARE NOT PRIORITY

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 10, 2009

  • sherry miles

    hi gerard well i got something to tell u i am a chief of a non-profit foundation that is mine that is called RESCUE ANGELS,INC.and to get more information go to sherrymiles5@peoplepc.com and i'll give u more but brifly we help, support,understand,love all of our ems/firefighters see i am a daughter of a atlanta crash rescue firefighter before the ems was even in the fire deptmy dad was one for 22 years retired when i was 8y/o i am 38 y/o now and i lost my dad almost 10years ago this may 19th 2009 in a small plane crash and plus all my friends here in douglasville ga has had the same type proplem so i went to the chief and to the others that deal with this and said something to them about it this was in or at the end of 2007 and to this day they have been remotling 2 of our fire stations 6 new fire engines and one combo we have one new station and fixing to get another this year and we are getting a new tranning factorty for our firefighters trainning as well we have 150 ems/firefighters and 16 office staff members 22 female ems/firefighters 8 female on the office staff the rest are men and if there is anything that i can do for u please let me know that is why rescue angels,inc. is for so that i can give to u guys and gals the help u need just to see a smile on ur faces is a great blessing to me you guys are beyond heroes to me and there is nothing like u we are a speacil breed and i love each and every one of u guys (males) i like hoses hahahahahaha anyway hope we can be friends and that i can help hope to hear from u soon sherry miles go to my profile and u can see what i am all about in pictures and about me and let me know what u think sherry miles

    Jan 14, 2009