T's true. I am going back to college in August 2009 for a degree in Fire Protection Technology (AAS) from Mohawk Valley Community College. Im pumped, 15 weeks at the Fire Academy in Utica, NY then one year of college and its Career Fire Fighter / EMT Charley Bielby. I am so excited. Im also pumped because the new significant other I have loves the idea of me being a firefighter. Her father is a member of one of our mutual aid departments and is also a member of their FAST team. Hopefully, we… Continue

Well I know that my last blog was complaining about having no action, I guess I spoke too soon. I mean it is never a good thing whenever we or any other fire company gets called, but this week has been eventful. An automatic alarm monday night, structure fire tuesday night, barn fire wednesday night, ems thursday, and an absolutley amazing experience last night.

Around 8 pm, we got toned for a fully involved barn fire on the out reaches of our district. Now I live exactly .6 miles from our… Continue

What a crappy weekend. Saturday we were supposed to clean out our old engine and move all the stuff to the new truck and do all the hose work that I know everyone loves. Well that was only myself and another person that showed to do that, and right as we start, a neighboring department gets a fully envolved structure fire. I was freakin, finally some action besides the automatic alarms we had all week and a code 99. I should have known we wouldnt get called for MA, and we didnt, however the… Continue