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Profile Information
- Type of Organization
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- Job Function
- Lieutenant
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 13 Years
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Penn Hills VFD#7, PA
- Years With Department/Agency
- 2 1/2 yrs
- Dept. Web Site:
- http://www.phvfd227.org
- Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
- Shenango Twp VFD, Mercer Co 1995-2001
Monroeville VFD#5, Allegheny Co 1996-2006
City of Farrell, Mercer Co 2000-2001(Paid)
Borough of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co 2001-2004(Paid)
- My Training:
- Too numerous to list...I'd be here all day...
- About Me:
- I have done quite a bit in the Emergency Services field. I started in a small rural VFD and held all positions from Firefighter to Asst Chief. Spent 4 wonderful years as a paid F/F for 2 different depts. Never would have left Wilkinsburg if they were looking to lay off at the time. I have also worked in the industrial setting at a Steel Mill in the Pittsburgh area. Good time, lots of potential for good fires. Spent time as an EMT...it paid...Have been a dispatcher for the past 7 years, it's ok...but not a firefighting job...pays the bills...
- Day Job:
- Emergency Telecommunicator(dispatcher) for Allegheny Co (PA) Dept of Emergency Services- 911
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Why I Joined Fire/EMS
- I grew up in a house with a volunteer fire chief...It grew on me. Also married into a family of a paid fire captain...
- Why I Love Fire/EMS
- Everyday is different and I have deffinately been a part of the "Brotherhood",
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- Lack of certification requirements for firefighters in the state of PA. Anybody can join today and pull a hoseline tomorrow. Makes alot of calls a game of Russian Roulette
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