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Robert G. Parry
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- Wexford, PA
- United States
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Are Your Ground Ladders Safely Marked?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Robert G. Parry Apr 8, 2011. 15 Replies 0 Likes
Several years ago in Houston, we marked all the top 3 rungs of our ground ladders ( including the attic / scuttle hole ) with the red/white reflective tape the government mandates truckers to have on…Continue
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Profile Information
- Type of Organization
- Fire/Rescue Department - Paid
- Job Function
- Retired
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 30
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Houston Fire Department
- Years With Department/Agency
- 27
- Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
- IAFF Local 341 Executive Board Member, Past Editor of "The Houston Fire Fighter"
- About Me:
- Retired Fire Captain /EMT Former Local 341 officer (1985-2000) Past Editor of "The Houston Fire Fighter". Was first graduate of the West Texas A&M University's Emergency Management Admistration program.
- Day Job:
- Stay home dad
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Why I Joined Fire/EMS
- When I was 12(1969), my father had a heart attack. Instead of waiting for the one man funeral home ambulance, Liberty Township (suburb of Youngstown, Oh.) passed a fire levy the previous year to increase the size of the fire department by six men by adding an ambulance. The station was 2 blocks away and they were there in one minute. He lived for another 14 years. The thought of saving lives as a career was challenging and meaningful. My twin brother Rick is a FF/EMT in Liberty Twp
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- Manpower, money
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Remembering a Great Chief; Houston DC Lonnie Franklin 1/4/1983
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:03am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Killed in The Line of Duty January 4, 1983
When I close my eyes and think about it, it is hard to imagine that 28 years have passed since the tragic morning of January 4, 1983 when District Chief Lonnie Franklin was killed while enroute to an arson fire on Dowling near Drew in the Third Ward. Chief Franklin was a brother-in-law to the Jahnke HFD family (Roe, Claude,Val, and Duke) and uncle to our late fallen brothers Steve and… Continue
Simple Solutions Enhance Safety and Operations in Houston
Posted on January 12, 2010 at 12:47am 1 Comment 0 Likes
by
Robert G. Parry
After nearly thirty years of responding to alarms in both a small, paid combination department and a large urban city, I look back at the dramatic changes I have witnessed over the past decades. The safety and accountability of our members, while enroute, returning, or operating at an emergency incident, have… Continue
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