Type of Organization

Fire/Rescue Department - Paid, Fire/Rescue Department - Combination

Job Function

Firefighter / EMT-Basic

Years in Fire/EMS:

6

Primary Fire/EMS Department:

Bayou Cane Fire Protection District, Houma, Louisiana

Years With Department/Agency

Less than 1

Dept. Web Site:

http://www.bayoucanefd.org

Web Site:

http://www.acadian.com

Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations

I am also a volunteer with Thiboadux Vol. Fire Dept. as well as an inactive member of Nine Mile Point Fire dept.

My Training:

Firefighter I
Haz-Mat Awarness
Haz-Mat Ops
EMT-B
Firefighter survival

Relationship Status:

Single

Facebook or Other Online Profile:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&am...

Why I Joined Fire/EMS

My father was a Volly... I always had a thing for adrenaline rushes. So while I was in college, working on my undergrad degree so I could go to veterinary school I became a volly in Thibodaux. I really enjoyed it. in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina, I decided I didnt want to go to veterinary school, and decided that I wanted to be a paid firefighter, and an EMT, by this time, I was running an animal emergency hospital close to my hometown, and was volunteering for Nine Mile Point fire dept. NMPFD put me through the academy, and I obtained my firefighter I, hazmat awarness and hazmat ops, cpr and basic first aid, when I started my firefighter II class, I also started my EMT-B program. Unfortuately, I have not yet recieved my firefighter II cert, but I have sucessfully passed national registry for Basic. So I guess you could say I became part of the emergency services because I like working on an adrenaline rush, and love helping people.

Why I Love Fire/EMS

Helping others, the adrenaline rush

Top Issues Facing Responders:

Too much politics, lets just stay the brotherhood we are supposed to be, protect lives and property, and leave the politics to the "professionals". Politics--- Poly = Many; Ticks=blood sucking parisites=politics