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Tom
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- Chesapeake, VA
- United States
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Profile Information
- What State do you live in?
- NC
- Type of Organization
- Volunteer Fire Department
- Job Function
- Company Officer (Captain/Lt/Supervisor)
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 11
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Moyock Fire Department
- Years With Department/Agency
- 11
- Web Site:
- http://www.moyockfd.com
- Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
- Currituck Fire-EMS
Corolla Fire Department
Knotts Island Volunteer Fire Department
Lower Currituck Volunteer Fire Department
Crawford Fire-Rescue
- My Training:
- Firefighter II, Hazmat Operator, EMT-B, EVOC, CEVO, Leadership III, GEMS, Arson, Technical Rescuer, D/O
- About Me:
- My name is Tom. I have been a firefighter for 11 years. I have been and continue to be actively involved in both the career and volunteer side of the job my entire career.
- Day Job:
- Firefighter
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Why I Joined Fire/EMS
- Family Tradition
- Why I Love Fire/EMS
- Everyday is different
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- Disregard to simple safety issues that can be prevented.... USE YOUR NUGGET!!
WEAR YOUR PPE!!!
Tom's Blog
Volunteer vs. Paid Firefighters: The Battle Continues
Posted on December 7, 2017 at 9:10am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Ask twenty different people and you will receive twenty different opinions on rather they feel volunteer firefighters or career firefighters are the better professional. So who really is better trained, better equipped, and even better qualified to answer the public’s calls for assistance? In reality, if we could look past the differences, the fire service as a whole becomes stronger and provides a higher level of service to the public. After all, isn’t that what our ultimate mission is?…
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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