Hey thanks. my 4th was a 18 hr shift on the boyne city ambulance very busy missed the town parade but got to see a great fireworks show. we had 8 calls during that time had a good crew I had fun but kinda tired non-stop 18 hrs..hope you had a good forth also, hey thats all take care be safe and god bless.

Hi Thomas! from northern Michigan.Petoskey. first of all cangrats on your new dept..my first dept is the melrose Twp. Fire dept of Walloon Lake ,Mi.....In regards to firemens Balls the resort bear creek fire dept in Petoskey,Mi my other dept does a huge formal ball usally prime rib live band lots of giveaways the last one at the odawa casino with thier suppot it was a huge hit all of our members family was free and public had to pay.we ate listened to music and wives went to casino to gamble then later every body else joined them, a good time.............. hey thats all gotta go you take care be safe and god bless

hey i have been working clean up in norborne and talking with their guys, they are trying to get a new truck through the grant system so they will be gettin rid of another one if you could pass along your e-mail or how ever you would want them to get ahold of you if they would be getting rid of anything you may want or could use

well i was looking for some pics of the new truck, but anyhoo, we go through the conservation dept here in missouri to get a lot of stuff, we got three 3/4 ton trucks over the years for brush buggys and just a year or so got the duece and a half already set up just had to put lights and siren on it then added the trash pump and stuff I will try to get you some up close photos of our tanker set up if it will help you out. and congrats with getting the dept started, we are a small town of about 250 and prob in the top 3 of 7 depts in the county after getting grants several years in a row. stay strong and remember to take lots of deep breaths and not let the stress get to you.