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Type of Organization: Private EMS

Job Function: Safety Officer, Lieutenant, EMT - Basic, Driver / Engineer

Years in Fire/EMS:: 9yrs

Primary Fire/EMS Department:: Buffalo EMS Sarver,PA

Years With Department/Agency: 9

My Training:: TOO MUCH TO LIST

Day Job:: EMT

Relationship Status:: Married

Facebook or Other Online Profile:: http://www.myspace.com/seth_heller

Why I Joined Fire/EMS: For the rush

Why I Love Fire/EMS: chaos

Top Issues Facing Responders:: low pay for the risk and lack of funding.

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A fireman's life

Posted on January 17, 2008 at 1:28am 1 Comment 0 Likes

It may take you two minutes to read this, but if you do NOT take the time to read this you are one of the PEOPLE this post is TALKING ABOUT.

You stay up for 16 hours

He's been up for 48 straight

You take a warm shower to help you wake up.

The rain in the middle of the interstate keeps him awake.

You complain of a "headache", and call in sick.

He's chilled to the bone, hasn't eaten all day, has the flu, and then runs into a burning building

You drink your…

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My Life

Posted on September 3, 2007 at 7:24pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

I WISH YOU COULD

I wish you could see the sadness of a businessman as his livelihood goes up in flames, or that of a family returning home only to find their house and belongings destroyed.

I wish you could know what it is like to search a burning bedroom for trapped children, flames rolling above your head, the floor sagging under your weight as the kitchen beneath you burns.

I wish you could comprehend a wife's horror at 3 a.m. as I check her…

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At 12:09pm on January 17, 2008, Shawn said…: Good stuff, Seth! It is too bad that people truely don't understand or appreciate us until they need us...and then sometimes get spat upon later by those we've helped. It's a lot like being in the military! But we do it anyway...
BTW, where is your township? Are you near Pittsburgh? My wife is from there and her pamily is still there.
Stay low, and stay safe!