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Debi
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Profile Information
- Type of Organization
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- Job Function
- Firefighter
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 4
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- McLendon-Chisholm, TX
- Years With Department/Agency
- 4
- Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
- Just this one!
- My Training:
- 1 Story Structure, 2 Story Structure, Wildland Fire, Search and Rescue
- About Me:
- I am a 36-year-old very happily married mother of 2 boys who are very active in baseball while trying other sports (football and soccer). My husband has been a firefighter for 14 years and in 2002 I decided to join him. I originally joined the dept as an events coordinator, strictly admin, to show support for my husband and the community. I trained with the guys, I just didn't run calls. Then one day we got a call, it was mid day, hot and they needed manpower, so I loaded up and went. I was hooked. Did I mention my husband was Training Officer and Assistant Chief during my time on the Dept? Well then you see that not only did I have to start at the bottom and work my way up, I had to fight with everything I had to get respect. My husband will openly admit he was harder on me than "the guys" because he wanted me to be better than "the guys". It was very hard for me to see at the time, cause I was working my butt off trying to prove myself, but looking back now I know why he pushed me harder than anyone else and I am grateful because "the guys" respect me as an equal and treat me as such. I was promoted to Training Coordinator and then Captain eventually. This was not only an honor but also a challenge. It soon became a challenge I was not able to master. I lost my babysitter and was no longer able to make the mandatory meetings. I could not leave my children home alone as they were too young, and even though I have a passion for this I could not ask my very seasoned, experienced, Fire Academy Certified, 4 TX A&M schooled, 4 Longview schooled husband to walk away from his passion or our community so me and my 1 little Ft Worth weekend play school and 4 years of grass fires experience could stay. Who would you want to come to your fire him or me? Be honest! You would want him. I know if you saw me coming you would cringe and say, "They sent a girl?" Anyway that is where I am, not fighting fire but missing it, wanting back into it and waiting for the opportunity to go through the whole fight to the top again.
UPDATE AS OF 07/06/08:
Well, that was me up until a month or so ago. I have been diagnosed with Lupus. I am now working to accept that I will never return to the Fire Department as a Firefighter. Lupus has successfully taken away one of my dreams but I will not let it take anything else from me. I may never be a Firefighter again, but I am a FIGHTER and I will not let this beat me!
- Day Job:
- SAHM
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Facebook or Other Online Profile:
- http://www.myspace.com/firelady75189
- Why I Joined Fire/EMS
- Originally to support my Husband, then I fought my first fire and it was all over, I was hooked.
- Why I Love Fire/EMS
- It is a passion, there is no other way to describe it.
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- With Volunteer departments, recruiting members who are serious about the work and keeping them. It seems there is always one who stirs things up and runs good guys off.
Debi's Blog
Walk Now For Lupus Dallas
Posted on November 25, 2008 at 4:10pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Walk for Lupus
April 25, 2009
Historical Park
Farmers Branch, Texas
9:00 am
I have been diagnosed with this disease and will be walking to raise awareness and funds for research. I have started a walk Team, Butterfly Battalion.
If you would like to join my team either for moral support, financial support or to come walk with us please go to http://walkforlupusnowdallas. kintera. org/faf/r.… Continue
Wouldn't ya know it?
Posted on July 3, 2008 at 8:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I have SLE or as it is more commonly known, Lupus. If you don't know, it is an Auto Immune Disorder which means the immune system cannot tell the difference… Continue
I Love My Life!
Posted on April 8, 2008 at 7:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Where I have been
Posted on March 29, 2008 at 11:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Life is good!
You never know how you will react or how you will handle things until they happen. 2 months ago I would have thought I would fall apart and become a complete basket case. I now know I am stronger than I thought myself to be, and I have a complete new outlook on things.
This whole situation has kinda put my thoughts into a new perspective. From the moment I got the call about the accident my prayers went from "please… Continue
Who am I?
Posted on July 25, 2007 at 10:34am 3 Comments 0 Likes
I heard something on Miami Ink last night that got my attention. It was a mom getting a tatoo to help her remember who she was because she had lost herself in her kids. I don't think loosing yourself in your kids is necessarily a bad thing, but you have to remember who you are no matter what happens.
When I got married I immediately became "T's ole' lady" and I carried this identity for a few years. Then our first born became my…
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