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HELP YOUR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS

HELP YOUR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS! When you see BLUE LIGHTS - please PULL OVER!! It will only take a few seconds - but in an emergency seconds count! A car with a flashing BLUE LIGHTS is a volunteer firefighter responding to an emergency. BLUE LIGHTS DO NOT give volunteers any special privileges. They are courtesy lights only. The BLUE LIGHTS is to alert other drivers that we are on our way to an emergency. It's up to other drivers to pull over and let us go by! Please let us pass. It could give… Continue

Added by Kyle on December 2, 2007 at 6:51pm — 2 Comments

phone call

Ok..so here is my first FFN blog.. i have blogged about stuff on myspace and gotten laughs and marks or whatever the hell they give you on there, but none of it really means much..lemme tell ya about a call i got the other day from one of our cadets..

This particular cadet is super gung ho when it comes to the fire service. He took a level one class earlier this yr, gives a ton of time to riding when he can, and pretty much knows his stuff for a cadet. He was calling to tell me that…

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Added by Jay on December 2, 2007 at 2:58pm — 3 Comments

The funeral

My Honor Guard just helped out with a funeral for a firefighter from a neighboring agency. It really affected me, I think that I'm just starting to get old and emotional. A few of my guys knew the fallen firefighter. I felt like I needed to do something more, so I put fingers to keyboard and I wrote a little synapsis of what a firefighter funeral is like. Just something that civilians might be able to read and relate to.

I wanted to share it with my brothers and sisters…

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Added by Heather Langston on December 2, 2007 at 9:10am — 6 Comments

Seatbelts again.....nag, nag, nag

Someone, somewhere on here who regularly reads new blogs is going to see this and say to themself..."There she goes again, nagging about seatbelts again. What's the big deal?"

I'll tell you what the big deal is....firefighters are dying because they're too stupid or too invincible to wear their seatbelts. Here's another article about wearing them that I thought was good reading.…

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Added by Mary Ellen Shea on December 2, 2007 at 8:39am — 7 Comments

The 12 Days of Christmas... EMS Style!!!

*The 12 Days of Christmas EMS style!!*

On the First day of Christmas, my Dispatcher gave to me... Grandma who fell and hurt her knee...

On the Second Day of Christmas, my dispatcher gave to me... 2 MG of Narcan for the out of work person who wants to end it all by taking her Husband's pain pills and won't tell me what she took and is feeling suicidal.... and grandma who fell and hurt her knee.

On the Third day of Christmas, my dispatcher gave to me.... Three stacked…

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Added by Jaci on December 1, 2007 at 1:42pm — 6 Comments

MY PRAYER

God grant me
SERENITY
To give emergency care
with calm
composure and compassion;
COURAGE
To deal with every situation,
when lives are on the line,
to the best of my abilities; and
WISDOM
To know that I can
only do so much,
and the rest
is in Your Hands
.

Added by JOHN BEASLEY on December 1, 2007 at 6:07am — No Comments

Serenity Prayer

God grant me
SERENITY
To give emergency care
with calm
composure and compassion;
COURAGE
To deal with every situation,
when lives are on the line,
to the best of my abilities; and
WISDOM
To know that I can
only do so much,
and the rest
is in Your Hands
.

Added by ff316emt on December 1, 2007 at 5:46am — No Comments

Quickly Before I Sleep

Or at least that's what I'm hoping for. It is, after all, the off-season around these parts and subject to the occasional night with no calls. I chose to work a double for the last minute overtime, because there's nothing like 24 more hours of time-and-a-half on a Captain/Paramedic salary to make Christmas bill paying that much more cheery this year. And since this now officially appears to be my last year of OT eligibility, it's a little bittersweet. Because, for those of you who actually…

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Added by Mick Mayers on December 1, 2007 at 12:22am — 6 Comments

Dispatch Job

We'll people I got the phone call this afternoon. I didn't get the job. I am really bummed out and disappointed. I was really looking forward to this job. At least I still can be with my firefighter department family.

Added by Nikki C. Saunders on November 30, 2007 at 10:57pm — No Comments

I just had to share this reply if you like if not thats ok too...............

Hopefully in the next couple of days i am going to be a college student and getting my paramedic degree going. right now i am going to be doing my general courses online til september and then i will have to start going to the campus. i dont know if i am going to be ready for all the homework again. i have been out of school for 10 yrs but if you count my emt class which was 2 nights a week and i have some credits from there but i just had to share that everything with you…
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Added by Sarah Bice on November 30, 2007 at 7:28pm — No Comments

Down and out...............

Hello all!!

Sorry I haven't responded to anyone. I have been "out of the game" for a few days with some minor surgery. All is good now. I am in Myrtle Beach relaxing for 2 days. Hope ya'll have a safe weekend!!

Added by Erin on November 30, 2007 at 5:16pm — No Comments

EMT Registry

Well I had taken the NREMT test this morning and have already been informed that I have PASSED and will recieve my letter in the mail.

Added by John on November 30, 2007 at 4:18pm — No Comments

Used Helmets

Does anyone out there have used fire helmets, that still have some life on them for sale?

I need two one in yellow, the other one in black or red.

If you do give me a shout: jlswans79@gmail.com

Thanks!

Joel

Added by Joel Swanson on November 30, 2007 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Another Slow Week

Well it is Friday and has been another slow week here at the station. I Have sat and listened to everyone run but me. But thats every week here at Mayesville 5. But on the bright side I started part time with EMS last week so their will be a little excitement in my week come the weekend. I guess you could say I have the good and the bad of it all. So far this morning their has been 3 MVA.s on the outher side of the county and one house/grass fire on my side but out of my response area. So I…

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Added by Hayward Dewey Pack JR on November 30, 2007 at 10:39am — 2 Comments

Flogging a dead horse.....SEATBELTS

Every single time we run a road safety program, and we stress using seatbelts, inevitably I get at least a handful of responders saying...."But I caaaaan't wear my seatbelt....it a.) takes too long to get on b.) doesn't fit around my turnout gear "

Let's review: A.) It takes too long to put on? It doesn't take any time at all to be dead though, does it? Especially after you've been ejected from a rolling pumper tanker and it's now laying on top of you. Is your rig only slowing…

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Added by Mary Ellen Shea on November 30, 2007 at 12:30am — No Comments

I Got A New Job

Hey everyone

I got me a new job with Champion EMS as a Emt It's just a PRN position for now untill a full time position comes available.Anyone who knows me knows I'm excited about that. MY official Hire Date will be Monday Dec. 3rd when i go to Good Sheppard Medical center for orientation. Well gotta run later guys.

wayne

Added by wayne meek on November 29, 2007 at 11:38pm — No Comments

When Do You Stop?

Semi vs car

I was acting EMS chief and first on scene at a reported multivehicle with entrapment. I did the typical "are you OK" to the truck driver and continued on to the car. I got a pulse called in and command was established by another Asst Chief. We set up and worked like hell for 10 minutes. ALS called it. It was like every bit of adrenaline immediately left me and I was beat. After beating the reaper twce that day it…

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Added by Peter Lupkowski on November 29, 2007 at 11:17pm — 3 Comments

Home Depot Warning

Beware if your hubbies want to go to Home Depot too often!!!!!!!!

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> A "heads up" for men who may be regular Home Depot customers.

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> Over the last month I became a victim of a clever scam while out

>shopping. Simply going out to get supplies has turned out to be quite

>traumatic.

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> Don't be naive enough to think it couldn't happen to you!!!

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> Here's how the scam… Continue

Added by ee779 on November 29, 2007 at 8:51pm — 3 Comments

whats up??

what up every one? i'm new and would like some freinds! so if you know me or not hit me up.

Added by TANK361 on November 29, 2007 at 5:56pm — No Comments

A poem I found



Untitled

Brother when you weep for me

Remember that it was meant to be

Lay me down and when you…

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Added by Erin on November 29, 2007 at 3:36pm — 3 Comments

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