1. 1.I love my job when that one individual holds my hand with tears in there eyes and they say's"thank god you were here."
2. I love my job when I see that little baby takes it first breath,and you know you…

I came across this on the internet:

I wish you could see the sadness of a business man as his livelihood goes up in flames, or that family returning home, only to find their house and belongings damaged or lost for good. I wish you could know what it is like too search a burning bedroom for…

Hey... As you may know, last Wednesday afternoon's fire destroyed the Schuylkill Hose Company No. 2's engines, hazmat truck and gear and caused more than $1 million in damage. This Fire Company in Pennsylvania can use some assistance. If you have safe and immediately usable fire equipment, PPE etc to donate or wish to assist them as they get back on their feet, please contact Glen Sattizahan

For those who can assist Schuylkill Hose Co. #2, these e-mail addresses and phone numbers are…

I am new at this so it will probably look pretty foolish till i figure out what the heck i am doing. We are located in northeast Texas and it has been a very wet summer for us. Lots of rain. This afternoon we had our first "real" toneout for a grass fire with structures pending. After the initial "did I really hear that" shock, I headed to the station and was told to get the engine ready and stand by. Turned out to be a small grass fire that was handled by a brush truck. Never got to roll on…

You just went to the bathroom. Did you wash your hands?



I'll admit, sometimes I'm tempted to walk out without washing my hands. After all, aren't the people I'm supposed to be protecting from germs just other people who don't wash their hands?



Is this gross?



I'm a full time, professional EMT. Let me tell you a secret. About half

of the people in nursing homes are there because somebody didn't wash

their hands. Not all of these people…

“CSI, New York: Crash Scene Investigation”

This 3 hour seminar will focus on four crash scene investigations involving emergency services…

Ok so today the tones went out, dispatched out to a dumpster fire. I went out with one other person on the truck from station 2. We arrived first on scene, the driver hit the pump and i grabbed the bumper line and started putting water on the fire. When Eng. 21 Arrived I had someone on my back. after everything was done 3 or 4 people were telling me how i should always pack out when going to any type of fire like that. Well until this afternoon i didn't even know how to put the mask and…