Notes from a Rookie Firefighter...March 31, 2010

Hi guys sorry I haven't written it's been crazy!!!!

Got a job - start 4/12.

Got divorced!!!!! Did the paperwork myself! Hot damn!

I am now Denise Imperiale again!!!!!

Have a great Easter

In my mind there are two types of people in the fire service—there are firefighters and there are people who work for the fire department.

Firefighters are people of…

The best thing to ever happen to me was when I became an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and Firefighter. On December 1, 2007, I met with the captain,

Jeff Bryant Senior, of the Amboy Volunteer Fire Department. When I met with

Captain Bryant, he and I discussed whether I would be an EMT cadet, fire cadet,

or both. After talking to my mom, I decided that EMT would be best,…

Please excuse my delay in continuing the “communications” blog. The Chief was out of town for 2 weeks. Why is it when he goes outta town and leaves me the keys to the caddie, things get busy. I’m not complaining though…Anywho, back on topic.…

I have never blogged on the internet before.

I only socially network here on FFN.com and jems.connect.com.

I have posted on view points on training or opinions of ideas, but never on my thoughts.

I'd like to say thank you, and a genuine thank you to everyone who have helped advance my knowledge over the past 10 months or so.....I have been pursuing my FF1...and am within a few months of that now...with my FF essentials being done for about a year,…

History in the Making: Response to the 2009 North Dakota flood By Captain Leon Schlafmann

Editor's Note: For more information on Fargo's 2010 flood preparations, check out FireRescue's interview with Captain Schalfmann.

When it comes to fire…

My daughter came to me about a year ago and told me she had written a poem. Knowing she was only 3 yrs old and had just mastered writing her alphabet I knew it would have been a miraculous achievement if she had actually written anything on paper besides the usual smiley faces and scribbled flowers. To my amazement she had not put it on paper; she had made up this poem in her head and had said it so…

Ok looking for help from other people have obtained there 2009 AFG Awards. I got a message about filling out my SF-1199A Form which I did and faxed back to them. I now got a message from them telling me that my account information was approved. Just looking to see if anyone knows how much longer you have to wait until you hear if you got a grant.…

The City of Rochester has extended the contract with Rural Metro to provided ambulance service to the City of Rochester till March of 2011. The contract was going to expire next month, but City leaders decided to extend it while they work on a long term contract.

Over two hundred people protested the Mayor’s Ball this evening. This is supposed to be the major fund raiser for the democrat party. Teachers and parents protested over the Mayor wanting to take control of the School District. Firefighters were also there as they have been working without a contract since 2008.

Here is a direct quote from the mayor in regards to the Police and Fire Unions.

“I think the police union and fire union presidents should be ashamed of…

FROM THE FFN PIO GROUP:

At first I was a little confused about the following message because I wasn't sure where it originated from and where it was intended to go.

As I read it a second time, I realized that it had come from the US Fire Administration and it was meant specifically for us - the PIO group on FFN. Now, that's pretty cool that DHS has recognized our group as a target audience and partner for…