Greetings Barbara, since I was attending the Oregon EMS conference in Salem and missed your presentation this past weekend, are there any hand-out materials that I should pick up to review? I will check around for another agency that may be hosting a similar event to gain this skill-set during the Academy. If you know of some to contact or if you are bringing that training to a requesting agency, please let me know. Keep up the great work. I look forward to meeting you on the Fire-ground. Mark D.

Message from Mark Dodge - re: Santiam Academy 25SEP - I am unavailable to attend this session and will contact you for details on the training hand-outs.

Best regards, 

Mark D.

Idanha-Detroit RFPD

Nice shots Barbara, you have a great eye for photography.
Keep up the good work. Hope you are enjoying the new camera.
Just got back from California last night.

Cheers, Roy G.

Hello Barbara,

Thanks for the invite - Nice Page!

Best Regards,
Dale G. Pekel

things are good. We finally got our haz-mat class done. I responded to my first call on the 4th of July, but we got the stand down order. How are things with you?

hey i had a great fourth i got my first call it was a brush fire and then i got a medical so its been good up here it has mainly been ambulence calls but i am haveing alot of fun with it

ok thank you barb i just wanted to get some first fire storys you know and i cant get that i thought fire fighters were supposed to be like a big band of brothers and sister you know idk why every one cant just have respect for a fellow fire fighter

DANG WE DID IT ALL DONE THANK YOU FOLKS FOR ALL YOUR TIME WITH US ....... :)

Hey thanks, god this place is an information overload on anything firefighting I could ever want or need

yes i do some thing for them

Not a problem. Let me know how I can be of assistance.

Stay safe. Train often.

Hi Barbara like your page stay safe out there

Thank You for the invite Barbara. Stay safe out there.

Ours are a velcro back Id tag that gets turned in to command, and yup just about any call I go on gets the blood a pumping. Thanks
Be Safe out there

Thanks Barbara -

I'm glad to know that you find my info helpful. Let me know if you put any of it into play. I'd like to see the resulting product.

Stay safe. Train often.

Your quite welcome. I found the short film to be great hense why its on my page. Enjoy and be well, stay safe

Welcome to the Firefighter Nation. In addition to the relatively cool videos and fire scene photos, there are numerous groups, discussions and chat available.

If you have never had the opportunity, take a minute to explore firefighterclosecalls.com and the secret list. This is a wonderful web site to explore and learn from the mistakes of others. It is also, sadly, a roll call of those whom have made the ultimate sacrifice, in their service to their communities.

We have all joined the Public Safety Community for a variety of our personal reasons. Some of us are paid, while others volunteer. Many are firefighters, while others enjoy the EMS side of the house. We have active firefighters, line officers, chiefs, administrative officers, and a number of old timers who have seen most of the mistakes already made at least once. We have firefighters with many many years of experience, and others that, well, don’t. All are welcome here in The Nation. We welcome your input, just as we hope that you learn from the experiences of others.

Personally, I have 31 years service to the local fire department. I have held most line officer positions, and some administrative as well. Now part of the Old Guard so to speak, I am less inclined to go charging into where others are trying to escape. Instead, I choose to monitor the fire scene closely, attempting to ensure the safety of all on the fire scene.

I welcome you to the FFN. Here we all share one common goal.....

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