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Profile Information
- Type of Organization
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- Job Function
- Firefighter
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 33
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Shelburne, Vermont
- Years With Department/Agency
- 19
- Dept. Web Site:
- http://www.shelburnefire.org
- Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
- Charlotte (VT) Fire and Rescue Services
Vergennes (VT) Area Rescue Squad
Bolton Valley (VT) Ski Patrol
Vermont State Firefighters Association (President)
- My Training:
- FF1
FF2
State Fire Instructor
HazMat Technician
- About Me:
- After 20+ years in EMS I am now concentrating on Fire Service (the departments are seperate in my town), as I found there are not enough hours in the day for both. I am president of our state organization and an instructor for the Vermont Fire Academy. That along with being a member of the State Hazmat Response Team take up most of my "spare" time!
I was also a 911 Dispatcher for various police and fire departments for about 20 years. I have the utmost respect for the tough and underappreciated job that they do!
- Day Job:
- Gas Company Compliance Administrator
- Why I Joined Fire/EMS
- I started as a ski patroller, following in my father's footsteps. I then followed him into serving on an ambulance. After working closely with the fire service I joined the fire department (and my father followed me into firefighting!).
- Why I Love Fire/EMS
- the comaraderie throughout the public safety community.
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- Recruitment & Retention
Safety and Health of Responders
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Let's Help a Brother Firefighter
Posted on January 20, 2009 at 11:10am 0 Comments 0 Likes
For the past couple weeks I have been working with someone from the National Marrow Donor Registry to encourage Vermont firefighters to join the registry in support of Firefighter Chris Fretta of the Castleton (VT) Fire Department. It occurred to me this morning that this information needs a wider audience. There has been information on the Nation in the past about the registry, but perhaps it's time for another reminder!
Help Chris & Others!
Chris Fretta, 24, a… Continue
Help Chris & Others!
Chris Fretta, 24, a… Continue
Lessons Learned
Posted on August 11, 2008 at 5:02pm 3 Comments 0 Likes
Okay, so I've been here for a long time (in FFN terms anyway) and have yet to make a blog post. I'm going to cheat and use a part of the speech that I gave Saturday night when I was installed as President of the Vermont State Firefighters Association....
There are many lessons that I have learned over the span of my fire service career. I’d like to share a couple of them with you.
The first is “don’t run”. We all know, or should know, that running on the scene is to be… Continue
There are many lessons that I have learned over the span of my fire service career. I’d like to share a couple of them with you.
The first is “don’t run”. We all know, or should know, that running on the scene is to be… Continue
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Any chance you can send me your state magazine via e-mail to tiger@tigerschmittendorf.com. If not, let me know and I'll send you a mailing address if you don't have one. Thanks.
Stay safe. Train often.
i have just started colloecting patches and was wondering if your able to send me some patches and i will send some back to you when i have recieved them in the post here is my postal address.
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Your election was very well earned and much deserved. Best of luck in your forthcoming term.
Brian
Swanton
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