Type of Organization

Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer, Fire/Rescue Department - Paid, Combination Fire Rescue Department, N/A

Job Function

Fire Buff / Fire Enthusiast, Driver / Engineer, Other

Years in Fire/EMS:

1 year as a Federal VA Hospital Nursing Assistant

Primary Fire/EMS Department:

N/A

Years With Department/Agency

NA @ Fed VAHospital,Northhampton,Ma,! Year as a Federal Nursing Assistant

Dept. Web Site:

http://Nursing Service for Federal VA Hospital/Va Trained

My Training:

Medical training through the VA as an NA.

About Me:

Ended up being a taxi driver for 15-18 years!

Relationship Status:

Single

Facebook or Other Online Profile:

http://www.walterwltrkllhr@aol.com

Why I Joined Fire/EMS

I AM NOT afire fighter! I couldn't pass the physical for the Military in any branch,so that kind of ended any hopes for being in any SERIOUS job where I had to pass a physical. Had I been able to I probably would have however as I had a great grandfather and to grear uncles that were firefighters on the Methuen,Ma fire departmenr. Damas Chateauneuf, Gilbert Chateauneuf, and Albert Chateauneuf. I believe all three of them are inscribed on the monument wiyh the firefighters helmet on it. Unfortunately for me, I spent one year as a nursing assistant in a Fed, VA Hospital nursing service,was told that the department head and her assistant didn't feel I wa"psychologically" suited to be an NA and was terminated by tow women that apparently the female members of the staff in other departments of this hospital knew were lesbians as I was warned by a girl before my termination that it was coming! I ende up spending 15 years as a taxi driver befotr my back gave out!

Why I Love Fire/EMS

As an N/A I was doing a needed and useful job.

Top Issues Facing Responders:

Possible death, death of citizens or patients.