Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
Wellsboro Fire Department, Inc. - Original home department 10 yrs.
North Corning Fire Department - Corning, NY - 2 yrs.
Forest View Gang Mills Fire Department - Painted Post, NY - 2 yrs.
Tioga Volunteer Fire Company - Tioga, PA - 6 yrs.
Elkland Borough Fire Department - Elkland, PA - 9 yrs.
Osceola Fire Department - Osceola, PA - (Current Member 2 years)
My Training:
AAS Degree - Fire Protection Technology - Corning Community Coll.
NPQS Firefighter I, II, III (PA)
NPQS Fire Instructor I (PA)
NPQS Fire Officer I (PA)
NPQS/IFSAC Incident Safety Officer (PA)
PA State Fire Academy Local Level Instructor
NIMS 100, 200, 300, 400, 700, 800
About Me:
I'm a 25 year veteran of the Pennsylvania volunteer fire service with a diverse background in fire suppression, EMS, rescue, and incident management.
I owe a lot of my fire service education to a former Fire Chief and mentor, John E. Dugan of Wellsboro, PA, where I entered the fire service at age 18.
I gained many wonderful years of experience as a member of my home department (Wellsboro Fire Department), and benefitted greatly from many other opportunites in volunteer, career, and paid-call Fire and EMS positions both in PA and NY.
I served as Deputy Fire Coordinator for Tioga County, PA from 2000 to 2005, and have been an active State Fire Instructor since 1992.
Day Job:
Special Education Teacher Aide
Relationship Status:
Married
Why I Joined Fire/EMS
Childhood dream to be a "fireman" led me into my adult years by becoming a volunteer firefighter, EMT, instructor, county coordinator, and administrator.
Why I Love Fire/EMS
Knowing that I can help make some sort of a positive difference/influence in other people's lives no matter what the situation is...
Top Issues Facing Responders:
SAFETY EDUCATION - Creating a culture and mindset that our job is important, but not as important as coming home safely and intact from every call...
GETTING BACK TO THE BASICS - Developing firefighters with good decision-making skills to know when a situation is bad, or may potentially be bad...and making the right choice as to risk vs. benefit.
Speakin' of teachin' did Jim Shepard ask you to teach EVOC in Wellsboro? We have a number of new folks that need it, and a few of us old guys can use the refresher too!
Stay Safe.
Pete
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MY NAME IS JERMAINE WATSON I AM A FIREFIGHTER FOR WEST SIDE VOL. FIRE DEPT. IN ST.ALBANS,WV AND I COLLECT FIRE AND EMS PATCHES, AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD ONE FROM YOUR STATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRADE WITH ME. IF SO GREAT, JUST MESSAGE ME BACK IF NOT, THANX FOR YOUR TIME...MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM STATION 22 Delete Comment
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Pete
Hey! glad to have you on here! hope to have you teach a class soon! When you teach it's always fun and interesting! Stay safe!
MY NAME IS JERMAINE WATSON I AM A FIREFIGHTER FOR WEST SIDE VOL. FIRE DEPT. IN ST.ALBANS,WV AND I COLLECT FIRE AND EMS PATCHES, AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD ONE FROM YOUR STATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRADE WITH ME. IF SO GREAT, JUST MESSAGE ME BACK IF NOT, THANX FOR YOUR TIME...MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM STATION 22 Delete Comment