Type of Organization

Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer

Job Function

Retired

Years in Fire/EMS:

12

Primary Fire/EMS Department:

Seagrave sales=Retired Captain

My Training:

Extensive, served 8 years board of directors FIAM. Fire instructors association of Minnesota, edited newsletter 8 years.

About Me:

Nearing 70 years in June, working for RNOW Fire apparatus division. Seagrave Dealer for Minnesota and Wisconsin. Tough job selling real fire engines in this land of aluminum junk.

Day Job:

day and night.

Relationship Status:

Married

Why I Joined Fire/EMS

Started a fire department while a TWP Supervisor years ago, so I joined the dept.

Why I Love Fire/EMS

Lifetime hobby=Job.

Top Issues Facing Responders:

Riding to an emergency in an aluminum and plastic cab is like riding in an eggshell. If you ride in one of these, always know whom is driving. Most of the old time custom builders have been run out of business by the marketing of the aluminum giants. The money made in the apparatus business is made on what you the firemen do not get!