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Payette Fire Department for 6 years. 3 years as a Firefighter and 3 years as the junior firefighter. I started going down to the station with my grandpa and uncle when I was in 6th grade and learned how to run all the trucks.
My Training:
FFT 2 (structure) FFT1 (Wildland) Engine Company, Ladder Company, Officer Classes, RIT Team, Hazmat Awarness and Ops., First Responder Arson Investigator, NIMS (700,100,200), Extrication Technician Cert.
About Me:
I recently was appointed one of or stations asst. training officer and am enjoying it so far. My wife had our little boy on the 4th of May. We named him Wyatt Nathan. He is doing great.
I was just promoted as Captain in my department. This is what I have been working towards for about two years and all the hard work has finally paid off. I still have alot of work ahead of me to be better at what I do.
hey mate i have just started collecting patches and i only have 3 patches and was wondering if you would be able to send me 1 of your department patches for my collection and i have a department shirt that i would like to trade with you im size xxl what size are you when you have sent me the patch and the shirt i will send back to you the t-shirt that i have promissede you .
r elliott
658 princes highway
russell vale nsw 2517
australia
stay safe over christmas
At 1:07pm on September 14, 2009, Melinda Horn said…
I'm back in TX again. I've been here a little over 2 weeks now & we've had a lot of rain in the past couple of days so they are shutting the office down. I'll be flying home tomorrow. I hate that I didn't get my month in. It's costing me about $3000. Oh well, maybe we'll have a hurricane. Isn't that terrible of me to say? I don't wish anything bad on anyone, I just would like to get out one more time before the season is over.
Good to hear from you.
Take care,
MEL
Were the fires all structure fires or brush fires also? That's a lot of fires in a short period of time. We had 7 stucture fires in a 72 hr. period a couple of years ago. It was right at Christmas also, that made it really bad because people lost all the presents that were under the trees for the kids. I got a lot of stuff donated from the Freecycle group. They have been wonderful.
Later,
MEL
We have had a lot of fires in South TX. We have one right now that is in Brooks county SW of Kingville that is 1310 acres. The dozers are trying to get a line around it. They will be working all night I'm sure. I'm on day 26 of a 30 day detail. I'm getting tired, but I'll be home Monday so I can get some rest. I get 48 hrs of R&R then I can go back out again.
Be safe,
MEL
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Good day! I am a collector from Ukraine. I suggest you to exchange patches.
Andrew. tkachenko_van@optima.com.uа
I am interested in trading patches with you. I would like to do a 2 for 2 trade. Send me an email at kentheg@yahoo.com if you are interested. Thanks
r elliott
658 princes highway
russell vale nsw 2517
australia
stay safe over christmas
Good to hear from you.
Take care,
MEL
Later,
MEL
Be safe,
MEL
I've been in TX on & off since Feb. They are really dry so they have had a lot of wildfires.
Take care,
MEL
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