My previous blog post, was submitted and is included in the First Due Blog Carnival put on by @FireCritic on his site at Fire Critic.com be sure to check not only mine, but other posts as well.
24 March 2010
My first Blog Carnival
My previous blog post, was submitted and is included in the First Due Blog Carnival put on by @FireCritic on his site at Fire Critic.com be sure to check not only mine, but other posts as well.
14 March 2010
I am a Firefighter because...
...of a couple of reasons, actually.
First off, I spent many an afternoon driving "Coffee Table 51" while watching reruns of Emergency! (Emergency! One in syndication) as a boy. That started things off for me.
The other reason was an uncle of mine that spent alot of his time visiting Peoria's different firehouses. My dad and I never knew if he was going to be at 12's, 5's, Central, 10's, 8's, or even way up at 13's (at the time...now there's 16, 19, and 20). 12's was the easiest for me to get to.
That kept me going until 2002, when I was voted on to my department--and made engineer within 30 seconds of pack training (something about that mask flying toward a captain's head as soon as I took that very first breath--on air).
There you go. The "in a nutshell" reasons I'm a firefighter...why I'm in EMS will come later.
First off, I spent many an afternoon driving "Coffee Table 51" while watching reruns of Emergency! (Emergency! One in syndication) as a boy. That started things off for me.
The other reason was an uncle of mine that spent alot of his time visiting Peoria's different firehouses. My dad and I never knew if he was going to be at 12's, 5's, Central, 10's, 8's, or even way up at 13's (at the time...now there's 16, 19, and 20). 12's was the easiest for me to get to.
That kept me going until 2002, when I was voted on to my department--and made engineer within 30 seconds of pack training (something about that mask flying toward a captain's head as soon as I took that very first breath--on air).
There you go. The "in a nutshell" reasons I'm a firefighter...why I'm in EMS will come later.
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