3 years in fire/EMS

[wilderness medic]

Compilation of videos and pictures of the 3 years I spent with my last department. What a journey it's been, and I look forward to more.

[crashdive123]

Nice compilation. Thanks for what you do.

[MrFixIt]

Thank you.

[hunter63]

Very well done there my friend.....you have a good eye.
Thanks for posting.....and Thank you for your service.
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[Rick]

Cool compilation. Knowing you guys and gals are out there ready and willing is what let's the rest of us sleep peacefully at night. Thanks.

[Fort fireman]

Congrats on your time in the fire service. Greatest job in the world. I joined a volunteer dept as a junior when i was 16. Got hired on a full time urban dept at 20 and I'm 37 now. Still love the job like the day I joined. it is a special thing to get up in the morning and look forward to going to work. Just some advice for ya. never quit learning, don't get off the truck without tools, when in doubt take a halligan, and when it stops being fun maybe its time to move on.

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[wilderness medic]

Congrats on your time in the fire service. Greatest job in the world. I joined a volunteer dept as a junior when i was 16. Got hired on a full time urban dept at 20 and I'm 37 now. Still love the job like the day I joined. it is a special thing to get up in the morning and look forward to going to work. Just some advice for ya. never quit learning, don't get off the truck without tools, when in doubt take a halligan, and when it stops being fun maybe its time to move on.

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It certainly feels fulfilling at times. The military was a part of my life but sometimes I wish I had jumped into the fire service at 17 instead of enlisting.

I will never stop learning. There's a hundred ways to do each thing…and always new things being added or taught. Not getting off the truck without tools, did that on my first structure fire haha… Luckily we didn't need them first in. Door was unlocked and the roof was self venting by the time we got there. Good link, thanks.

It stopped being fun for a while, but i'm glad I didn't move on too quickly as much as I thought I was. Fathers old fire captain took me out to breakfast and gave me one of those cheesy "It's in your blood, you got the bug" speeches. Tomorrow I start my first day back in class for a degree in fire science. Better bring the teacher an apple.


Glad I got the clips I did. A bit bummed on the crazy stuff I missed. Had a camera curse. Every time something good came it was dead or malfunctioning. Every time we got canceled or had something minor it worked great haha… Had a fire whirl rip right by the truck when I was in the cage. Man I was bummed I didn't get that. One of the coolest natural things I've ever seen.

[crashdive123]

Several years ago there was an arson fire to a vacant house in our neighborhood. I was able to capture several pictures of it. I ended up renting a property to and becoming friends with the guy in this picture.

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[Fort fireman]

It certainly feels fulfilling at times. The military was a part of my life but sometimes I wish I had jumped into the fire service at 17 instead of enlisting.

I will never stop learning. There's a hundred ways to do each thing…and always new things being added or taught. Not getting off the truck without tools, did that on my first structure fire haha… Luckily we didn't need them first in. Door was unlocked and the roof was self venting by the time we got there. Good link, thanks.

It stopped being fun for a while, but i'm glad I didn't move on too quickly as much as I thought I was. Fathers old fire captain took me out to breakfast and gave me one of those cheesy "It's in your blood, you got the bug" speeches. Tomorrow I start my first day back in class for a degree in fire science. Better bring the teacher an apple.


Glad I got the clips I did. A bit bummed on the crazy stuff I missed. Had a camera curse. Every time something good came it was dead or malfunctioning. Every time we got canceled or had something minor it worked great haha… Had a fire whirl rip right by the truck when I was in the cage. Man I was bummed I didn't get that. One of the coolest natural things I've ever seen.

See I'm a bit opposite of you. I got so into the fire service at 16 that by the time I graduated high school I was pretty much on a head long path Into it. I was talking to the army at the same time I was going through the process for my current dept. I was going to sign on the dotted line if I didn't make the cut but I got offered my job.Sometimes I regret not joining the service. Instead I moved 600 miles from home on a Friday started the academy on the following Monday and now almost 18 years later still here.

[wilderness medic]

See I'm a bit opposite of you. I got so into the fire service at 16 that by the time I graduated high school I was pretty much on a head long path Into it. I was talking to the army at the same time I was going through the process for my current dept. I was going to sign on the dotted line if I didn't make the cut but I got offered my job.Sometimes I regret not joining the service. Instead I moved 600 miles from home on a Friday started the academy on the following Monday and now almost 18 years later still here.

I'll just leave it at it's nice to be able to know you directly helped someone as opposed to walking around a desert questioning what the hell am I really doing…. Pretty clear cut as a good job/ I could have done better in this field. At least compared to the military.

Several years ago there was an arson fire to a vacant house in our neighborhood. I was able to capture several pictures of it. I ended up renting a property to and becoming friends with the guy in this picture.

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That is an awesome picture.

[Fort fireman]

I don't have any video footage of anything. None of the guys on my truck are really techno guys . I have a couple cool pics of stuff but I cant find the coolest one I have.
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This one is a 3 alarm that we had about a week befor eI made driver. i was assigned to L-04 on A shift and i made driver and went to L-04 C shift. It was an easy move. This was in our area when it came in but we were second due truck there because we were wrapping up on another house job. Our job was pretty much done and we left the engine there to wait on the arson guys. We actually made a save off the 3rd floor balcony in the back.

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This is when I was on the back of L-01 on the 4th of july at a 2nd alarm. We had a guy that takes alot of NASCAR pics come and ride with us. It was about 110 that day.

Thats really all I have. I have one that is cool but I can't find it. It's from my time on E-05. We were first due and the capt. snapped a pic with fire bowing out the door over my head but I cant find it. E-05 at the time was a Ghetto station and was heavy work alot. Alot of shootings, stabbings and we were first in on more working fires than any other company. The stations nick name is Fort Apache, becuase it was the wild west for about 2 decades before i ever got there. It was alot of fun at that station. Then neighbor hood revitalization happened and money moved in and bought up a bunch of property and well things got slow. So I went back to a truck company. I'm truck trash at heart anyway, not a pumper princess.

[Rick]

Cool pics just the same. Thanks for being a first responder.

[1stimestar]

Nice job. Thanks for sharing.

[wilderness medic]

Good pictures. That second one is awesome. Really captures the moment/ feeling.

[hunter63]

Y'all's job are bordering madness every you go out....My hat's off to all ya'll.

[Fort fireman]

That pic was taken after I think 3 bottles. I was going to rehab and die a little bit. that is One time I had a medic start a line on me right there to get some fluids back in me. I'm not a needle guy at all so I was feeling pretty crappy there. Along with the rest of our crew.

That was taken probably 10 years ago.

[wilderness medic]

That pic was taken after I think 3 bottles. I was going to rehab and die a little bit. that is One time I had a medic start a line on me right there to get some fluids back in me. I'm not a needle guy at all so I was feeling pretty crappy there. Along with the rest of our crew.

That was taken probably 10 years ago.

That moment of near death feeling exhaustion after working your butt off . You can see it from head to toe. Awesome capture.

[natertot]

good vids and pics guys! Fire and rescue does a lot of great service and they seem to be overlooked compared to other civil servants. Thanks for all you do.

[Fort fireman]

Finally found that other pic I had. I'm on the nozzle waiting for water getting ready to mask up when the door let go.

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[wilderness medic]

Great picture!