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I was reading the post a few pages back about the wildland fire truck, and I was curious to know how many volunteer firefighters we have out there, I am involved with one of the local volunteer departments anyone else out there????
Ryne
 
15 years with one department covering two townships. I joined when the average members age was a lot older so I got my initial experience with the "old timers" and I'm grateful for that! Now they are all like family. The fireman's Prayer chokes me up every time I read it...

God Speed,
Bill
 
Currently a Liutenant,I've been Secretary,
Captain, Chief, Chairman of the board. And
thrown out by a crooked politition.
We fought our way back in, and now after
27 years of all that fun I'm considering
retirement. I need more time to raise my three daughters, age 11, 5 & 3!
The fun continues.
 
I'm a volunteer FF. So is my dad. I'm on 2 different departments -- one id the district in which I live and the other is the closest one to my house.
 
Thanks Guys for manning the trucks.

I'm out in the country and we do appreciate you guys.

Gary
 
ten years so far, bought a farm just before i 'joined' the local dept, was cleaning up the yard and had a 'small' fire going that turned into a much bigger fire... local boys showed up and i was informed that if i wanted the fire put out i had to join... (they were joking) so i did, never regretted it, a great bunch of guys (and they never let me forget about that 'incident').
 
Spent 7 years with one engine company, quit in 1991 when I moved to another county. Was a state instructor for 4 years after that.
 
I'm not a Volunteer Firefighter, but I am a Volunteer Police Officer. I tried working with the Fire Dept. but I had a bad call with a teenage girl that was killed in an car vs. truck accident, I was an EMT. She was too close to my daughter's age and I had a hard time with it. So I went into law enforcement, I've been doing it now for for 10 years. Jay
 
FF for almost 15 yrs.Been Lieutenant,Captain,Assistant Chief ,trustee and looks like back to Assistant Chief after the first of the year.Same dept.,firehall right across the field from the house.Grandpa was a charter member in'53 and my dad was active for a while.By the way,we need a door latch for our '63 IH brush truck if anybody has one.
 
I spent 20 years as a volunteer Fireman/EMS. Also, during that time I was on the Fire Brigade for the chemical company that I worked for. Our equipment at the plant was 1st class and made our jobs easier. Spent about 80 hours a year training at LSU Fire & Emergency Training Institute. I retired from the plant and moved about 650 miles and gave it up...
 
A bit long.
Volunteer Fire Fighters, the most dedicated group of people that I know.
My hat is off to all of you.
Boss & another co-worker where I worked 16 years were volunteers. Boss retired as first assistant chief.
Policy was 4 men to station GO!!! If miss the truck, or call location was closer than station, GO DIRECT TO SCENE. Turn-out gear is stored on the truck.
Average response time from alarm to first truck out was 2 minutes. That's right, two minutes. But they cheated- City hall/main station janitor, machinist at auto shop 1/2 block away, bar owner 3/4 block away, tech at tire shop across street from that bar, were all first to respond.
My work place was across street from sub-station. Boss & co-worker first out, Father-son team from lumber yard across railroad tracks next, guy from electric motor shop 2 blocks away last, then GO!!!.
Spent my public service in vol law enforcement. Worst call was double fatal crash. Young lady expired in my arms while rescue was extracting her. Found out doing the paper work that she was someone I knew, knew her parents well.
Rescue responce that night- 3am, less than 15 minutes to get out of bed, go to station, & 8 miles to scene. Can't get much quicker than than that.
Willie
 
Been a volunteer firefighter for 27 years, the fire chief for 25. We cover 104 square miles with over half being grassland. Never thought I would work a house fatality fire, but in the Fall of 2000 a mother and 5 girls lost their lives in a house fire. A very sad day that I remember every year in October.
But there are days when you respond to a situation and get the satifaction of helping someone out who is in trouble. One has to remember. The fire department, paid or volunteer, exist for acks of God, accidents or stupidity of man.
 
Dad has 29 yrs in- 15 as 1st or 2nd assistant, 7 as chief.

I have 12 yrs in as a medic - 9 as Ambulance director.

Our Fire/Rescue and ambulance are run as two seperate services. Because we are rural, our Ambulance covers 5 fire districts. There is no hospital in our service area, but 4 clinics and a nursing home. Our average run lasts 2hrs and is at least 50 miles round trip depending on where we go.. The ambulance runs on average 4-5 times a week, and the fire dept averages around 40-50 responses a year...

We have great, dedicated crews on both services, and awesome community support.

The hardest part I see with a volunteer or part time service is the harsh gear changes you have to get used to making. One minute you can be at work talking to a customer, the next your at a multiple person car accident with a fatality(usually someone you know). Then a couple hours later your back at work or home. You kinda learn to expect the unexpected. BW
 
About a 10-year volunteer here. Small town in Minnesota; about 100 calls per year, mostly medical calls.
 
10 years volunteer fire fighter, high angle rescue, hazmat, Captains training, top level radiation training and advanced 1st aid at Pickering Nuclear.
Moved to the country 3/4 of an hour north of where I grew up on a mixed family farm.
Applied to the local volunteer fire and was told to b*gger off before even getting an interview. That I wasn"t from around there and they were not letting city people in.
That year they hired a overweight 47 year old woman. And a stay at home mother of two pre-school children. Both had zero fire/rescue/heavy equipment experience.
Father-in-law is still fire chief in his home town. Brother-in-law is on the volunteer fire in an adjoining town.
 
I thought it was "volunteer". Why do they have to hire people? Should be acceptance based on training and experience. Guess I don't understand the meaning of old words anymore.
 
My hats off to all you Volunteers. You guys are our unsung modern day heros. Without you the world just go to heck. As for me, 27 years paid, retired and on pension, in Norman Oklahoma. I just loved it so much that I burned myself out-down to the slab (Pun intended). You guys take care of those backs. Dragging hoses, moving ladders by yourself, and lifting patients is very hard on your body long term. Not to mention carrying all that sorrow on your shoulders. Wilson
 
34 years of Volunteer Firefighting, 18 of that as Assistant Chief and Deputy Chief. Retired from running fire calls a few years ago, now just drive a truck now and then, help out around the station and tell stories of the the "Old Days".
 
Forgot to mention I also passed the York University Fire Fighter's test.
It's a grueling tread mill run to the limit of your cardiovascular capacity. Sit-ups, stretch reaching. stair climbing with full gear, claustrophobia test, ladder lifting, rescue dragging of a 250lb manikin, ladder climbing, vision test, depth of perception test, hearing test etc.
 
The bustling metropolis of Lester Prairie, MN - about 15 miles east of Hutchinson, 40 miles west of MPLS.

My wife has relatives up in your neck of the woods - Bagley.
 
:) I joined our local fire department in 1956 right after I graduated from high school. I retired in 1994. I was a Captain of an engine company when I retired. I was almost never involved in interior attack, but was almost always involved with pump operation/water supply. The first truck that I was assigned to was a 1927 GMC with mechanical brakes (on the rear wheels only)! it had a 300 GPM Hale gear pump and 1200 feet of 2 & 1/2 inch hose. The last truck that I served on was a 1978 Mack with a 1000 GPM Waterous 2 stage pump, 1000 Gals of water and 2000 feet of 4 inch hose. That truck is still in service, but has been converted to a tanker. :eek:
Dave 8)
 
I am coming up on 19 years of service myself. Captain for 12 years, Asst Chief for last 5 years. man, where did it go........
My Grandpa helped form the local FD in 1960, he retired after 24 years in. My dad served 25 years and retired in 1992. I took over his Captains slot which he had taken from Grandpa.
My step son has 2 years in now.
156 square miles, approx 2500 population, we average around 200 calls a year, about 70 percent medical first responder/rescue/ MVA's & public service calls.
Weiner Fire & Rescue Dept
Weiner, Ark. "Anywhere-Anytime"
 
What road and town? That was my territory when I worked for Production Credit Assn. in '70's and 80's, so know it pretty well. I grew up on a dairy just east of the freeway, near the racetrack.
 
Mike

I grew up in Elma, we live on the E. Satsop Rd. now. We built this house in 1982, it was financed by the farm credit bureau.

Jim
 
14 years in Cleveland Miss, a Mississippi Delta town, HazMat, smoke diver, LP gas fire, auto extrication, first responder medical, aerial apparatus 100', nozzleman, trucky, Lieutenant, Captain, Assistant Chief over time.
 
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