Introduce Yourself!

[Guest eagle]

I am new to emt Bravo. I am trying out for a FD dept. in Westchester. Any advice for the CPAt. Thanks!

[Guest binclintonusa]

Thank you very much for the lesson. I knew that I can do this in better way.

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[nfd2004 750]

I am a retired fire captain from a small city in Eastern Ct. (Norwich). I have been a buff since about 1968. My father was a Firefighter in Bridgeport, Ct so I guess it was just in the blood. I enjoy buffing large citys espically FDNY and Providence, RI. Also interested in Police and EMS. I enjoy reading the various threads and viewing the pictures put on this site. Thank You.

[38ff 250]

Hello all.

My name is Mark. Im currently a FF and Commissioner in Marlboro, located in Ulster County. I have been a voluteer FF since high school, where I was with a large volunteer dept in Northern Westchester. I am now back in the Fire Service in Marlboro. I have been a FF for 5 years here, and was voted in as a commissioner last Dec.

Marlboro is a small community located just above Orange County, bordering the Hudson. We dont get a ton of calls (less than 200 last year), but we have good turnouts to drills, calls and social events. As for our dept, we have 4 pumpers, 1 rescue truck, and 3 chiefs cars. We have the typical mix of calls for a small dept in our area.

I am looking to get help with advancing my dept so we can provide even better service to our townspeople, going from a good dept to an even better one. We are in the process of buying a new pumper, and making several changes to improve our service.

Thanks!

[Guest Keith00923]

I am New to EmtBravo but am getting the hang of it. I am a Volunteer Firemen in Darien CT at the Noroton Fire Dept. I am the 5th generation to have gone to Noroton and I am attending John Jay College in Manhattan for Fire Science in hopes of becoming a career firemen in Fairfield County.

[Guest BIGDOG]

my name is dave aka big dog volunteer in nhfd dutchess county used to work for ems for many years and left looking to get back into it

rip ny friend matt lamb

[firemoose827 324]

my name is dave aka big dog volunteer in nhfd dutchess county used to work for ems for many years and left looking to get back into it

rip ny friend matt lamb

Welcome to the group brother. Feel free to ask any of us if you have problems navigating around and using the forums. Have fun and see you around.

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[brian56 0]

Hi all

While not a EMT or FF, I am a former NYPD A/Sgt as well as a Former Aux. Coast Guard Staff Officer and still enjoy listening to my Scanner. I find this site to fill in what I miss. I've been at the scene of many fires both on land and in the water as well as numerous car accidents, shootings, stabbing ect. Its nice to just sit back and read about it and my deepest praise for those of you who run into burning buildings or save lives. For you I give my heartfelt thanks.

brian

[Guest Medicoach1]

Greetings to the Emergency Services Community of New York’s Hudson Valley;

We are happy to announce the formation of Hudson Valley Medicoach, Inc. We will soon be providing top quality transportation services around the clock every day, from the Albany area to the southern border of Westchester County, together with strong support services and training components. Our program is fully funded, giving us solid capability for providing the best services to the Hudson Valley.

We have met with Mr. Nelson Machado, Jr., Quality Improvement Coordinator for the Hudson Valley Regional EMS Council. As we informed him, we have all the forms that at this point we need to have to begin to provide services in our region. All of this paperwork is being handled and reviewed by our legal department.

If anyone has any questions about our corporate plans, please contact me at (845) 453-6939. If anyone has any questions about our legal status, please contact our corporate attorney, Claudia Davenport, Esq., at (845) 334-9526.

We look forward to working alongside the other fine Emergency Services agencies in the Hudson Valley.

Respectfully submitted,

C. Michael Bodisch, CEO,

Hudson Valley Medicoach

Edited August 1, 2009 by Medicoach1

[Guest HeavyRescue9]

I'm Mike. I have had the honor of riding a Yonkers TAC unit with Seth. I am now riding as a Heavy Rescue Technician/Vehicle Extrication Specialist for Ridgefield Park Heavy Rescue in Bergen County, NJ. I have been an EMT for almost 12 years and the Heavy Rescue Squad assists our ambulance corp from time to time. Married, two kids, son of a NYC-TPD officer before they got consolidated. It's all a big numbers game.

[markmets415 524]

Welcome Mike

[Guest ah65co]

hi there my name is john flannagan i am a member for the tamauqa fire dept ahco and the tamauqa rescue squad . i like to do fire appartus models and thing like that and i was trying to find a post to put my fire appartus models for show .if someone can help me plz thank you .

[x635 4,066]

Welcome to the forum to all the new members.

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[Guest Sanjuan09]

Hey all, new here.My name is Paul and I'm a volunteer fire fighter from the Philippines with the San Juan Falcon volunteers. our mother brigade is the United Filipino Chinese fire and rescue volunteers.

Just thoguht I would sign up and say hey I'm trying to buy myself a used truck from the states as back here I drive the trucks and operate the pumps. Cheers!

[DOC22 1]

Hey all, new here.My name is Paul and I'm a volunteer fire fighter from the Philippines with the San Juan Falcon volunteers. our mother brigade is the United Filipino Chinese fire and rescue volunteers.

Just thoguht I would sign up and say hey I'm trying to buy myself a used truck from the states as back here I drive the trucks and operate the pumps. Cheers!

Welcome aboard, Samjuan09! We hope you find our forums interesting, informative, educational and even, at times, a bit humorous. If you need assistance with anything, please feel free to contact any staff member, We are here to help.

[Guest myvalk]

new emt, just passed in june.

i enjoy working on the ambulance and helping out.

myvalk

[DOC22 1]

new emt, just passed in june.

i enjoy working on the ambulance and helping out.

myvalk

Welcome aboard, myvalk. We hope you find our forums interesting, informative, educational and even a bitn humorous at times. Should you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact a staff member, and we'll be g\happy to help.

[ems-buff 81]

Welcome to our forum, You will learn alot here.. and get to buff out every now and again.... lol

[Guest RESPONDING-K]

Hello all,

My name is Bob, I am a retired FDNY firefighter, I worked most of my career on the upper west side of Manhattan.

I live in Putnam county.

You have a great wealth of information here, and i hope i will be able to add whatever i can.

[DOC22 1]

Welcome aboard, sir. We hope you will continue to find the various forums interesting and enjoyable. we welcome anything you can contribute to bring even more Knowledge and experience to our forums

[BCromwellSmith 0]

Quick intro - I'm Brian and I have been a FF in Irvington for 11 years - great, diverse department. I also had been an EMT with IVAC but had to give it up because of having two small children. EMTBravo is great - I wich Seth and the crew nothing but success.

[Mikefrmny 0]

Thanks for the opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Mike and I have been a ff for 20 years. Got my start as a vollie in Chappaqua way back in 1989 and was a member until 2002. I spent my last 7 plus year working in Fairfax County, VA however, just recently transferred to Longmeadow, MA to be closer to my family. I have been enjoying all the inputs here and look forward to having fun sharing and enjoying other posts through this great forum. Take care and be safe!!

[Guest JBB77]

My name is Jon Im a volunteer firemen from Peekskill FD

[Portsmouth OH Fire Buff 8]

Hello everyone. I am new to the forum. My name is Trey and I enjoy taking photos/videos of everything to do with emergency vehicles including anything that cathces my eye. I am currently in High School and waiting to Join The Few. The Proud. The Marines.

I am currently having major problems adding photos to my posts, if anyone could help me I would greatly appreciate it!

[aeroboy0620 0]

Hello,

I am a college student from Rye NY current at school in Florida. I got my EMT at Greenwich EMS over the summer and got reciprocity in NY a few weeks ago. I'm going to school for aviation but I've always been interested in EMS. Hopefully over the summer I will be able to volunteer back home somewhere. Great Forum, I hope to be able to contribute soon in the future!

[psyanide 11]

I joined a number of years ago, but have been a reader-only as I could never get the postings to work - giving it a try again. 'Been a member in Chappaqua FD since 3/01.

[PFDRes47cue 653]

Hi, my name is Madison. I have been a firefighter with Pleasantville FD for almost 4 years. I have been an EMT/Driver with Pleasantville Vac for 2 years. I recently became a Lt. with PVAC. This is a great site and is full of excellent information. Stay safe!

[gpdexplorer 46]

Hi, my name is Madison. I have been a firefighter with Pleasantville FD for almost 4 years. I have been an EMT/Driver with Pleasantville Vac for 2 years. I recently became a Lt. with PVAC. This is a great site and is full of excellent information. Stay safe!

Bout time you introduced yourself buddy!

Welcome to our newest members. You will see there is a lot of excellent knowledge passing through these forums.

[Ga-Lin 86]

Hi everyone,

Allow me to finally introduce myself. My full screen name is Ga-Lin Yar as in Qui-Gon Jinn, it is my "Jedi" name. I sometimes feel I am one of the last of the Jedi, having been trained a long time ago in a place far away. Well maybe Queens isn't quite that far. I became interested in EMS while doing my community service project for boy scouts at my local VAC. At that time there were no youth squads but I was able to join at the tender age of 16 as a dispatcher, the corps self dispatched. A year later I was allowed to ride as an asst ambulance attendant. I took my first EMT course at LIJ Hospital (all 40 Hrs of it) the following year at 18. That was 1972, don't laugh it was a very good year. At that time NYS was not yet issuing numbers with our cards. Some weren't even sure what to call this new thing (it was not yet considered a job much less a career or profession) my Nys VAFAA, District 4 patch states "Medical Emergency Technician".

After serving 4 years USN, corpsman I came home & began working for a commercial service. I became a medic in 1978. The program cost was $100.00 plus books, but my employer at the time paid half the tuition so I was out 50 bucks! Two years later I completed my Instructor Coordinator cert & I have been working, teaching & occasionally volunteering in the greater metropolitan & Hudson Valley every since.

I've witnessed many changes over the years. EMT courses are no longer 40 hrs & 50 bucks might get you one of the smaller textbooks in the current medic programs. I have no excuse for not joining these forums sooner & I'm truly sorry. In reading through the comments I've missed out on a lot. In any event I will attempt to be an active participant & contribute what little I can to the general buzz. Thanks for putting up with the long winded intro.

One last thing for those who are interested, I'm an advice hiker & also a minor history buff and & Ga-Lin (Galen) was a physician back during the early Roman empire. I'm not a physician & although Galen was supposedly ahead of his time I would match my medical skills. For those who are also fellow Sci-FY buffs Yar is Tasha Yar from Star-Trek the next generation (She was killed off early in the series) That's enough for now, thanks & we'll be talking to ya.

[FP16 3]

Greetings all,

I have been visiting EMTBravo for a few years and have enjoyed reading all the post and learning from the brothers up north. My name is Steve and I am a career Battalion Chief in Albemarle County, VA. I am currently the Shift Commander for B Shift; yes, I am a "B-Shifter"! I am also a Life Member of the Lake Monticello Fire Department in Fluvanna County Va. Every year I make the trip to the Andy Fredricks Seminar in Elmsford. We always have a great time and the hospitality from the brothers is outstanding. We will be heading north again in February and I'm am looking forward to the trip.

I have been in Fire and EMS for 33 years, and had the opportunity to spend 12 years on an airmedical helicopter crew, which was a great time in my career. In my off time I am a part-time musician, play golf poorly and enjoy spending time with my wife and 3 kids. I also just bought my first boat. It is true: boat stand for BREAK OUT ANOTHER THOUSAND!

Looking forward to getting to know some of you on the board. Stay safe brothers.