any fireman out there

just curious as to how many ida’ers are also or have been firemen and if so where and for how long. myself; Montfort Fire Dept. for 8 years

I have a firemen hat – but I don’t think that qualifies me as a fireman

Industrial fire crew and ERT Shift Captain. 21 responders on our crew handling HazMat, Fire, Rescue, and EMS in a plant of 450 people.

Im applying as a volunteer in the small town I live. Does that count???

Former fire chief of small town volunteer department, closed down due to lack of funding, was on for 10 years.

my dad was a fire chief at tri-lakes fire dept. in colorado,for 10 years and all together he worked there for 14 years.

I was on the Hastings Mn fire department for 15 years. I went out as a captain due to a knee injury on a call. We did fire, rescue and ambulance.

Im pretty good at starting them but not much at putting them out

I have been a paid on call Fort Atkinson Firefighter,EMT until our department down graded to a First Responder Status ( to much red tape )Heavy Rescue,Cold Water Rescue, Driver, Motor Pump Operator for the past 25 years and I will be retiring the first of January 2006.

This is a really good post guys. Firefighting is the career that I really want to get in to. I’ll graduate college in May, and will be looking for openings after that.

It would be a real big help to me if some of you would pm me or email me with some tips for getting onto a department or other things that I should do before applying. Thanks guys.

My family has about 130 years combined experience between 4 people on my hometown volunteer department along with my uncle who retired this summer from the Waterloo department with 31 years experience.

For everyone who has served

i am a fire captain with the minneapolis fire department. i will start my 13th year in feb. i work on the 3rd or 4th most busy rigs in the city. the city as a whole this year is almost up to 30,000 runs for the year. the rig that i am assigned to will respond on about 3500 runs and i will go on 1/3 of those runs. being this is the big city we get called out on everything from someone who is having trouble breathing to car wrecks to shootings, stabbings and everything inbetween. oh ya we also respond to fires of all types. iam on engine 14, and as far as i know we have laid the most hose of all 19 engine company’s this year. we have 3 shifts, A and B shift work a day, off a day, work a day, then off for 3. i am on the C shift and we work 2 days in a row then off for 4 days in a row. thats why i live 100 miles north, up on mille lacs lake. if anybody is intrested, it sounds like they are putting a entrence test together soon. here in minneapolis, you don’t need any training to apply, they give you all the training you need, both EMT and firefighter. when there is info available, i will post it……tom fellegy Captain E14 C-shift MFD

Four years US NAVY six years with the Covington Fire Dept.

In December I will have served 20 years as a volunteer in our town. Its time to retire and let the younguns take over. With funding and small town population becoming a very serious issue , I think it will only be a matter of time and volunteer departments will have to combine and merge to keep enough guys with enough good equipment.

I am Station 3 Captain at the Inver Grove Heights Fire Department. I have been there for 9 years. I am also a Captain on the Fire Department where I work. We have a department of about 75 personnel there. I run the technical rescue team. I have been with that department for 12 years.

I’m working on my 5th year as a volunteer department in Durand, WI. We do on an average 70-100 calls a year for service. We can do just about anything….

Degree from Penn State University in Fire Protection. MATC Fire Academy, Madison WI. 7 Years with DeForest Fire Dept. Also was a EMT-I for 7 years. Fire Inspector for DeForest. Our Fire Dept all had to be FireFighter/EMT’s. Got burned out(not literally) in training and some very nasty situations.

Traer Volunteer Fire Department,10 years and counting.
My Grandfather served several years in Van Horne IA. My Father served 32 years in Dysart. My Brother has fifteen years with the Clive Fire Dept., and my son served as a junior firefighter 2 years before leaving for school/National Guard. The Iowa fire service has always been a large part of our family!

very cool to see so many giving their time and efforts towards their communities there is so much training, paper work, politics, and red tape anymore that it really takes a devotion, hey nk, what do you use your helmet for

New Albin Fire & Rescue, voulenteer 7yrs.

Fire Inspector for Holmen Area Fire Dept. for 3 years, was a volunteer here for 2 years before that, also was volunteer for Decorah Fire Dept in Iowa and Taylor Fire Dept in Texas where I also picked up full time shifts.

18 years volunteer in Brownsdale MN>