GOOOOOD AFTERNOOON!!!!! Well I had a busy weekend......... i had Fire School all weekend. I am Taking Fire officer 1. It is a 2 weekend class, so i will be there next weekend also. We had a possible 10-70 (Structure fire) but it turned out to be nothing, and we had a 1 car MVA with 3 patients, no extrication. the driver and the backseat passenger weren't hurt to bad. The front seat passenger took the brunt of the tree, so he had shoulder and hip injuries. Anyhow.........

I have been dooing my training for the 1/2 marathon. it is going well I can definetly feel the rise in weekly milage. I am getting used to though. I should be more than ready. I also started doing some cross training on mondays and fridays at the gym. I feel good this is going to be fun.
Gotta GO!!!!!
Be safe!!!
TTYL!!!

Well..............We haven't had diddley. We went all of last week with nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. We had one run after I got off from work. It was a 10-0 (dead guy). The guy wrecked his bike because he had been drinking and he was on unfamilier roads. Anyhow....Not much to tell there.
In other news...............I will be running the Louisville Half Marathon. It is on October 21st at 8am. That gives me 11 weeks to train. So everyone come cheer me on. I expect to see everyone at the mile 5/10 marker. It is an out and back race so the mile 5/10 marker are in the same spot. So come cheer me on.
TTFN!!!

Well. It has been a slow week. We have had 1 run since last monday. That one run was "Typhoid Mary" as we like to call her. We get there and she tells us that she is nauseus. It turns out she has MRSA, Hep. A,B,C. Of course she doesn't tell us any of this stuff until we have been there for about 10 minutes. We had been there about 30 seconds when I started getting back ground info, I specifically asked if there were any illness', infections, or diseases that she had. She said "I don't have anything. I am healthy." OY!!! Stupid people annoy the living heck out of me.
Not much else happening. I have been running between 3 and 3.5 miles a day. I am kind of in a bit of a rut. Between not a lot of free time and being really tired from work, it is tough to go the distance. I am making more time minute by minute.
Well BE SAFE!!!!!
TTFN.

Here is a pic of the new tattoo.

Hey Everybody!!!!!!! Well I know that I haven't written in a while but I have been really really busy. We had a benefit pancake breakfast to raise money for the families of the officers that were shot. The breakfast exceeded our expectations. We raises almost 8,000 dollars. It was awesome. There were literally people lined up around the building. It was a great display of community support for the officers and their families.

We haven't had a lot of runs lately. I guess that is a good thing. The few runs we have had all ended well. Except for a lady who refused treatment for her toddler son when they had been in a car accident and he hit his head because the car seat wasn't properly installed. The kid had a largecontusion mid-line forehead, nose bleed, and complained of neck pain. Maybe it was nothing, but it is better to be safe than sorry. Stupid people piss me off. Anyhow...... I taught extrication for the monday night training. It went really well. Everone enjoyed the presentation. next monday we are going to be cutting on some cars. we are going to go over some basic technique and some new ideas.

I have decided to train for a half marathon in january or early february. I know that is a while off but I am going to start training now. I can do a half in early 2008 and hopefully work up to a full by the end of 2008.

Also I have a new tattoo. It goes from shoulder to the other and it says " Sic Alius May Ago"
it means - So Others May Live. It is why we (firefighters) do what we do. Anyway i will post some pics soon.
Be Safe. TTFN!!

Hey All!!! Well Saturday was the funeral for the slain police officer. It was an all day event. I must say it was one of the most memorable things i have ever done. The service was good. i made it through with no tears. The Procession from the service to the cemetary was amazing. There were people lining the streets. When we got to Highlander Point and went under the 30 x 50 foot flag being held up by the ladder trucks it was unbelievable. There were hundreds of people waving flags holding signs and cheering. Unreal. The procession was 8 to 10 miles long. Then they did the last call when the hearse got to the flag. They had his patrol car parked under the flag. It was just as he had left it. The last call was hard i think everyone was crying at least a little. He was 10-42 for the last time. When we got to the cemetary they had the riderless horse, bagpipes playing amazing grace, the rifle shots, and taps. There wasn't a dry eye there. then they released doves. Every officer and firefighter there put a white carnation with a red center on the casket. I was good until the bagpipes started with amazing grace. It was a sad rough day. When we got our new (new to us) firetruck Officer Denzinger told us that was what a real firetruck should look like. He just wanted to know when we would get some real firemen to put in it. It was funny.
Officer White is doing good. he has had 2 surgeries. They have pretty much rebuilt his hip. they are pretty sure that he will walk again. Which is much better than the original prognosis. Originally they thaought they were going to have to amputate his leg. He has a long road to recovery. Keep Officer White and his family as well as Officer Denzinger's family in your prayers. They need them.
Be safe, Be good, and Party On!!! TTFN!

Hey Everyone. Well it is thursday. It has been a long week. Monday evening we went out on 2 police offocers that had been shot. 1 died and the other is still in the hospital. The officer that died was a friend to everyone on the department. we all knew him. He used to stop in and joke around with us all. It is a hard loss. The other officer is still in the hospital and may lose the use of his leg.
Yesterday we went out on a suicide. That didn't help. The wife of the slain officer stopped in yesterday as well. She wanted to say thank you for all that we had done. That took Strength and a lot of Class. The visitation is tommorrow and the funeral is on Saturday. Anyway.......Please keep the families of the police officers in your prayers.

What Up everyone!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Well I am in Decatur Indiana. I am attending a train the trainer class. Well I drove 4 hours to get here. We had a full arrest today. When we got there she was in the drive-way. Apparently she was going to get her cigarettes and didn't make it. We did CPR all the way to the Hospital. They ER doc Pushed some Epi. and they got a pulse after 3 more minutes of compressions. Well we did what we could. I am looking forward to this class. It should be interesting. My friend Brian had a rough Friday. They had a 10-50 (car accident) where the car caught on fire and the woman died. The woman burned while they were trying to get her out. The car wa crushed pretty bad and they couldn't get the fire out and they couldn't get to the woman in time. So he was pretty rough today. I would be pretty rough too. Say some prayers for them all.

Well I only ran 2.25 miles yesterday. I had planned to run more but I worked outside all day and it was late and I was dead tired. I am thinking of going for a full marathon some time early in 2008. I am thinking January or February. I am going to aim for a 3 1/2 hour goal. I will run. I will do my best to make 3.5 hours.

Thursday.......we had a tractor overturned in a creek on fire 3/4 of a mile in the woods. So this tractor is upside down on fire leaking oil, diesel, and hydraulic fluid. We had the fire out in about 5 minutes. It was roaring good, the fire burned leaves off a tree about 40 feet up. No it wasn't just the heat, the flames were actually that high. After we had the fire out we spent the next 4 hours skiming the various hazerdous liquids off of/out of the creek. Lots of fun.Not! not to mention the fact that my Engine was 3/4 of a mile back in the woods on a gravel/dirt road not nearly as wide as the Engine.
We had just cleared the run when we got knocked out on a med run. It was a frequent flyer who has MRSA (A contagious staph infection). She was having difficulty breathing. It wasn't too bad. The ambulance was there pretty quick and she was on her way.

Well.........I am trying to decide beteen 2 races. One is at the end of June and the other is a week later in July. One is a 10k and the other is a 5k. I have never run a 10k so i would like to trybut i am really doing good on my 5k times and i would like to try to win my age group in the 5k. Who Knows. I ran a 4 miler on Thursday and I ran 6 miles on Friday.
Thats all the news to print for now.
TTFN!!!

Well..I'm Back!!! It has been pretty quiet. Yesterday we rescued a lady from a snake. It was a 4 foot long black snake. It was harmless,but she was scared. We also had a small brush fire. It burned an area about 30 feet in diameter. It could have been a lot worse. It was in a small field surrounded by houses. With as dry as it has been if had gotten out of control it could have been a lot worse.
Over the weekend an 11 year old boy got hurt at the drive-in. He was on the swing set and decided he wanted to get off while he was 15 feet in the air. He hit the wall below the screen. He broke his radius, his clavicle, and had some decent size lacerations. Well the county contracts with a private ambulance service (They aren't worth a darn). It took the ambulance 27 minutes to get there. That was inexcusable. We (the fire department) had him splinted and immobilized waiting on the ambulance. There were some people who were not happy.
Anyhow.... I have had sme good runs lately. I ran 4 miles on saturday and 3.25 on sunday. I used Monday as a rest day. Tuesday and today I ran on the treadmill. I ran 3.5 miles both days. Tommorrow i have a long run planned. I don't have any firm plans on when the next race that i want to run in is but i will soon.
Be Safe.
TTFNSP!!!

Well it has been a few days since I wrote. Last Friday we spent most of the day at the elementary school showing the truck to all the kids. We were showing the last class when we got knocked on a med run. It turned out to be a woman having difficulty breathing. About 5 minutes after we cleared that run we got knocked on another med. run. That one was an elderly lady having a stroke. Yeehaw! We finally got back to the station and finished the reports. I had literally just filed the reports when the tones dropped for a 4 car MVA in front of Polly's with children involved. I thought for sure someone had flipped the car through Polly's parking lot taking out a bunch of people. It turned out to be a 3 car just down the street from Polly's. The children were ok. The meat wagon took one lady to the hospital to be checked out. Nothing major. It looked worse than it really was. No extrication. Not even to pop a door. Oh Well, maybe next time.

It has been pretty quiet this week. We have only had 1 med. run. We went out Monday afternoon and road-blocked for the Crusade For Children. We did pretty good for just being out for an houar and a half.

Not much running news. I have been running almost everyday. I did a speed workout yesterday and i did hills on Monday. Hills suck. Tonight I have a Medium distance pace run planned.
TTFN!

Hey!! We had a 3 car MVA first thing this morning. 2 patients. 1 extrication. Nothing real major we had to take off the door to get the patient out. Two of the vehicles were totaled the third was just missing its bumper and it's brand new 5 X 8 trailer. We were on scene for 10 minutes and we got knocked out for another accident 3/4 of a mile up the road. thankfully we had 2 units on scene so i sent the other unit up the road. That one turned out to be a 2 car MVA with 2 patients. We were busy for about 2 hours on both of these. It made for an interesting morning. BE SAFE!!

Well it has been a good few days. We had a rockin' MVA (Motor Vehicle Accident) on Friday. It was a 2 car, no entrapment, 1 vehicle on fire, 2 patients. We got the fire out in the cargo van pretty quickly. We saved the van, but the engines compartment was shot. 1 patient had a decent head laceration, with some minor scrapes and cuts. the other patient had minor cuts. It wasn't too bad for a friday afternoon. Nothing else exciting, just a couple minor med. runs. We had some bad storms last night but nothing happened in our district. Everyone else was running their butts off. We didn't have a thing.

I finished my week with 23.5 miles. I Took a nice 5 mile run on saturday around some of the backroads. Sunday I finished with a 3 miler around the block. There are a couple races I am thinking of running this summer. Nothing to long or anything. A 10K and a 5K. Then probably nothing until Fast Freddies on Thanksgiving Day.
Well until next time. TTFN!

Well, HELLO ALL!!!!
This is my first blog. You will have to excuse any spelling or grammatical errors because i can't type worth a darn. Anyhow.....I have been a Firefighter/EMT as a volunteer since 2003. I recently became a Career/Paid FF in March. I must say I like it. I work with some really good guys who really know there stuff. We have made a couple good car wrecks but no good fires. A lot of med. runs though.

I also am a runner. I average 20 to 25 miles a week. I have also been in a few races. You see a picture from my last race here ------>
http://www.fleetfeetlouisville.com/images/racephotos/Frostbike%205k%2007/Data/page.htm?43,0
I came in 52nd out of 543. I think I could have done a little better, but thats everyone right? i am planning on running a couple more races this summer and then Fast Freddies Five Mile Foot Feast on Thanksgiving Day. I ran it this past Thanksgiving and came in 150th out of over 500 people. i thought that was pretty good considering it was my first race. AnyWay.... More to come later.