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Lives in:: Centerville, Ohio

Department:: Washington Township Fire Department

Title/rank:: FF/Paramedic

Years of public service:: 10

Agency structure:: Combination fire department

Top issues in your department:: Complacency

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Firemen in Suburbia

As firefighters in suburbia, we now live in a world of EMS incidents, fire prevention, and busy work. At times, it can be disheartening to those of us who live vicariously through the lives of the big city guys. We dream of days spent in bunker gear, getting dirty, and going to fires. :: Station alert tones sounding :: “Respond for an illness…” Instead, we run shifts on the medic unit.

I work for a department that protects a city and township of around 60,000 residents, 32…

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Posted on February 9, 2014 at 5:47pm — 2 Comments

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At 2:53pm on February 27, 2014, Jarrod Sergi said…: Hey Joshua, thanks for the addition brother.

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