http://www2.turnto10.com/news/2012/jun/28/providence-neighbors-ending-mutual-aid-ar-1086758/ By: Parker Gavigan | NBC 10 Published: June 28, 2012 »  Comments | Post a Comment Beginning Aug. 27, the towns of Johnston and North Providence and the city of East Providence will no longer send ambulances to Rhode Island's capital city. Officials from all three municipalities held at a joint news conference Thursday […]

Times are tough, relatively speaking, for firefighters. Station closings, manpower reductions, aging apparatus and equipment, tattered uniforms, brownouts, layoffs and pay cuts, pension reductions and healthcare concessions are taking their toll on even the most optimistic among us. Nevertheless, I always manage to find a way to mention that I'm a firefighter whenever the chance […]

So, the wedding is over, I've got some time to kill and god forbid I do so on a beach somewhere with an umbrella drink in hand. Make a long story short, my "other" life consists of helping run a tanning salon. One of the booths wasn't getting enough juice, well, actually it was, but […]

Final words of wisdom on the way to her future. Not quite sure what I said, but she was smiling. And so was I.

Remember Brittany? (January, 2010) "I’m dog tired and look it. I can feel the bags under my eyes dragging my face to the pavement. People pass, I barely look at them, just enough to avoid contact. I’m isolated, lost in my thoughts, just trying to make it home. A pizza I ordered waits for me […]

As I busied myself with the mundane task of treating the good people who needed medical attention but could afford it not…

Overheard in the triage area of Roger Williams Hospital , nearing the end of a long shift, as a patient waited on our stretcher to be transfered to the theirs:   "The back goes up with the button, but to raise it you need manual." "I need a manual to raise it?" "No, it's a manual raise." […]