If somebody had told me before I worked in EMS that mildly Ill people, younger than me would call 911, lay in bed until we arrived, allow others to physically carry them from their homes and then wait for 8 hours crammed into an overcrowded emergency room with other mildly Ill people I’d never have […]
As a firefighter, there is nothing that we cannot do, no obstacle we will not overcome, and nothing we fear…except, maybe, what to do when it is time for us to re-join the workforce after retirement. When our time in uniform is through, we’ll put all of our experiences together, put on our finest civilian […]
Whatever happened has already happened. Now its time to get to work. We had nothing to do with whatever it was, be it a mass shooting, a train de-railment, a carbon monoxide leak that leaves a family dead or any of the unimaginable things that do happen that precede our involvement. When sorting through the […]
The Providence Fire Department has been plagued with a lack of official leadership and without a Chief of Department for years. Fortunately, leadership on the street level is in abundant supply. It was my pleasure to work alongside them. By Michael Morse “Rescue 1 with Engine 13, respond to Broad and Connor Street, at […]
The Providence Fire Department has been plagued with a lack of official leadership and without a Chief of Department for years. Fortunately, leadership on the street level is in abundant supply. It was my pleasure to work alongside them. By Michael Morse “Rescue 1 with Engine 13, respond to Broad and Connor Street, at the […]
“We few. We happy few.” …Not many people get the opportunity to respond to other people’s emergencies and, by doing so, participate in the age-old struggle of good vs. evil. By taking every opportunity that presents itself to stem the tide of discontent; disillusionment; and good old-fashioned beatings, robberies, fires, accidents, and disease, we do […]