From Rescuing Providence, 2010 ish. The ” babe” just got sworn is as Captain, Providence, RI Fire Department. She has more lives to save, congratulations Captain Wishart! Wisdom from the mouth of babes…. I dragged myself into Rescue 5’s

A Man fell to his death last night from an escalator at The Providence Place Mall. Two days after this was published.     My Turn: Michael Morse: A beautiful heart keeps beating     By Michael Morse Posted May 26, 2018 at 3:00 PM    A big part of my life was spent at the head of a stretcher. […]

Memorial Day Weekend is in our sights, I try and remember why I’m able to enjoy it . . . I think of the people whose lives

Scott Orr contacted me after reading this article, we  talked about what possessed me to write it on his podcast, thanks for listening if you do.   We know what we see is real. We know how it feels. We live with the memories, and know that more will come. We are tuned in to […]

Top 5 Worst Places for Emergency Operations 1) The ER Restroom “Well, it is an emergency.”   Two choices, Bleach covered buns after the janitor makes his hourly rounds or piss ass prior to. The advantage is that the stench created is barely noticed due to the fetid aroma emanating from the patient area. 2) […]

Some crews will do anything to avoid taking that last run! http://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/providence-ambulance-stolen-from-rhode-island-hospital/1190506866

…Firefighters? Yeah, we’re firefighters. And a whole lot more. I guess diggers, confined space rescuers, CPR on dead baby performers, body part recoverers, hanging brother cutter-downers and the million and one other things we do when nobody else knows what to do doesn’t fit on our helmet shields. Why am I writing this now? Maybe […]

Responding to “another” overdose need not be just another run. There are lives to be saved, and who better than us to save them.   “. . . Far too often, we forget how fortunate we are to be on the receiving end of 911 call. When the people we are sworn to protect seem […]

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The Code 3 Podcast is about firefighters and for firefighters. I talked with Scott Orr for a while about what it is like, and how we protect the public from the reality of what we do. http://code3podcast.com/2018/05/what-people-dont-know-about-firefighters-with-michael-morse/