Louie

speedy recovery for all injured MOS

Why in the world would you try to flee and then assault a police officer for being stopped for traffic violations? Were the bikes unregistered, unisured, stolen, warrants out on these guys? Or is this a weekend ritual amongst these street biker clubs.

It was an incredibly busy weekend for us in the 4th. Thank you for the support, it's good to know that we still have people behind us.

Seth,
Glad to hear your doing better. It sucks to hear all your bad news but like others have said you have a strong will and you will be fine in the long run.
Jim

As the Blue Lanterns say, "Look to the Stars, for Hope Burns Bright."

When it rains it really pours doesn't it?
Seth I want to add my own humble best wishes to you and for you.
Crazy thing is, a year or two down the road somehow everything always seems to make sense. I don't know why or how that is but life always seems to work that way.
Hang in there buddy, you're a survivor I can tell.

Seth keep up the fight you will get over this. Also there are over 100 in service M8s waiting for you.

Seth,
I don't know what to say. I want to hit the rep button but it says "like." There's nothing to like about what you have been going through. It's kind of stunning to read all of this. I'm very sorry to read that you've been through so much pain and freakin agony.
You're going to be on my mind and in my prayers.
Never give up Brother. You'll have a lot of support going forward.
God Bless.

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Christopher, I have followed your journey with awe and amazement at the strength and courage that you possess. Never give up on your dreams for it is through dreams that reality is built. Young man, my prayers are with you and your family and I am certain that with your dedication and fortitude you will accomplish those dreams. God bless you.

Hello Christopher,
It may not feel like it now, because we all know that you are hurting and in pain, but guess what? You actually have a great advantage over other kids your age! You will grow up to be a stronger person, and it will help you as you pursue your goal of being a firefighter! Yes that's right.
You see, when you are tested like this, it builds courage and strength that few other people possess. Chris, most people don't have the advantage of being so strong in character at such a young age. We know you may not feel that way right now, and we want you to know that all of us here; the firefighters, the paramedics, the police, the emergency technicians, the dispatchers, all of us are pulling for you as you get through the tough fight you have been fighting. We also know you are going to make it! And your dreams of being a firefighter can come true in one way or another.
Guys like you are a shining example of what a good firefighter is made of. Guys like you never cease to amaze me.
Strength.
Honor.
Duty.
All of these qualities you already possess, and we support you and your goals when you get through what you have to do.
Stay strong Christopher as you get through this difficult time. I really look forward to hearing how things are going for you. You're going to be just fine buddy.
Respectfully yours,
Captain George Glover (retired)
Eastchester New York Fire Department
e-mail: efdcapt115@aol.com

Hi guys,
I've had a rough couple of months.
I became critically ill in June while on a trip to Chicago, and was hospitalized in ICU intubated for several days.
A few days after I got home to Texas, same thing happened, I had a procedure to corrrect the problem, but while I was intubated I aspirated vomit somehome and came up with severe double pneumonia. Physically, I can only use the computer for a limited amount of time right now, and am still extremly weak but am getting better by the day.
While I was in the hospital, I had no access to my phone or computer. I lost my job because I wasn't elegible for FMLA yet and I ran out of time that I could use, so I'm on a very tight budget. I can reapply for my job, but read on to find out why I won't.
My PayPal account that I use to pay for this site was hacked, and I was cleaned out of all the funds for this site. Although PayPal will be reimbursing me, it will be several weeks. I'm on a limited budget right now, and bills for the website are due soon and I can't bill, sell, or design any ads right now to raise money, nor will I be soliciting donations.
Earlier this week, my luck started to turn around the best it can at this point. A very awesome longtime friend and great person helped me out, big time. I am thankful for him and his bosses because his actions and concern gave me great motivation to keep going and renewed my passion. For right now, all I'm going to be saying is that I'm moving back to NY in the next week.............................I think I'll be much happier back there, especially because I miss all my friends from NY and working there. I LOVE Austin and Texas and will miss it (I've lived here for 4+ years already), and have been succesful and had awesome experience with the agencies I worked for , but at this point I need to start taking care of myself. After I was no longer healthy enough to be a career firefighter anymore, my heart was broken and I really wasn't the same-it destroyed me, but I've finally had closure on that and want to have the old pre-2007 Seth back.
There is MUCH more to this story, but please don't speculate.
I also apologize for not getting back to all those who hae been calling and emailing, it just gets a little overwhelming right now as I recover.
I have over 1,500 emails personally from friends, collegues, and EMTBravo members and related to me since May 26th, and eventually I will get to them all.
I traded in my car and sold off a lot of my things and bought a small 2005 Ford F-350 Super Duty/Winnebago Aspect 23' RV with only 7,000 miles on it. It's got all the comforts of home, and is cheaper and easier for me to live, especially since I will still have the home in Texas.
Does anyone know of RV Parks in the NY/CT area that are affordable and have electric and water hookups?
I was hoping I could park it at an FD or EMS, and in exchange join that agency and they would technically have a driver in house. I am stilll a certified Firefighter and Paramedic, and am capable of driving, operating, and maintaining any type of emergency vehicle. I can drive ambulances, midmount and rearmount aerials and tower ladders, engines (I am certified in pumping and water supply), rescue trucks, tankers, brush trucks, etc. If someone knows of an agency that could work something out with me, I would greatly appreaciate it. Email me at seth@emtbravo.com if you know of anything, even if short term.
I hopefully will have a job lined up, but I am looking for a second job, if anyone knows anything that's open and pays decent. It doesn't have to be emergency services. Email me at seth@emtbravo.com .
I wish I never gave up some of my Westchester jobs I had, I always thought the grass was greener and kept moving up jobs, but I look back now and had it great right where I started.
Thanks guys for your concern, and whatever help you can offer me. I hope that some of you guys can come up and hang out with me when I get back.
There is more to what I am going through, but please don't speculate or comment on that.

I have to respectfully disagree with you on this one. Perhaps the way it is run now, it is a disaster. But what they need is to make it a real department and staff it properly including officers/chiefs, and make a true M.A. agreement with Port Chester. I can't speak much about the PD, but I imagine they would need to hire more officers if they were to take over Rye Brook's district. As for EMS, we already cover Rye Brook as well as Port Chester and Rye so there would be no change there. But there needs to be a fire department in Rye Brook. The district is too big to rely on the FD responding from downtown Port Chester. If way back when, when Rye Brook was asking/demanding(depending on who you ask) that Port Chester locate an engine into the village of RB (being that they were paying for a huge portion of the fire protection) and Port Chester did just that, maybe Rual Metro would never have come to town and maybe there would be no RBFD. But as we all know that is not what happened.