Recent Articles
Posted By: Emily Stephens
Wed Aug 31st, 2022
1. Tell us about yourself and why you decided to join the fire service
I wasn’t one of those guys who had planned for most of my life to become a firefighter. In fact, I had just been discharged from the US Army in February 1970 and was trying to decide what to do with my life. I ran into a friend
Posted By: Emily Stephens
Wed Jul 27th, 2022
1. How many members do you have in your department? Do you represent career, volunteer, or a combination of both?
The Orange County Fire Rescue Department has 1400 personnel that serve the residents and visitors of Orange County, Florida.
2. How many are assigned to your training division?
Curren
Posted By: Emily Stephens
Wed May 25th, 2022
1. Tell us about yourself and why you decided to join the fire service
When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a police officer like my father had been, so I joined the local police’s explorer post and started riding with them. I had the most fun when the police would respond to fire department ca
Posted By: Emily Stephens
Wed Apr 27th, 2022
Featuring:
Ramasami Sundaresan FIFireE MBA SIRM
Principal Emergency Preparedness Consultant,
Athena HESS Consultants Pte Ltd, Singapore
1. Tell us about yourself and why you decided to join the fire service
My fire service career began in early 1971 wi
Posted By: Emily Stephens
Wed Mar 30th, 2022
1. Tell us about yourself and why you decided to join the fire service
Like most little boys at the time, I always wanted to be a "fireman". Twenty years later, I joined a small-town volunteer department on April 2, 1977. A group of friends were all members and kept encouraging me to join. Frankly
