NOONIE FORTIN
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NOONIE FORTIN
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FD-EMS This
page was last updated on 1 February 2008.
Hopefully you're listening to the theme song from NBC television's "ER" show.
Before I go any further I decided to share some very humbling awards I have received for this particular page. While these awards are posted on my AWARDS page I thought it might be nice to post them on this FD-EMS page also since they really pertain to mainly this page. On 26 July 2004 I opened my email and found a note from Rev Dr Wayne E May, the webmaster of the Bradley Beach New Jersey Volunteer Fire Department. A link to Wayne's website is listed below. His department chose my site to receive their 2004 award so I proudly post it here:
On 1 July 2004 I received a wonderful letter from a woman I met in 2003. Janet O'Reilly Herron has her own website and helps others with theirs. I helped her a couple of years ago to find information about her brother who had served in Vietnam. We became friends through that and also her love of the Fire Departments. A link to Janet's website is listed below. She selected me to receive this award:
Having been a volunteer member of the Midway Fire Department and Rescue Squad for the Town of Colonie in New York from 1988 to 1991 I was proud to serve my community. I would have stayed longer but my back injury ended that dream--for a while at least. I hope to return one day, if not as a Firefighter & Emergency Medical Technician then perhaps as a Fire Police officer.
I joined the department as a Firefighter. Ever since I was real young I wanted to be a Firefighter and this was finally my chance. Midway was recruiting volunteers so I offered my services. I was soon being trained for both engines and ladder trucks. I took part in several fires and rescues.
I believe in the Volunteer Fireman's Creed that you can see for yourself here--just click on this to see the full size creed:
Here are photos of me hard at work at an accident scene--sorry its dark but it was quite late at night. That's me in the light blue shirt and ball cap!
I'll be adding more things to this page soon but meanwhile please visit the following links. They will take you to some extraordinary websites about Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services across our great country.
Emergency Services, Town of Colonie, New York This is the town where I live! FASNY Fire Museum of Firefighting New York This museum is an hour south of me in Hudson, NY! FDNY This is the official webpage for the Fire Department of New York and has a lot of important information as well as links to memorial pages to the members of their department who were lost on 11 September 2001 at Ground Zero when the World Trade Center was hit. Independent Lens - TAKING THE HEAT - PBS Finally the women of the FDNY are getting some attention for their hard work! Check your local stations to see this program. Recently it was announced that one of the Rescue Dogs who searched for victims for days following the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in NYC had died. Jake, as he was known, had also helped to rescue victims following Hurricane Katrina. For this reason I decided to add him to this page so he can be remembered also! Here is Jake--a wonderful Lab from Oakley, UT--the Search and Rescue dog who died of cancer--
NYPD This is the official webpage for the New York Police Department. and also has a memorial page for their lost members. Police Officer Moira Smith was lost on 11 Sep 01. Moira Smith is another site where you can read about her bravery that day.
PAPD The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is the agency that is in charge of securing the airports, tunnels, bridges, etc in the metropolitan NY and NJ area. Along with the 37 officers of the PAPD lost on 11 Sep 01, an additional member of the PAPD force was also lost and is often overlooked in the statistics. A special site had all their photos (though it's not working right now) but here are two special ones: CPT Kathy Mazza and Sirius, an Explosive Detection K-9, was a 4 year old yellow Labrador Retriever that was killed in the collapse of WTC Tower One. Learn a little more about Kathy Nancy Mazza-Delosh.
There was a page that honored the memory of Yamel Merino, a civilian EMT who died at the WTC on 11 Sep 01 but it has been removed from the Internet. A trust fund was set up for her son since her death wasn't covered by the city. Read about Yamel Jager Merino.
I'm not usually one to think of conspiracy theories however since 9/11/01 I have thought a lot about them. Therefore I decided to add a few links here that you might want to check out also: The Bradley Beach New Jersey Volunteer Fire Department Please visit this amazing website. The webmaster has certainly done a marvelous job for this department in not only honoring the men and women who belong to it but also showing safety features, a kids page, a tribute to lost firefighters both in their department as well as those lost at the World Trade Center in NYC on 11 Sep 01. O'Reilly-Fire Home on the web Janet O'Reilly Herron, the woman who created this site, is involved with the Fire Service agency in Utah. BUT she is also from a patriotic family and is involved with the POW-MIA issues. Women Firefighters' Resource Page A good site! Use any of the buttons above to go to another links page. Use the buttons below to go to another page.
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Before long I was asked to also ride with the Rescue Squad and
soon found myself being trained as an Emergency Medical Technician. I went on
many ambulance rides and experienced many interesting things. I helped treat
patients, save lives and lost a few but that happens sometimes. I also got
involved with training the ambulance drivers to be better, safer drivers.
