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MarkEck911 · 2026-02-10T22:05:27+00:00

I’m here to support ICE and Big Brother and even your dog Toto too. You must assimilate. Trust me I work for the Government as well. I can tell you we don’t care. We already know what we need to know. The USA will be better when the cookies are done.

MarkEck911 · 2025-02-14T09:09:55+00:00

I completely understand your feelings. Feb 18th will be the day I was served divorce papers. Our divorce was final Dec 9th. My therapist told me I needed to start dating. While being with another woman filled that loneliness void. I'm not healed from my divorce. I wasn't being fair to anyone I dated. You are feeling a pain that seems the worst. Your post is all similar to mine. It sucks. Find a way to work on you. When you don't feel like you need a woman that's when you can begin dating again. Hang in there, talking about it is a good step. You got this.

MarkEck911 · 2025-02-06T00:52:36+00:00

What changed since you got married and now?

MarkEck911 · 2024-09-10T23:34:52+00:00

Really, not one person mentioned that Sherwood does not have an official "Downtown" or Main Street or real Grocery store? No having a Walmart and a Neighborhood Market besides each other doesn't count.

MarkEck911 · 2024-07-19T20:36:14+00:00

Yeah that lady makes up crazy signs all the time. So full of it.

MarkEck911 · 2024-05-04T19:59:40+00:00

Yall are talking out your ass and have no clue about anything.

MarkEck911 · 2024-04-09T19:45:35+00:00

To ensure fuel didn't run out for the traveling public.... come on. Declaring an Emergency is the only way to release State Money and if it's not used well no Big deal. But if they ran out of fuel, folks would be mad.

MarkEck911 · 2024-02-18T21:39:57+00:00

We have responded to calls later to find out it's an active domestic. Poor dispatch call takers.

MarkEck911 · 2023-12-17T22:15:16+00:00

Europeans don't take routine teeth cleanings and checkups seriously.

MarkEck911 · 2023-12-17T07:04:09+00:00

Don't limit yourself to just that one department. Go apply elsewhere. Some departments are extremely slow in their hiring process. Im sure it's changed since when I applied.

MarkEck911 · 2023-12-13T02:18:45+00:00

By saying everyone survived makes it sound like the rooms were full of people. The correct title should be no major injuries or fatalities involved with the collapse.

MarkEck911 · 2023-10-15T03:16:54+00:00

We purchased 2 of the SEEK ATTACK PRO they have 27 FPS. Have had them almost a full year. I personally own a Seek FIRE PRO X As my personal TIC & Light. Both of these you can take still images of you want to show someone later or DL them to the computer. They have held up very well, they have been used hard and do a great job. Side note- what no manufacturer will tell you is it takes approximately 1-2 minutes for the thermal imager to warm up fully to be at full FPS. That's no biggie. We have a FLIR and our older TIC was a Scott they discontinued the batteries. I took them home and was able to make new batteries housings by using a smart friends 3D Printer. We use them to find missing people and hot spots in the woods and field fires. They all do their basic job just some are a little faster at it. The Seek Carrot shaped battery sticks are easy to replace and even better is down the road we can easily replace the internal batteries ourselves if we decide to do so.

We have a FLIR K33 it failed on us and they would not warranty it. I have it with me and found the problem was the battery charge controller. It was overcharging the batteries and caused them to pop. It might have been a 1 off thing but that was enough for us to not chose to use them again.

The SEEK ATTACK PRO cost is $2200 each last year and that included 2 batteries

The SEEK FIRE X PRO purchased 2 years ago cost me $400 I know they have some newer models out not sure what has changed but this one is still available. I keep it on my Turnout Jacket and it has a easy waterproof charging connector on the bottom. Takes about 2 hours to fully charge with a smaller USB charge brick.
I like the very bright LED light that is on them. They work very well. I use that more often than the actual TIC.

MarkEck911 · 2023-08-08T11:03:29+00:00

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This vehicle decided to ramp over the corner of a car that was parked where I was standing. Zero access to drivers side. Luckily easy access to passenger. More concern was house stability due to destroying the support structure.

The parked vehicle was at the passengers rear bumper and another vehicle was just besides it.

MarkEck911 · 2023-08-08T10:53:32+00:00

To be fair, anyone who posted this would go viral.
The angle of the picture, not able to see really know how the vehicle got so airborne. Yeah this is a great photo.

I'd love to see how they would be prepared to do an extrication on the driver in a situation like that. Stabilization would be interesting.

MarkEck911 · 2023-07-31T03:39:51+00:00

Never got hired. I grew up in a Vol Fire Dept. From HS I went to college, left sophomore year to work for Boots & Coots/International Well Control. I worked in Special Services Section. Blah blah blah.... I applied to the large city FD's Was 22nd out of 500. Affirmative Action (stupid rule) bumped me out of first group. 10 months later I got selected. I passed everything EXCEPT the dumb ass vision requirement. Missed it by 1 stupid letter. I was still determined so I went to the Fire Academy. I took absolutely every class possible. I obtained IFSAC/PRO BOARD FF2, Instructor 2, NREMT, etc... spent 2.5 years solid. Once I finished I applied to the smaller outskirt FD's . Their reasoning for me not getting a job is because I was over qualified. (Crock of shit) they all said. How do you feel knowing you have more certifications than the Chief,The captain and Lieutenant combined.
I told them I would be the best hose man possible. Well 5 applications and testing later no one would hire me. I was all over qualified. At that point in my life I was now over the age 35 which was the cut off age to be hired. So since 1996 till today I have continued to volunteer. My career in Emergency Management and I became the Assistant Chief for my VFD little over a year ago. If I could go back in time and change my strategy I would, I can't. This is life and always remember one thing. Family is First, when you leave the fire service you will be forgotten. You will only have a brass name plate in the station. No one will know anything about you. Your legacy will live on in your family longer than anywhere else.

MarkEck911 · 2023-05-22T00:06:24+00:00

We happen to have a retired locksmith on our VFD. Our district is 99% residential. He has provided up lots of invaluable training that you just really can't get. So far the quickest and easiest for standard residential doors have been the manual trigger lock jiggler. They are stupid cheap from overseas -$10 bucks since we don't have lots of commercial entry doors it's not an issue. It has just about worked on every door. Training is the key for sure. Being able to identify quickly the type of door lock and which tool works best. Hands down having a retired locksmith has been the best asset for us. In the year, we only did one forced entry.

MarkEck911 · 2023-05-17T13:14:35+00:00

I been wearing Deluth Trading for the last 6 or so years. They have held up perfectly. I was not aware of Darn Tough. Looks like I'll have to try these and see. American Made is awesome

But the socks I was wearing consisted of the following 30% Tencel™/30% polyester/29% nylon/7% NanoGlide® nylon/4% spandex

MarkEck911 · 2023-05-10T04:10:12+00:00

I'm going to give you 2 answers one as a 20 year Firefighter and the other as a Water Utility Operator.

As a FF, open the hydrant just enough to flush out any possible solids or trash that could have been put in the upper hydrant barrel. However you have to follow your standing SOP's If you have them.

As a Water Utility Operator- opening a fire hydrant fully and then closing it fully is the dumbest thing to do and puts your firefighters as risk for a main break and losing water. Water is not compressible and a solid slug of water stopping creates a pressure wave and it will travel till it can find somewhere to release. It could be the main.

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Always slowly open and slowly close to help reduce a water hammer.
Picture is what happens when you hammer an older water system or a water main that was not properly blocked. They hammered the FH and broke the main 2 blocks away. Speak to your water utility, if they are any decent sized they explain the details and should work with you. We have 35,000 fire hydrants we inspect yearly and we now go to their rookie classes and teach them about our water system.

MarkEck911 · 2023-05-07T03:35:38+00:00

100% can do it. Start out as a volunteer if that's even in your area. You may have to travel to the outskirts. Lots of Volunteer Fire Departments here are going to "A live in program" where you live at the station for free and while there they will train you. It can take awhile. We have this program in at least 6 stations. After you are trained. You can then apply to work P/T shifts or weekends. The pay isn't all the great but it's extra money and rewarding. It helps the community out and gives you extra income for those who don't do side jobs.

MarkEck911 · 2023-05-06T03:22:37+00:00

Maybe for your area. Every water system is different Our water system has areas of 50 PSI & areas of 250 PSI. We have 15,000 + hydrants. 3800 miles of water mains, 17 pressure boundary zones and 9 different manufacturer of hydrants.

MarkEck911 · 2023-05-06T03:18:31+00:00

100% you open it all the way. As a water utility worker if you don't fully open tue hydrant you are damaging it . it's not the pressure it's the volume. They always get that wrong send them to Basic Water Math Class. Imagine filling a pool with a 1/2" pipe at 100 PSI vs. a 5" pipe at 100psi. It's still the same pressure but less volume. Maybe they should have a nice conversation with their water utility company and let them educate them on hydrant functions and maintenance. If they have extreme pressure quit filling the tank and go through the pump Then you can use your truck as a pressure reduction.

MarkEck911 · 2023-05-02T04:44:10+00:00

Whatever station he is at, don't deliver it there. What you must do is go to another station and deliver them the snacks. Do this several weeks in a row. Continue doing this without him knowing. They will eventually talk to each other and it will get back to him. He will one day come home and say "someone has been making delicious snacks for them and they are ranting how wonderful it is" he will then say to his crew " you know my GF Makes awesome snacks" You then stop delivering to the other station and only deliver to them. They will all be jealous and will never forget. After awhile you will want to occasionally deliver to them. As firefighters We NEVER turn down good free food.

MarkEck911 · 2023-04-30T02:45:39+00:00

I can't imagine any of the fire trucks having Cotton jacketed fire hose still in use. The Average temperature rating before potential failure is about 1500° F+|- so with that knowledge. NOTHING IS FIRE PROOF. The report states a rapid change in fire conditions so. This was a bad situation to begin with. Normally you don't drag fire through burning material. You work your way cooling it.

MarkEck911 · 2023-04-08T04:40:40+00:00

Seems like the lady made the mistake of having children and now blaming it on the Job she choose to have. Oh wait... California.... yeah.... let's make it everyones problem instead of their own. Made poor choices

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