FIREFIGHTING!, EMS, snowboarding, racing bikes, music, my truck, my guitar, bass, and my drumset.
Music
ACDC, Aerosmith, Apologetix, Atreyu, Atticus, Audio Adrenaline, Audioslave, Avenged Sevenfold, Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, Black Sabbath, Blink 182, Bob Marley, Bowling for Soup, Bush, Busted, Chase, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, CKY, Damian Marley, Def Lepard, Elvis Presley, Fall Out Boy, Falling Up, Foo Fighters, Fountains of Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Garth Brooks, Godsmack, Green Day, Guns n' Roses, Gwar, HIM, Hatebreed, Hawk Nelson, Helix, Iron Maiden, Jeremy Camp, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Eat World, Katinas, Kenny G, Korn, Kutless, Lamb of God, Last Tuesday, Less than Jake, Linkin Park, LINUS, Lynard Skynard, Marilyn Manson, Matchbook Romance, Maxie Priest, Maynard Ferguson, Megadeth, Metallica, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Mullet Roe, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Name Taken, Newsboys, Nickelback, Nirvana, Offspring, Ozzy, Papa Roach, Pillar, Pink Floyd, Punchline, QOTSA, Rage Against the Machine, Rammstein, Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Relient K, Rob Zombie, Rolling Stones, Ruckus and the Trousers, Santana, Slipknot, Starting Line, Sugarcult, Sum 41, Switch, System of a Down, Tenacious D, They Might be Giants, Thought Deposit, TFK, Thrice, Tool, Transplants, Trivium, U2, Used, Van Halen, Van Morrison, Waking Ashland, Wierd Al Yankovic, Wild Cherry, Yellowcard, Zao, ZZ Top, and of course my band, Relik.
Books
A fireman's life is one big surprise,
Usually he laughs,sometimes he cries,
There's always stress, toil and strife,
Hoping he's good enough to save just one life.
His wife understands when he misses dinner,
If he runs out of church, don't think he's a sinner.
Answering a call is tops on his list,
Regretting each one he's ever missed.
He tries and tries, but can't make us see,
The happiest men, still work for free.
Jumping from bed, fighting the cold,
Knowing what to do with out being told.
He rushes to the station, jumps on a truck,
Depending on skill never on luck.
Putting his life on the line for an unknown friend,
Hoping and Praying it won't be the end.
"The Bravest men & woman in the world" the title is fitting,
They all do their best never come close to quitting.
Next time you see them, all their lights blinking,
Take just a minute, to think what they're thinking.
It's a hard job, so show them you care,
And help them out with a little prayer.
A Firefighters Prayer
When I am called to duty, God,
Whenever Flames may rage
Give me strength to save a life
Whatever be its age.
Help me embrace a little child
Before it is too late
Or save an older person from
The horror of that fate.
Enable me to be alert
And hear the weakest shout
And quickly and efficiently
Put the fire out.
I want to fill my calling
To give the best in me
To guard my friend and neighbor
And protect his property.
And if according to my fate
I am to lose my life
Please, bless with your protecting hand
My children and my wife.
Author Unknown
My name's Ryan and I'm a firefighter EMT. I'm a fire science administration major at CCAC. I'm going to do something in the emergency services field, but hope to get a crack at being a full-time firefighter paramedic soon. I love God. I also love my family and my pup, Klondike. I spent a year at Geneva College studying music but was led on another path. I have a huge passion for music, and play a bunch of instruments including guitar, drums, trumpet, and a little piano. If you like acoustic/alternative rock, you should check out my band relik! I'm a firefighter with Hilltop Hose in Natrona Heights. I'm also the fire prevention coordinator and in charge of the junior firefighter program at Hilltop as well. I also volunteer EMS at citizens hose co. I work full-time as an EMT / Driver at Arnold EMS and Buffalo EMS. I'm a huge steelers, penguins, and panthers fan! I love snowboarding and wait all year for boarding season to come back! I'm told that I'm a pretty awesome guy... I'm real easygoing and get along with everyone as long as they make a sincere attempt to get along with me. I love to help others any way that I can and always go out of my way for everyone else's benefit. I'm also a huge fan of the whole "you have to give respect to get it back" thing, so I do my best to respect everyone all the time no matter what. If you want to know anything else, just ask me!
I WISH YOU COULD
Randell Broadwater, Firefighter/ EMT-A
I wish you could see the sadness of a businessman as his livelihood goes up in flames, or that of a family returning home only to find their house and belongings destroyed.
I wish you could know what it is like to search a burning bedroom for trapped children, flames rolling above your head, the floor sagging under your weight as the kitchen beneath you burns.
I wish you could comprehend a wife's horror at 3 a.m. as I check her husband of forty years for a pulse and find none. I start C.P.R. anyway, hoping against hope to bring him back, knowing intuitively it is too late, but wanting his wife to know that everything possible was done.
I wish you could know the unique smell of burning insulation, the taste of soot filled sweat and mucous, the feeling of intense heat through your turnout gear, the sound of flames crackling and the eeriness of being able to see absolutely nothing in dense smoke. Sensations I am all too familiar with.
I wish you could understand how it feels to go to work the morning after having spent most of a December night, cold and soaking wet at a multi-alarm fire.
I wish you could read my mind as I respond to a structure fire: "Is it a false alarm or a working fire? How is the building constructed? What hazards await us? Is anyone trapped?" Or to an E.M.S. call: "What's wrong with the patient? Is it life threatening? Is the person really in distress or is he waiting with a 2x4 or a gun?"
I wish you could be in the emergency room as the doctor pronounces dead the beautiful little four-year old girl I have tried so hard to save during the past twenty five minutes, who will never go on her first date or say "Mommy, I love you!" again.
I wish you could know the frustration I feel in the cab of the engine, foot pressing hard on the siren button, arm tugging again and again on the air horn lanyard, as you fail to yield the right of way at an intersection or in traffic. When you need us, however, your first comment upon our arrival will be "It took you forever to get here!"
I wish you could read my thoughts as I extricate a teenage girl from the mangled remains of her automobile: "What if this were my sister? My daughter? What will her parents' reaction be when they open their front door to find a police officer standing there, hat in hand?"
I wish you could know what it feels like to walk in the back door and greet your family, not having the heart to tell them you nearly didn't come home from the alarm you were just on.
I wish you could feel my hurt as people verbally and sometimes physically abuse me or belittle what I do, or as they express their attitude of "It will never happen to me!"
I wish you could realize the physical, emotional, and mental drain of missed meals, lost sleep, missed or foregone social activities and intimate moments, in addition to all the tragedy my eyes have viewed.
I wish you could know the brotherhood and self-satisfaction of helping save a life or preserving someone's property, of being their in times of crisis or creating order from chaos.
Unless you have lived the life of a firefighter, you will never truly understand or appreciate who we are, or what we do, or what the job we perform really means to us.
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Take the quiz: What type of firefighter are you? Ryan is an Engine Engine company is the company with the balls. They go in a actually fight the fire. The only lifeline they have out is the water coming out of the hose.
Take the quiz: What kind of muscle car are you? 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Ryan is a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z28. He loves his car....his friends love his car and thats whats most important to him! His car really hauls ass! He feels bad that they aren't making Camaros anymore....but don't worry...cuz they'll be back!
lol i know we are doing good. he has a new phone every other day just about. ill send u the newest number lol so how have u been? so are u fully done with school now?
Well that's good lol! Not much really just college and work mostly with the random party in between it's pretty sweet :) College is so much better than highschool, holy crap! How about you, what've you been up to?
It's goin alright. A little stressed over my finals and what not, but ya know. I'm pretty sick right now actually ... but i'm hoping that changes soon haha. How are you?
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