Kind of a new guy from Michigan

[GraySmokeEater101]

Hello,


I have been a member for a little while now so I guess it's time to start doing something other than looking at other peoples installs. I have been an On-Call Firefighter / EMT-B in Southwest Michigan (Kalamazoo County) for the last 5 years. I am also trying to enroll in a Paramedic program so I can get a job with a local ALS Ambulance Company. People may take a look at my POV and think that I am nothing but a "Whacker" but in all honesty, I love the job more than I love the lights. Lights are just a really cool bonus. I Started out just telling my friends where I want my lights and in return, they installed them. I have learned a lot about lights and sirens in the last 5 years and now try to do my own installs but my current truck isn't very clean due to how many people have installed stuff. Hopefully, after I buy my fiancee her new car, and practice putting in a "Clean" light and siren setup in it, I will be able to get my dream Ford F-250 and just go nuts... I have enjoyed looking at photos of other peoples setups and getting new ideas.


Stay safe out there.


Troy (Shrek) Gray

 

[7d9_z28]

Welcome to ELB! Its a great site, and the members are extremely helpful!


Im not too terribly far from you, Im up in Grand Haven!

 

[smsales]

Received my degree from Kalamazoo Valley and trained in Oshtemo.


Welcome to ELB!

 

[GraySmokeEater101]

Received my degree from Kalamazoo Valley and trained in Oshtemo.

Welcome to ELB!

I too went to KVCC for my EMT-B and was in the KVCC / Oshtemo Fire Academy. What year did you go through? I was in the 2007 Fire Academy Class.

 

[jprleedy4680]

*Hat-tip* Howdy! Welcome!

 

[smsales]

I too went to KVCC for my EMT-B and was in the KVCC / Oshtemo Fire Academy. What year did you go through? I was in the 2007 Fire Academy Class.

WAIT A MIN! So did i, i think... i think it was 2007? long time ago..


Chief Howe?

 

[smsales]

WAIT A MIN! So did i, i think... i think it was 2007? long time ago..
Chief Howe?

where you at portage station for academy or oshtemo? i wanna say there was 2 classes.. im not very good at names, so i cant put a face with the name.. so if we were in the same class i apologize..

 

[GraySmokeEater101]

where you at portage station for academy or oshtemo? i wanna say there was 2 classes.. im not very good at names, so i cant put a face with the name.. so if we were in the same class i apologize..

There were two classes, one in Oshtemo and one in Portage. I was in the Oshtemo Class the year that Chief Howe's house burned down and he was serously injured. I don't think they had another class after that.

 

[smsales]

yup. same class. interesting.

 

[unlisted]

yup. same class. interesting.

http://youtu.be/sSAf18ADIpw


(you can kill me later) :dielaugh:

 

[spoda81]

welcome from another Micigander I;m in New Haven

 

[NCICUSA]

Hi Troy, and Welcome to ELB.


Your Neighbor in Ohio........................

 

[Tom]

Welcome to ELB!