Saturday, March 27, 2010

We don't wear...

Captain John Philpott
Lieutenant Kenny Romine
Firefighter Jerry Bostic
Firefighter Nate Smith
Lieutenant Dan Taaffe
Captain Eric Mitchell

...our dress uniforms very often and when we do, nine times out of ten it's to a funeral. This time we were honoring retired Saint Albans firefighter Danny Burdette. I only got to work with Danny about 3 years before he retired. One of the things I remember most about Danny was what a great paramedic he was. It was a privilege to know Danny for the short time that I did and I know he'll be missed by his family and friends.

Last night at the wake, some members of the Saint Albans Fire Department, along with the Kanawha County Ambulance Authority posted an honor guard at the casket. After the services last night and the funeral today we tried to get all the guys that were able to attend together for some photos. Here are a few. The guys in the photo at the top are from left to right; Captain Eric Mitchell (me), Lieutenant Dan Taaffe, Firefighter Brandon Price, Lieutenant Kenny Romine, Firefighter Brian Sharp, Firefighter Nate Smith, Lieutenant Lance Carney and Captain John Philpott.

2 comments:

Kenny "slug" said...

That's a pretty good lookin bunch.

Eric said...

Thanks Kenny. I wish we could get everybody together (other than for a funeral) for a pic in our dress uniforms. We had about 12 missing fri. night.

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