Recent content by NFDTillerman1971

That is a great photo Willy funny I have seen his name in the local rag a while back that his church was leasing the old Saving society building and never put two and two together that he was the little kid that would show up at the station. Capt Tough Tony haven't seen him since Lepage's funeral.

Working in a small city department had its moments, in the Spring of 1972 I was working as the Tillerman on our Ladder Truck and we had a lifenet on board. This one morning the Captain on duty decided that at some point in the day we would have lifenet training, in other words he would jump into...

The department I worked for had a policy that firefighters would go and remove bats from peoples homes, imagine seeing a fire truck pull up to a house 2 firefighters get out and grab a crab net to catch a bat with. I was working an overtime shift at a 2 man Engine company with an old timer when...

Willy D was my partner at Eng#2 NFD for over 10 years when it was a 2 man Engine Company. We had some great times and some great stories, he was one hell of a firefighter and a great friend