About Me

I have been involved with Fire Photography for almost 30 years. In that time I have been involved with the following fire and ems organizations: Watertown Volunteer Fire (member), Naugatuck Volunteer Ambulance (EMT-I-D, Crew Chief, Vice President), Wolcott Volunteer Ambulance (EMT-I), Naugatuck Volunteer Rescue Squad, and Oxford Volunteer Ambulance (EMT-D, President). I am currently a Correspondent and Photographer for the First Responder News Network , a contributor to firefightingnews.com, a member of the International Organization of Fire Photographers and contributor to their website firephoto.org , as well as having photos published in various other fire trade journals. I work to actively promote the fire fighting services in a positive light and have assisted fire investigators on multiple occasions by providing them with scene photographs for evidence in arson investigations.

As for my so called "real job" I am a Register Pharmacist currently working for a large independant pharmacy in Waterbury,CT. I have also practiced in a hospital setting, corporate community pharmacy chain store, and as an extended care facility pharmacy consultant.When I'm not out on a fire call or counting pills by "5's" I try to get out and do some fishing (I am an avid fly fisherman and fly tyer) or I'm helping my wife care for our dogs (we breed english springer and english cocker spaniels as pets, show dogs, and hunting dogs).

A Little About The Tools Of The Trade

My Photo Gear

Cameras

My Primary Camera

12.3 Mega Pixel Nikon D300  DSLR w/MB-D10 Battery Pack

My Back-Up Camera

Nikon D50 DSLR

Lenses

Nikon 18-135mm Zoom

Nikon 18-200 VR Zoom

Nikon 70-300 Zoom

Nikon 55-200 VR Zoom

External Flashes

2 Nikon SB 800 AF Flashes

Nikon SD-8A Auxillary Battery Pack

Misc Equipment

Tamron Pro-12 Over The Shoulder Camera Bag

4 Sandisc 4G Compact Flash Cards

4 Sandisc 4G SD Flash Cards

Manfrotto 190V Tripod

Dell Axim PDA

Dell Inspiron Laptop w/ Adobe Photoshop CS, and Adobe Lightroom Software

Radio Equipment

This is how I monitor the calls which appear here (my wife is a saint for putting up with the constant radio chatter and my going out all hours of the day and night both in the photographer and the responder status).

At The House

Uniden 796D APCO 25 Capable Trunk Scanner with an Austin Ferret Multi Band Base Antenna

Uniden BC 396 APCO 25 Capable Portable Trunk Scanner

Mobile

Uniden 785D APCO 25 Trunk Scanner with an Austin Spectra Multi Band Antenna

Motorola Spectra 128 Channel VHF-Hi Mobile

Motorola Syntor XX 128 Channel UHF Mobile

Motorola Maxtrac 800Mhz Conv Mobile (to monitor the Waterbury LTR Multinet Trunk)

Blackberry Curve (for communication and incident alerts from the First Responder Wireless Network)

A