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He one of the seasoned Captains within Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. He is also a seasoned rescue technician with Maryland Task Force 1’s Urban Search & Rescue Team. With the rest of the hardened, heroic MD-TF1 team, he searched and worked the rubble pile at the Oklahoma City Bombing. The Pentagon on 9/11. Hurricane Katrina. And many others. He’s a Paramedic. He’s a Station Commander. He’s a teacher, a leader, a husband, and a father, but first and foremost, a Firefighter. Meet Captain/Firefighter/Paramedic Troy Lipp.
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This is the same Captain, in the great wilds of Glacier, Montana. Here he is using one of his newest tools: an ultraviolet light water purifier. He’s always happy when he has a new gadget. Rescue Techs are like that.
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It’s the same guy, same place, but with neato-cool focus on the glacial melt water of McDonald Creek. He’s humored at the photographer’s artsy-fartsiness.
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Here is the Captain on the top of Mount Apgar trying to catch a view of a hawk or pterodactyl or something. I was too distracted by his muscular back and arms to notice. It was a very steep, gruelling hike up a jagged mountain. I think I threw up halfway up. He carried me the rest of the way, jogging.
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This is the same Captain, about to get on a horse named “Shrek”. I found that hiLARious. He found my hilarity hilarious.
Same Captain, with favorite beverage in hand after breaking the wild and tempestuous Shrek. It was touch and go for a while.
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This is the Captain quietly and patiently waiting for his bride to meet him on the mountain to say vows of love. True story: just before the vows were exchanged he whipped out his Pocket Knife and picked a piece of parsley out of her teeth with it. Rescue techs are like that.
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This is what he looks like happy and loved.
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This is a Moose.
Post Script Note: This post will most likely be used to tease, cajole, harass, embarrass, and most likely torque the Captain by his Shift. Life is hard sometimes, you have to be tough.
Mama Boe 