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Hello, my name is Patrick Dooley and I currently work as a public safety dispatcher. My interest in the fire service started by hanging out in firehouses and buffing fires at a very young age with my dad in Hartford, Ct, New York City, Boston and at the Gong Club in Jersey City NJ. I became a career firefighter in Manchester, Ct. before joining the East Hartford, Ct. Fire Dept. where I retired from.
My pictures have appeared in Firehouse Magazine/web site, 1st Responder Newspaper/website and the Journal Inquirer newspaper/ web site.
I am a member of the;
Connecticut Fire Photographers Assoc.http://cfpa.freeservers.com/
International Fire Photographers Assoc.http://ifpaweb.ning.com/
I would like to thank the following web sites for posting my pictures on their web site's;
http://www.firenews.org
http://www.hfdradio.com
http://www.nlcfirephotos.blogspot.com/

Along with the web site's listed above and in the friend's section below please check out my other favorite sites;
http://www.reddevilphotography.net/
http://www.allhandsworking.com/
http://www.pbase.com/abrackett
http://www.smokeshowingphotography.com
http://www.nefirephoto.com/

*No photos from this site are to be reprinted or used without my permission.*

Any questions please contact me at patrickfd@cox.net

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