Zachary Criscione

Nickname(s) Zack, Axeman, Fez
Title FF / EMT
Hometown Erie, PA
Year Joined Kuhl Hose 2004
First Year Began In Fire Service 2004
Certifications EMT
Other Department Affiliations Emergycare
Previous Positions Held Quartermaster
Favorite Firehouse Quote  
Proudest Fire Department Memory 1st due to a fire in Dec 09, MVA on Lake Pleasant Rd and having the patient Thank us about 10 times for doing our job even though he had been trapped in his car in the cold for some time.  Another one is sitting at Nunzi's for dinner and see a older gentelman struggling to get out of his chair, so I go over and assist him and get him into his car.  Later that night going on a EMS call for a fall victim and it was him and his wife remembered me as that "fine young gentlemen from Nunzi's". And of course me being me, I see a couple of young ladies (80 +) get out of their car, and one can barely walk I go outside and help them up on the curb and open the doors for them.  One lady looks up and says Zack I see, tell your mom she raised you right, then looks over and see's Kuhl Hose and thanks me again for doing our job. Things like that the simple smiles and Thank You's,  making a little kids day when we come visit or drive by and  they wave.  That makes all the bad days worth it
Fondest Memory of Kuhl Hose I'm just so glad I took that ride south one June afternoon little did I know how much my life would change and how much Kuhl Hose has changed this young boy to a strapping young man. The 1,000's of people I've helped.  You really don't realize how much you've done until you just sit back and remember. All the calls good and bad, "glory" calls and "boring" calls each helped me grow and learn. 
Occupation Dispatcher Erie County Department of Public Safety
Family Wife Megan, Baby Criscione due in July 2012                       Mom Mary, Dad Joe, Sister Diane, Sammy & Pierce