Featured Blog Posts – April 2010 Archive (45)

Taking fire department training videos to a new level...

My daughters boyfriend just graduated with honors from the prestigious Pasadena Art Center College of Design with a BFA in Film Production - Editing, and with honors. Being the dad, attending the graduation, I had no idea that the guy dating my daughter was so damn talented. Needless to say, I still feel amazed knowing that this kid has a really bright future ahead of him. Don't you just love creativity and brilliance?


Unfortunately, the fire service is not…
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Added by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on April 30, 2010 at 1:15pm — 5 Comments

Firefighter Safety at Crystal Meth Lab Fires

I am currently trying to develop training material relative to FF Safety and/or recognition of Crystal Meth Lab Fires. If anyone can direct me in the right direction I would certainly appreciate it. Thanks and be safe.

Added by Steve Seal on April 29, 2010 at 4:30am — 1 Comment

Put to the Test: 6-alarm fire stresses need for command, control, preparation

Put to the Test: A 6-alarm fire reveals the importance of command, control & preparation

By Deputy Assistant Chief Robert Maynes



The fire service believes size-up or situational awareness begins long before your arrival on the fireground; it can start with the receipt of the alarm or with your commute to the firehouse. Size-up is an integral part of acquiring accurate situational awareness. (Situational awareness is simply defined as…

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Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on April 28, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

It’s Official: Firefighting Is the Nation’s Most Stressful Job

CareerCast.com Report identifies firefighting as nation's most stressful job for 2010



At some point in your life, you’ve probably asserted to someone that your job is hands-down more stressful than theirs, regardless of whether that person was an accountant, lawyer, doctor or, dare I say, police officer. Well, what you didn’t have then was a study to back up your argument. Enter a new CareerCast.com report… Continue

Added by Janelle Foskett, FireRescue on April 26, 2010 at 7:15pm — 5 Comments

The FDIC Experience: Returning Home

My goal is to chronicle, as best I can, some of the many great experiences I had last week at FDIC-2010 in Indianapolis, Indiana. There's so many of them flowing through my brain, some of them are short snippets while others I remember as full-length features, and I plan to present them accordingly.

My FDIC-2010 experience ranks up there with some of the greatest memories of my career and life. Full of laughs (my stomach still…

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Added by Tiger Schmittendorf on April 25, 2010 at 11:49pm — 2 Comments

Remembering 3 Lost 1 Year Ago Today

By FireRescue magazine staff





Tom Risk



Mike Flynn…



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Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on April 25, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Live from FDIC: Innovative Drills You Won't Find in Any Book

Innovative Drills You Won’t Find in Any Book

Story by Janelle Foskett

Photos by Raul Angulo



We all know how difficult it can be to motivate some people to train. It’s like working out. We need to do it, but finding the motivation to actually hit the pavement is a whole different story. And similar to… Continue

Added by Janelle Foskett, FireRescue on April 23, 2010 at 3:48pm — 6 Comments

Success as a Company Officer: It starts long before you get the badge

On site at FDIC

Success as a Company Officer: It starts long before you get the badge

By Cindy Devone-Pacheco



Often in life, we can’t plan our future; we just have to work hard and hope for the best. But according to Ray Gayk, Deputy Chief of the Ontario (Calif.) Fire Department, those who hope to promote to the company officer level someday should probably sit down and start making some plans.



Beware the…

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Added by Cindy Devone-Pacheco, FireRescue on April 23, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

FDIC Session: Schmittendorf emphasizes understanding when it comes to the newest generation of firefighters

FDIC Session: “They Are It!” Schmittendorf emphasizes understanding when it comes to the newest generation of firefighters

By Janelle Foskett



Parallel universes may exist on the TV drama LOST, but as Tiger Schmittendorf explained in his FDIC session “From the X-Box to the Box Alarm: Leadership in Today’s Firehouse,” the harsh reality… Continue

Added by Janelle Foskett, FireRescue on April 23, 2010 at 1:40pm — No Comments

Black Diamond Boot Review Part Deux: He Said/She Said

When last we met, my buddy Jim Brunelle was awaiting delivery of a pair of Black Diamond firefighting boots to test out, while my fingers and brain took a mini-vacation from blogging (my imaginary trip to my own private Idaho was lovely, thanks very much).

Jim sent me an email with his thoughts regarding the boots, and I opened it, fully expecting a knuckle-dragging Cro-Magnon-esque male perspective.

You know; something along the lines of "Boots good. Feet…

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Added by Mary Ellen Shea on April 23, 2010 at 11:30am — 10 Comments

On-Site @ FDIC: When you try out Globe’s new PPE, you’ll also be donating to the D.C. Burn Foundation

Climb & Crawl for a Good Cause

When you try out Globe’s new PPE, you’ll also be donating to the D.C. Burn Foundation



When you're at FDIC, there's always certain booths that always have crowds of people at them, where it's apparent something exciting is going on--that, or free T-shirts are being given out! …



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Added by Shannon Pieper, FireRescue Magazine on April 23, 2010 at 11:12am — No Comments

On-Site @ FDIC: Recent NIST research is changing fireground tactics

ON-SITE @ FDIC

Blowin’ in the Wind

Recent NIST research is changing fireground tactics


By Shannon Pieper



If you attended Dan Madrzykowski’s seminar today at FDIC, “Wind-Driven Fires in Structures,” you might have left feeling like some of the tactics you were taught in the academy are under question. Attack from the unburned area first? Maybe not. Don’t… Continue

Added by Shannon Pieper, FireRescue Magazine on April 23, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

FDIC Award: Robert Colameta Jr. Is ISFSI’s Instructor of the Year

Champion of the Courage to Be Safe Program Awarded the ISFSI's George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award

By Janelle Foskett




During Thursday’s general session at FDIC, Eddie Buchanan, president of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI), and Glenn Corbertt, technical editor for FireEngineering magazine, presented the ISFSI George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award to Robert J. Colameta Jr.



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Added by Janelle Foskett, FireRescue on April 23, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

The Nightclub Fire You Probably Never Heard About

The Nightclub Fire You Probably Never Heard About



The history of the fire service is closely entwined with nightclub fires that killed hundreds and resulted in significant changes in fire codes. But there’s one nightclub fire that you may never have heard about.



In 1940, in Natchez, Miss., 207* people died in the Rhythm Night Club fire. It ranks among the NFPA’s 10 deadliest public assembly and nightclub fires in U.S. history. And if… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on April 23, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

The Rhythm Nightclub Fire: Tragic lessons many of us never heard about

FIRE PREVENTION

An Untold History

The Rhythm Nightclub Fire provides tragic lessons, but many of us never heard about it

By Jim Crawford



Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the February issue of FireRescue magazine. We're sharing it here to mark the anniversary of the Rhythm Nightclub Fire.



February is Black History Month. I was born in 1954, and I… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on April 23, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Siarnicki Awarded 2010 Tom Brennan Lifetime Achievement Award

Siarnicki Awarded 2010 Tom Brennan Lifetime Achievement Award

Announces that military firefighters who die while performing firefighting duties will be included in the NFFF memorial

By Janelle Foskett



Chief Ron Siarnicki, executive director of the National Fallen Firefighters… Continue

Added by Janelle Foskett, FireRescue on April 22, 2010 at 2:50pm — No Comments

Ricci at FDIC: “It’s Time to Take Back the Fire Service”

At FDIC, Ricci evokes Brennan, urges “political courage”



In a forceful address that touched on topics as diverse as fire service culture, the need for stronger leadership, equal opportunity, merit and the debate over education vs. experience, Frank Ricci urged FDIC attendees to have “political courage” in his keynote address at today’s General Session.



Ricci, a lieutenant with the New Haven (Conn.) Fire Department who became a fire… Continue

Added by Shannon Pieper, FireRescue Magazine on April 22, 2010 at 11:21am — 3 Comments

On-Site @ FDIC: Class focuses on how to combat cultural & career development shortcomings in the fire service

ON-SITE @ FDIC

The Enemy Within

Class focuses on how to combat cultural & career development shortcomings in the fire service

By Shannon Pieper



In March, the Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Association rattled the fire service with its report, “Fire… Continue

Added by Shannon Pieper, FireRescue Magazine on April 21, 2010 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

On-Site @ FDIC: The Dreaded Counseling Session

On-Site @ FDIC

The Dreaded Counseling Session: How to make it a mere speed bump, not a train wreck



If you ask company officers what they like least about their jobs, I’d venture to guess that a fair number of them would say the personnel issues that come with being an officer. No manger likes dealing with personnel issues—or if they do, they’re certainly not a manger people… Continue

Added by Shannon Pieper, FireRescue Magazine on April 21, 2010 at 4:13pm — No Comments

On-site @ FDIC: Research illuminates the relationship between firefighting and cardiac strain

On-Site @ FDIC

Hard on the Heart

Research illuminates the relationship between firefighting and cardiac strain

By Shannon Pieper



By now, you can probably recite in your sleep that “heart attacks are the leading cause of line-of-duty deaths.” But do most… Continue

Added by Shannon Pieper, FireRescue Magazine on April 21, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

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