All Blog Posts Tagged 'fire' (259)

Tactical Medic Training

A question was posted about the SWAT Medic eBook to see if it was available in print? The answer is yes! It is offered in eBook for immediate download from lulu.com and Amazon on the Kindle viewer. It can be purchased from Surgical Tactics as a reference chart. The tactical medic training that is coming up in Austell 14-18 July is a level A course and meets or exceeds the TEMS and TC3 guidelines for tactical medics and medical professionals. It is clear at this moment, that there is not enough… Continue

Added by M Clark on May 5, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

FF injured

If you are a member of the secret list. You probably heard. 3 ffs injured in MD. I didn't think much of it. We (FFs) get hurt. My mistake was not following one of my buds after college. He was one of the 3 injured in the collaspe. As of now, 11:21 pm Central, he has been released. The other 2 on his crew are still in ICU/Burn Unit. I've bowed my head and prayer... maybe/hopefully you will as well.

Added by Andrew M.D. on May 4, 2008 at 12:23am — No Comments

What Are YOU Doing to Prevent Another Station Nightclub Tragedy?

There's been a lot of stuff written and said about the Station Nighclub fire and tragedy in which saw the loss of 100 lives and a further 200 injured.

I'm not here to call into question the response of the emergency services to this event.

But we MUST use events like this and 9/11 and Worcester and others to learn from.

What can we do better?

What worked?

What didn't?

What needs… Continue

Added by lutan1 on May 3, 2008 at 11:00pm — 17 Comments

SWAT Medic

Hey gang!!!!
My ebook on SWAT Medic is out! HellooOoo! Go by lulu.com/content/2434400 and buy a copy for $5.99. Or you go to Amazon or ebay or you can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me. Seriously, check it out. I'm pretty excited about it and sorry for being annoying. Like Mike Tyson put it, "I'm ecstatic". And there is a tactical medical course coming up in July 14-18, 2008 Austell Georgia. Fun Fun Fun!

Added by M Clark on April 27, 2008 at 12:18am — No Comments

first fire

so today i go down to the station to a medical call right, i ended up just on standby. so about 2 mins after i got there got a call for a car fire, so its me and another recruit and the district cheif, fire cheif, and the captan. so me and john get on the engine with the 2 cheifs and the capton took the duty rig. got up there told us to pull the preconnect, it was a fully involved car fire. it was a dodge ram 2500 so a pretty good sized pickup, so i pulled the line flaked it out and i had the… Continue

Added by dustin clark on April 24, 2008 at 9:06pm — 4 Comments

Big Day in Fire Service History!

Today, April 21st, marks the 130th anniversary of the day the first firehouse pole was installed!

Before that spiral staircases or sliding chutes were used; certainly not as effective as a fire pole & I'm sure a heck of a lot less fun.

If you would like to receive the "This Day In Fire Service History" email, visit StrikeTheBox.com to sign up.

Wikipedia has a great article on the… Continue

Added by Strike the Box on April 21, 2008 at 6:04am — 1 Comment

Bomb Threat Planning and Management

NOTE: Anyone can attend

Cost:$100.00

Dates: April 25, 2008 (1pm-5pm EST) and May 2 (1pm-5pm EST) This seminar is divided into two sessions.

Bombings, attempted bombings and bomb threats can cause extreme disruption, fear, and even panic in organizations whose personnel are not trained to handle such situations. Inappropriate and costly management decisions are often made due to a lack of organizational planning and a methodology for handling bomb threats,… Continue

Added by Michael Finney on April 14, 2008 at 10:24am — No Comments

Reaching Your Audience

I was thinking the other day after I wrestled with posting my blog that there are probably a dozen guys at work I could call to answer my question as to what was up with my computer. In my frustration, I was thinking, I am pretty competent with a computer for a 44-year old guy who still types with two or three fingers, yet it seems like some of the people I work with run circles around me when it comes to troubleshooting this stuff.

The first computer I was assigned at work was an… Continue

Added by Mick Mayers on April 8, 2008 at 9:00pm — 5 Comments

Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa

Editor's Note: If you only knew what WebChief and I have been through for the past day trying to post this. Talk about issues- for some reason the computer I was using wasn't allowing my post to save (which resulted in my first version disappearing) and luckily I learned from my mistakes. As Staind sings: "Falling is easy, its the getting back up that's hard". Well, special thanks to Dave for saving my sanity. And with that...

I have often heard it said, “Love means never… Continue

Added by Mick Mayers on April 2, 2008 at 9:00pm — 6 Comments

I'd had the idea of doing a running report on our incidents.

Can't be bothered! Maybe I'll just mention any of interest...

I don't think I've mentioned this one, but it was interesting. Happened a couple of weeks ago now, pager mid afternoon to support our neighbours in the full career service. Stangely, it was further into their area than we normally support, would normally be one of our career Stations supporting there. As it turned out, they specifically requested us. Nice feeling from that!.. Anyway. I get to the shed and so does… Continue

Added by Tony P on March 31, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

willingboro fire

TO ALL OF FIREFIGHTER NATION. FIRST IF YOU GOING TO DO THE JOB IF ON THE FIRST CALL AN EMERGENCY GO'S OUT THE FIREMEN ON SEAN SHOULD HAVE DID A BETTER JOB ON SEARCH AND RESCUE TO HELP THAT OLD WOMEN THEY HAD TWO CREW'S WORKING ONE CREW SHOULD HAVE WORK THE FIRE AND CREW 2 SHOULD HAVE DUN A BETTER JOB ON THE SEARCH IT TOOK 30MINS TO FIND THAT LADY .THE FIRE CO. FROM ANOTHER TOWN WAS SECOND ON SCENE IT WAS PUT WORK TO OPEN THE GARAGE DOOR TO VENT THE BULK OF THE FIRE WAS DOWN THAT FIRE CO.… Continue

Added by PEDRO.T on March 29, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

What's with this holiday weekend?

Friday, five calls.

Saturday, three calls.

Sunday, 2 calls - so far.

Ten calls inside three days is a little beyond a joke!

Friday's calls I've mentioned. Saturday -

13:58 - Support call for a grass & scrub (brush fire for those non-aussies). Small fire in a patch of parkland.

16:53 - Support call to a going grass & scrub fire, could have got nasty but was rounded up.

22:54 - Support call for a house fire - they wanted our thermal imaging… Continue

Added by Tony P on March 23, 2008 at 2:30am — 1 Comment

Another day - 21st Mar 2008, Good Friday

Today, Good Friday, is when our specialist hospital for children, The Royal Children's Hospital, holds its yearly appeal. One aspect of this appeal is that emergency workers all over the State get involved in collecting donations from motorists (yes, can rattlers!). And that's what happened today.

0800 meet at the Station to be allocated to an intersection and a truck. At work by 0820, good intersection with a railway crossing; and I was with the pumper.

0910 - paged to an… Continue

Added by Tony P on March 21, 2008 at 3:30am — No Comments

Isler and Monroe Funeral, Salisbury NC

Today was a day NO ONE should have to deal with, unless one of our own has fallen because of old age.

It started out like any other semi normal day for a Volunteer Fire Department. Aside from getting the crews ready for the funeral, the Captains and Chiefs making last minute rig assignments, the tones go off around 1130 for an unknown Medical. The Captain and I jump in the squad and head out, deal with a hyperventalating patient, and return to the station. Our Engine Co, 561, is… Continue

Added by Wolfy Lang on March 14, 2008 at 3:46am — 2 Comments

Now for some about the Fire Rescue Service (FRS) of which I'm a member. The Country Fire Authority (CFA) of Victoria is the organisation responsible for fire and other emergencies for most of the St…

Now for some about the Fire Rescue Service (FRS) of which I'm a member.

The Country Fire Authority (CFA) of Victoria is the organisation responsible for fire and other emergencies for most of the State. We only have one really large city, Melbourne. The FRS for the CBD and about 50% of the suburbs is the all career Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board - like long names, don't we? So we call it the MFB. The CFA covers the rest of the suburbs plus all the provincial… Continue

Added by Tony P on March 14, 2008 at 1:30am — 1 Comment

'The Fire Came Down on Us'

"It seemed like a routine house fire in the early evening .... the fire began in the first floor living room and burned slowly at first but with enough intensity to burn through the ceiling into the second floor. When we arrived on scene there was heavy dark smoke issuing from the chimney and all windows in the front were heavily darkened from smoke. There were just five of us on one engine.

We managed to get in quick and pull an unconscious woman out from the first floor before… Continue

Added by EuroFirefighter on March 8, 2008 at 7:24pm — 1 Comment

Fire in Salisbury NC

Over 3 LDH lays, one nurse pumper feeding out of two drop tanks supplying water to an aerial, and I filled over 30 tankers with water today along with a Chief, Captain, Engineer and another Fire Fighter. Personally was on the water point for over 4 hours today with my department running tanker shuttles.

There were trucks and crews from almost every department in the county, both career and volunteer, along with 4 other counties providing trucks, crews, and resources. We all know what… Continue

Added by Wolfy Lang on March 8, 2008 at 3:03am — No Comments

R.E.S.P.E.C.T

If you weren't aware of it, that spells "respect", just like Aretha Franklin said so many years ago. So what is it? Why is it so elusive in emergency services? When you read the blogs and posts here on the Nation, so much of what is bandied about is the need for respect or the apparent lack of respect. Some of it is directed at respecting your elders (the crusty officer in your crew), respect for the youngsters (those probies you endure), respect for the opposite gender, and the public's… Continue

Added by Mick Mayers on February 29, 2008 at 9:36pm — 7 Comments

Can you carry 100 lbs up several flights of stairs? (maybe you already do!)

On February 23rd, 2008 The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation held the 27th annual fundraising event The climb for the cure.

Firefighters from central Ohio came to downtown Columbus Ohio where they donned their full turnout gear including their S.C.B.A.’s (and on air) walked the stairs of the 40 stories in the Rhoades State Office Tower to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis.

Here’s something interesting. Since the event was held in our first in district we (Engine co #9) stopped by to… Continue

Added by Chasefire on February 24, 2008 at 5:51pm — No Comments