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How did your parents react? What was your parents reaction when you first told them you wanted to join the Fire Service and/or the EMS Field? Did they back you? How ol… Started by Rachel in The Fire's Out - Non Duty Forums Latest Reply
What's On Your Stick? This past week we did some aerial operations and flat roof ops training over a three day period. We used our own 105 foot straight stick a… Started by Jason Hoevelmann in General Firefighting & Rescue Discussion Latest Reply
Your Biggest Tanker? So my department has a 4500 gallon tri-axle monster of a tanker that we have given the nickname "the whale." I want to know if anyone has a… Started by Dustin J. Millis in Apparatus & Vehicle Discussions Latest Reply
Retirement: Where did the early age retirement firefighter come from? I have been trying to find out where the early age retirement for firefighters came from, what was the bases for it, what created its evolu… Started by Don Zimmerman in General Firefighting & Rescue Discussion Latest Reply
What Does Your Dept. Do To Keep Morale Up? We have a bonehead award. It's a little dog tag in the shape of a bone and is passed around monthly at our business meeting to the person w… Started by David Francis in General Firefighting & Rescue Discussion Latest Reply
Does It Have To be Custom? Been in the service for awhile and I always wondered why each and every peice of equipment has to be custom. We paid 138k in 1984 230k in 1… Started by Just Plain Craig Moyer in Apparatus & Vehicle Discussions Latest Reply
Guidelines for Minimum Attendance? Hello Everyone, I was asked to come up with a set of guidelines to go by,for minimum attendence.I am looking for some ideas,what do you use… Started by Robert Costine in General Firefighting & Rescue Discussion Latest Reply
Forcible Entry Door Prop Forcible entry can be a challenge and most of us do not get enough practice. Residential doors can not be reused very effectively and comm… Started by Paul Hasenmeier in General Firefighting & Rescue Discussion Latest Reply
Car Fires - Leadership by Example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE2EepoGtaQ Started by FETC in General Firefighting & Rescue Discussion Latest Reply
When To Let It Burn? Time to throw some controversy into the mix and see if I can't raise some dander... While this is likely more of a rural FD problem as al… Started by Talbot Brooks in General Firefighting & Rescue Discussion Latest Reply

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