My Firefighter Nation
Small Town Firefighter's
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IamResponding App: Who uses it?
I was just curious as to who uses the IamResponding app for their department. What do you like/dislike about it?
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Mabas? Pros and cons
We are considering to join Mabas here and i was wondering other peoples thoughts on this subject?
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Why did you join ?
Why did you join the fire dept. the real reason?. My reason is because of my brother he OD and was unconsious and cold we called 911 two medic's showed up and the fire chief and 1 other volunteer . They needed more help and kept paging out are station . Finally a station from Virginia Beach showed…
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Exactly how big is your department ?
Mine has three bay's in those bay's we 1 brush truck, 1 salvage truck, and 2 fire engine and the ambulance set's out side for now . It's not very big in comparison to other dept. But we are getting a new station built down the road it's going to be nice.
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what is the best saw
So as a small volunteer department we have never owned a K-12 saw. We own chainsaws ( for trees) , reciprocating saws and hydraulic cutters (vehicle extrication) and the usual hand tools . Most calls are vehicle related with occasional wild fires, rope rescue, EMS and an average of 1-2 structure…
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Bizzare Training Ideas
What is the most bizzare thing you have done for training; that did not result in severe injury or destruction of property?
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Wi LODD:Sunday, March 4, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012 We regret to advise you that a Firefighter from the Colby (WI) FD was killed in the Line of Duty this afternoon-while on a mutual aid fire call. The fire was in the Abby Theater in Abbotsford and is reportedly a major loss-it started around noon. At some point during the…
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How poor are your?
What does your department lack that other departments take for granted and how do you cope? For example ; not too long ago we had to share hand-me-down turnouts. Also, our tender's tank was make from two small dump truck beds welded together.
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Cold weather firefighting tips
Does anyone have any tips or war stories about structure fires in sub-zero weather?
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Living on a budget.
What innovations has your department developed to provide high quality training, facilities or equipment without spending lots of money? For example we built our own training tower.
