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Second Days a Little Better

Well we're up to 2 today.

First was a medical assist.

The second was an MVC with Rescue. We were back-up to a volunteer Truck who got out late so we got there after the Squad.

SUV on its roof with 2 still inside.

A little stabilization, and assist as needed.

Still have 3 hrs to go.

Stay safe

Lt. Dan

Added by Daniel Brinkley on October 24, 2007 at 2:15pm — No Comments

California Wildfires and other disasters

Ok First off dont wanna come off sounding like I am totally heartless. I have never been to California before so dont know first hand but. I watched a news channel today doing a story about the fires and said they had to watch a families WOODEN SHINGLED home burn in the fire today. I am sorry but why in gods green earth would you build a house with wooden shingles in an area known to have wildfires. I hope there arent any firefighters killed fighting a fire on someone elses home that could…

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Added by Huey on October 23, 2007 at 11:38pm — 4 Comments

NOV 2

I HAVE MY INTERVIEW FOR SAN ANGELO FIRE DEPT. AT 8:30 AM NOV 2.

YES ITS HERE AT LAST !!!!!!!1

Added by CASEY YOUNG on October 23, 2007 at 11:05pm — No Comments

Hamburg NY Firefighter Chuck Nagel Passed Away

October 23, 2007

The Hamburg Volunteer Fire Department is saddened to announce that Firefighter Charles Nagel died on Sunday October 21st after a lengthy illness.

Charlie was a 28-year veteran of the fire department. Chuck was a very active member of the fire department. He was a past Vice President and President; a Line Lieutenant and Line Captain of Hamburg Heavy Rescue and on many committees including Bi-Laws and Grant writing.

He was active in the South-Towns…

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Added by Tiger Schmittendorf on October 23, 2007 at 10:39pm — No Comments

Boring First Day

Not much happened today

The Engine ran a few, then they went a body short so we got to take 1 medical response for them.

Did get a chance to work out, so thats a plus.

Stay safe,

Lt Dan

Added by Daniel Brinkley on October 23, 2007 at 10:01pm — No Comments

About me...

Just to clear things up a little bit....My page is designed to support my sons father. He is the firefighter for the City of Beloit. I give him 100% of my support and prayers. He is very special in my life as well as my childs life. I work at a hospital in the nursing field. I am in the ED a lot. Hope this is a little clearer. That and I LOVE FIREFIGHTERS!~

Added by Amy on October 23, 2007 at 9:32pm — 1 Comment

2007 Philly Fire Department Muster

I am re-doing this post because the original post was horribly mutilated by Blogger.

These picture are from this years Philly Fire Department Muster held at the
Phila. Fire Academy. It was a great success with nearly perfect weather.


Click the link for the full story: First IN!


Added by Dennis on October 23, 2007 at 8:03pm — No Comments

Firefighters fight for hearing protection!

Council eyes another

Firefighter hazard:

Hearing loss.


As he prepared to testify in City Council yesterday, Brian Mc- Bride,

president of the Philadelphia Fire Fighters Union Local 22, could hear

ringing in his ears.

It wasn't…

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Added by Dennis on October 23, 2007 at 7:46pm — No Comments

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEBER IS THAT EVERYONE GOES HOME EVERY TIME. NO MATTER THE CALL NO MATTER HOW SMALL WATCH YOUR BROTHERS' BACKS AND BE THERE FOR THEM ALL. WHEN ONE GOES DOWN WE ALL GO TO…

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEBER IS THAT EVERYONE GOES HOME EVERY TIME. NO MATTER THE CALL NO MATTER HOW SMALL WATCH YOUR BROTHERS' BACKS AND BE THERE FOR THEM ALL. WHEN ONE GOES DOWN WE ALL GO TOO AND WHEN YOU FALL I FALL WITH YOU. IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN AND YOU ASK WHY, ON MY SHOULDER YOU CAN CRY. JUST REMEMBER THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ONE HERO WE ARE ALL IN IT TOGETHER ALL OVER THE WORLD. WITH THIS JOB COMES HONOR AND PRIDE AND THROUGH IT ALL I WILL BE BY YOUR…

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Added by Jimmy Dean on October 23, 2007 at 5:54pm — No Comments

"Firefighter Down" 29yom Dx Ca.

Greetings to all, from the Henry County Fire Dept. GA

We curently have a young firefighter that has been diagnosed with cancer.

His name is Britton Cauthan

Britt has been out of work for some time now and continues to battle this disease daily. Enough annual time has been donated to him from his co workers to keep his check coming in for awhile. We have also conducted several fund…

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Added by Harry C Sherwood on October 23, 2007 at 5:39pm — 1 Comment

Yesterday

Yesterday we put a brother firefighter to rest. Ernie was a friend to all and would do anything for anyone. We all loved him down the station. We will miss him down there. I must say that the guys down the station worked there butts off to make Ernie’s final farewell a great one. It will never cease to amaze me that with what we pulled of the last week with what we had. Everyone at the Mitchell pulled together to make…

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Added by KClark903 on October 23, 2007 at 3:54pm — No Comments

VHS Training Tape Sale

For a short time only Penwell Publishing (Publishers of Fire Engineering Magazine) are selling VHS training tapes for $5 each. I just bought the whole Tom Brennan Forcible Entry Series for $25 it usually went for about $200.

Here is the link: http://www.pennwellbooks.com/sale-items.html

Added by Robert Owens on October 23, 2007 at 1:33pm — 1 Comment

Fire Department is quiet...

but, Back Country team has been called 3 times in the last two weeks. Another injured hiker yesterday. All teams were held in command center, and one team with a MD went up and brought the hiker down. Poor weather was starting, rain and wind....

Added by Brian Farris on October 23, 2007 at 8:25am — No Comments

RIT to Station Coverage..

toned at 5AM today for RIT team to respond to Berlin. Halfway there, down graded to station coverage. Oh well.....they always have good food and coffee!!

Added by Brian Farris on October 23, 2007 at 8:24am — No Comments

Lake Erie Beach Firefighter John Freidhoff Dies in Diving Accident

NOTICE OF FIREFIGHTER DEATH:

The Lake Erie Beach Fire Company (Town of Evans NY) is saddened to announce that Firefighter John Freidhoff died on Friday – October 19th in a diving accident in Lake…

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Added by Tiger Schmittendorf on October 23, 2007 at 3:42am — 2 Comments

The Wild,Wild West and the Demon Rum

As if the public's perception of volunteer firefighters as rabble-rousing, beer-swilling Howdy-Doody's fascinated by lights and sirens wasn't bad enough, I received this today in my in-box from "The Secret List"....

Hey....

In today's "ain't we proud" segment, a New York Firefighter was shot and wounded by another Firefighter who was drunk, in their upstate New York firehouse. FF Tyler Drake, 21, of Alexandria Bay, was accidentally shot in the right arm around…

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Added by Mary Ellen Shea on October 22, 2007 at 9:10pm — No Comments

EMS One-Day and Weekend Seminars, STONY BROOK and MONTOUR FALLS, NY

The FASNY EMS Committee has released the dates for their 3rd Annual One-Day EMS Seminar at Stony Brook University on Long Island (Saturday, February 2, 2008) and for the 26th Annual EMS Weekend Conference at Montour Falls (Saturday and Sunday, March 1 & 2, 2008) !!! These two educational programs have sold out the past two years, so keep your eyes peeled for the registration form posting on the FASNY website (…

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Added by Mary Ellen Shea on October 22, 2007 at 2:08pm — No Comments

Massage the Recruitment Message

The statistics are grim. The number of men and women signing up to volunteer for Emergency Services is declining at an alarming rate. Not only are the new recruit numbers dwindling, those that already belong are not staying.

Is it a social issue? Are the younger members of society simply not stimulated to respond to civic responsibility? Is today's fire service not exciting enough or is there too much competition for their time....

Remember when you were a kid, and one of the…

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Added by Mary Ellen Shea on October 21, 2007 at 9:10pm — No Comments

Breaking the Silence

I've been too silent for too long about an important subject in the fire service. I finally broke my silence in response to a discussion on drinking in the firehouse and a recent e-mail from Billy Goldfeder's not-so-secret "The Secret List" at www.firefighterclosecalls.com.

Here's what Billy wrote:…

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Added by Tiger Schmittendorf on October 21, 2007 at 7:39pm — 1 Comment

New to this site

Hello I'm a former Fire Chief, and curent Firefighter, I am new to this site, and my personal computer is down for some repairs at this time, so I will be placing some of my favorite photoes when my computer is back and running. Some of the photoes are of my making, you know those special parking lots all Fire Chiefs have made over the carer.

Added by exchief27 on October 21, 2007 at 7:23pm — No Comments

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