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MUST-SEE VIDEO: Tower Imploded to Make Room for New Fire Training Facility

Members of the Erie County Department of Emergency Services (ESU) watched from a safe distance as the county's 40-year old fire training tower was blasted with dynamite.

Seven pounds of explosives were used to blast out two pillars, collapsing the tower on to the area previously occupied by the smokehouse training prop, which was demolished earlier this week.

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Added by Tiger Schmittendorf on February 24, 2010 at 9:52pm — 1 Comment

Back to the Basics: Build a training program that refocuses your troops

Back to the Basics

How to build a training program that refocuses your troops on their primary mission

By William Sturgeon

Several years ago, I was playing golf with a friend of mine who happened to be a triple-A baseball pitcher. I wasn’t playing very well that day, so I asked him, “What do you do when you start pitching poorly?” He told me he always goes back to his fundamentals and recommits himself to mastering the basics again.

This made me… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on February 24, 2010 at 8:00am — 4 Comments

when is it enough

Now I know this is for firefighting and stuff like that but I got a serious question....
When is it enough? when is it time to move on from a girl? When is it time to throw in the towel form all the pain and misery? I know everyone on here is experienced than I am. I am young. So please, if anyone knows and can help me, please post something or send me a message.
Thank you.

Added by George Laiacona IV on February 24, 2010 at 12:07am — 11 Comments

How You Can Help Build the Library on the USS New York

Recently, I was contacted by FireRescue contributor Freddie LaFemina of FDNY, about an important project the FDNY is involved in: helping create a library on the newly commissioned USS New York.

That may sound like a strange project for a fire department, but it actually makes perfect sense. Many of you probably know that the USS New York was fashioned from steel from the World Trade Center, so FDNY firefighters have a close connection to the… Continue

Added by Shannon Pieper, FireRescue Magazine on February 23, 2010 at 3:20pm — No Comments

A Show of Steel: NYC exhibition highlights naval warship built with WTC steel

A Show of Steel

NYC exhibition highlights naval warship built with WTC steel

By Jane Jerrard

There are countless memorials, tributes and remembrances to the victims who fell at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. But few are as powerful as the U.S. Navy’s new warship, the USS New York, whose bow was forged from 7 ½ tons of steel… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on February 23, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Fire Relationships....

Well i am a younger female and am fairly new to the fire service and i absoultly LOVE it!!! Everything it has to offer, love to learn and learn some more! I sure am a hands on learner though. Anyway, i work in a small small town fire dept and i am struggling to find any young firemen to hangout wit. Its hard always being around the older guys and my mom is kinda frustrated that all i do is hangout wit older men. I cant help it that there arent any young guys. Its hard and was just curious if… Continue

Added by Hope Moore on February 23, 2010 at 5:31am — 4 Comments

Fire Fighter 1

FireFighter 1 will be starting in Velma Ok. on the 15th of March through the 16th of May. Tue. and Thur. 6 pm till 10 pm and Saturdays 8 am till 5 pm. need to enroll at OSUFST.ORG going to be lots of fun and educational.

Added by Bill Trostle on February 22, 2010 at 6:57pm — No Comments

Looking For used FIRE APPARATUS - TRAILER PUMP, GENERATORS _ TURNOUTS

Is your fire dept. looking at a new apparatus and has a used pumper that is in good condition, Please contact BOMBERO with information on apparatus. Trailer Pumps, USED BUNKER GEAR- THE PANAMA VOLUNTEERS FIREFIGHTERS - PANAMA REP. OF PANAMA, ARE IN NEED OF USED BUNKERS, Helmets , Boots, fireground hand tools - CAN YOUR DEPARTMENT HELP US, (e-mail cbpmurphy@cox.net

Contact - BOMBERO

Added by Francis A. Murphy Bombero on February 22, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

CO Detector Law Starts Today

Amandas’s Law which requires carbon monoxide detectors to be installed in any residence with an attached garage or appliance that produces carbon monoxide starts today. There will be a clinic at the Home Depot on Jefferson Rd on March 6 at 9am. The workshop will include installation instructions and more information about the law. The clinic is being put on by the State Fireman’s Association and you can get a free detector. For more information about this please follow the link.…

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Added by Davin Eshelman on February 22, 2010 at 3:07pm — No Comments

COAL WAS WEALTH: Size-up basics you need to know

FireRescue magazine's Fireground Operations column

COAL WAS WEALTH: The basics of size-up, part 1

By Freddie LaFemina

As a young firefighter, I’d always run fire scenarios through my mind. Whether I was checking the apparatus prior to a tour, checking tools or responding to an incident, I’d always perform a mini size-up in my head. Using any information available, such as dispatch information, prior fires or fire prevention inspection… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on February 22, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

firescience

TO ALL MY FRIEND

Difficult to understand the fire science as a fire is a perfect science or a imperfect science

where book say the typical law of s fire ground when you are fire it show the different thing.

so can we trust the fire science or the experience.

please commmit.

Added by kailashtiwari on February 22, 2010 at 2:51am — 1 Comment

Misted placed TX Firefighter

The other day I was talking to my wife on the phone and she told me she was waching The Unit and they had a morter attice on it, and she couldnt under stand why I was mad about it. Well it comes down to this, the less she knows about what happens here the better off she will be. Just like in the fire service there are just some things you dont tell your wife or husband. It isnt so much that you are hiding something from them, it come down to there are just some things we cant tell them. I mean… Continue

Added by Matthew Voges on February 21, 2010 at 10:41pm — 3 Comments

Responses to Cadet/Explorers Posts

I don't know if anyone else out there besides the cadets and explorers feel the same way, but I am getting tired of reading responses to cadets and explorers posts that are seemingly attacking these young FFN members. I don't care if you disagree with them or not. Just don't attack them. You don't aggressively attack other members with lots of experience who make stupid posts nearly as much as you do the younger ones. I believe you all are just picking weak targets. Would you talk to your…

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Added by Justin/ F-225 on February 20, 2010 at 4:50pm — 4 Comments

Notes from a Rookie Firefighter

Notes from a Rookie Firefighter...February 20, 2010 (what day is it? LOL)

To all you blog followers out there, I am sorry I haven't written lately!!!! Alot has happened since my last blog post, some good, some not so good, and some funny.

First for the funny stuff - one of the guys at our firehouse, a very experienced veteran, drove the ladder truck to a call about a mile or so away. General alarm call, nothing to speak about, and 15 minutes or so later was back…

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Added by Denise Imperiale on February 20, 2010 at 9:25am — 1 Comment

EMT-B Test

It is 05:52 on Saturday the 20th of February, doing last minute studying before I head into Westbrook to take my emt-b national test, feel very good about it this time. Am fighting off a cold though and feel a little tired this morning. So here I go people.

Alan Small

Cumberland, ME

Added by Alan Small on February 20, 2010 at 5:57am — 3 Comments

Maybe someone can give me further advice

I have one blog started. Im starting this one because im a volunteer ems. Ive gotten alot of advice from people on ths site and i trust it i guess because we all have the same interest at heart. I just got a phone call saying my uncle who is 58 was just diagnosed with emphazema. I dnt know much about emphazema at all. I told him as his neice and an ems to please stop smoking. He's like my dad to me. And im affraid im gonna lose him to this one day. I know one day its gona happen but im not sure… Continue

Added by cassandra vaughn on February 19, 2010 at 3:25pm — 4 Comments

Expectations/ financial

Let me start with something basic, expectation; even more basic, financial expectations. It is said that of all divorces about 90% of them are due to some type of financial reason. I would tend to agree with this, but what is that fiscal reasoning. I believe that it may be the lack of communication of fiscal expectation.…

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Added by Capt.Alex Arnold on February 19, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Your personal relationship?

I have been contemplating for a few weeks about starting a regular blog on this site. I thought that it would be relatively easy to do, just start typing about something and make it interesting. Ok, not has easy as I thought it could be. I have to give a lot of “props” to the likes of Art and other fire service bloggers. You guys are constantly coming out with relevant topics to…

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Added by Capt.Alex Arnold on February 19, 2010 at 12:51pm — 7 Comments

You Can’t Do Everything at Once: Multitasking on the Fireground

You Can’t Do Everything at Once

What you need to know about multitasking & how to control it on the fireground

By Billy Schmidt

How can firefighters complete several important tasks—safely, effectively and in a timely manner—while working in the challenging fireground environment? The answer lies in understanding task management and multitasking. Firefighters are only as effective as the results from the actions they take. In this column,… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on February 19, 2010 at 8:00am — 2 Comments