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DOUGLAS HOLT Retired District Chief, Former North York

Funeral Info for Douglas Holt - Retired District Chief, Former North York

Sunday January 10, 2010

DOUGLAS HOLT

Retired District Chief, Former North York

Retired North York District Chief Douglas Holt passed away Jan 8, 2010.

Visitation and Memorial service to be held on Wednesday January 13, 2010 in the Chapel of the Comstock Funeral Home at 356 Rubidge Street, Peterborough.

Viewing starts at 1100 with the memorial service… Continue

Added by Brad Duncan on January 11, 2010 at 5:07pm — No Comments

Active Member Death, Jim MacIntosh, Station 122-C

Funeral Information for Active Member, Captain Jim MacIntosh - Former North York

Saturday December 19, 2009

ACTIVE MEMBER DEATH

JIM MACINTOSH

STATION 122-C

Capt Jim MacIntosh R122 C Platoon passed away December 18, 2009 due to complications from ALS.

Jim's wish was to have his body donated to the University of Toronto for Medical Research.

At the families request, there will be no formal… Continue

Added by Brad Duncan on January 11, 2010 at 5:04pm — No Comments

Tales from a Tailboard fireman-earning our pay

During 25 years of fighting fires and responding to calls, there are times when you know that was as close as you want to come to the edge. When you sense death tapping you on the shoulder and know that day you earned your pay.

My first was an ammonia leak at a rail yard. I was on the tailboard of Engine 7 when we were dispatched at 2100 hrs. When we got close, the smell almost knocked me and Tom off. S.J.F.D. had just set up a Haz Mat unit, and when we pulled up, I saw them… Continue

Added by mike simms on January 10, 2010 at 4:35pm — No Comments

Tales from a Tailboard fireman-perceptions and reality

Firefighters in this country have not always had the goodwill we enjoy today. In some places the saying, "they break what they do not steal," was common. The trust we have is sacred and anything done by any of us to lessen it affects all of us.

I do volunteer work overseas. It is no biggie, just payback for the good life I have enjoyed. When I was sent to Russia a number of years ago, I took some language lessons to prepare. The Russian word for firefighter sounds like, "Pajarnick."… Continue

Added by mike simms on January 10, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

FDNY Fires

Firefighters in the FDNY were busy this morning. The following were just two of the fires they fought today. The first was fore a fire in the Bronx on W 225 St. Battalion 19 reported a fire on the 14th floor. Unfortunately there was one fatality. The second fire was in Queens on 129 St. Battalion 51 reported heavy fire on the second floor of a six story. The fire eventually grew to four alarms with the fire extending to the fifth floor.

Bronx 10-77

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Bronx, N.… Continue

Added by Davin Eshelman on January 10, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Asst. Chief Wayne Gibson of The Denmark Fire Department, Denmark South Carolina Severly burned!

Everyone please pray for my Asst. Fire Chief, Wayne Gibson, of Denmark Fire Department, in South Carolina1 He was severly burned over 50% of his body on Saturday evening in a flash fire when propane was being offloaded into tanks and exploded! He is in the Augusta Ga. burn unit at this time! We are thankfull for all of your prayers! He has been enduced into a comma at this time, I think, and his vital signes are stable at this time! Asst. Chief Gibson has just been upgraded to crytical… Continue

Added by Robert F. Merkle on January 10, 2010 at 12:30am — 3 Comments

CFA Mourns Lost Volunteer

I have just returned from my station where I learned a fellow fire fighter has fallen defending Victoria. Apparently his tanker rolled and he died as a result of injuries received.

He was 62 years of age and was from Tolmie Brigade.

Please spare a thought for his family at this time. For further details visit www.heraldsun.com.au

Added by Steve Burgess on January 9, 2010 at 9:33pm — 1 Comment

FIRE/MEDIC

What's up everybody? I was wonjdering if any of ya'lls dept. is usinf Thermo Gel. If you do, I'am interested in learning mor about. thanks

Added by bigjoefiremedic on January 9, 2010 at 12:40pm — No Comments

How USAR Started, Part 4

FireRescue magazine's Technical Rescue Web column

California Takes the Lead: The history of the national Urban Search & Rescue program, part 4

By Harold Schapelhouman

Editor's Note: This article is part of a series on the history of the national USAR program. Read the previous posts:

Part 1: How It All Started…

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Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on January 8, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Police Officer Shot

Two people were shot this afternoon in Brockport in the area of Rt 31 and Commencement Drive which is by the SUNY Brockport. One of the victims is a Sheriffs Deputy and the other person was not identified. The injuries appear to be non life threatening. We will have more information as it becomes available.…

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Added by Davin Eshelman on January 8, 2010 at 4:28pm — No Comments

Longest-Serving Fire Chief Dies—How Long Would You Serve?

After reading about the death of Chief Ralph Jackman, the man believed to be the longest-serving fire chief in American history, I wonder how the men and women of the Vergennes (Vt.) Fire Department are holding up, and my heart goes out to them. Jackman was their chief for 55 years before retiring this past November at the age of 85. What incredible commitment to his service, his community, his brothers and sisters. How many chiefs out there could imagine holding the position for 55 years?… Continue

Added by Janelle Foskett, FireRescue on January 8, 2010 at 3:30pm — 8 Comments

Tales from a tailboard fireman ~ Good Company

There are numerous good books about our life. The classic Engine 82 written around when I started in the early 1970s still stands out. Dennis Smith went on to start Firehouse magazine and was a tailboard fireman of the first order. B-shifter by Nick Brunacini on Phoenix Fire tells it like it is. His Dad was Chief there and did much to modernize our profession. Medal of Valor by Michael Middleton tells the stories of the best of the best. It makes me humble to know I wore… Continue

Added by mike simms on January 8, 2010 at 12:20pm — 1 Comment

Hello All I Am a captain with a small department on Raccoon Mountain all together we have 25 firefighrers . .The department is small and funded just enough to pay the small stuff but not enough to ge…

Hello All

I Am a captain with a small department on Raccoon Mountain all together we have 25 firefighrers . .The department is small and funded just enough to pay the small stuff but not enough to get what we need. The gear we have now is old and worn out and some without gear.We need sizes from med. to large.

We need some help so we can try to get these firefighters in some gear and try to replace some of the old stuff so they can fight fires the only problem is we dont have the… Continue

Added by christopher on January 7, 2010 at 9:52pm — No Comments

my first post

i have been a member for awhile but kinda forgot about it, well im posting my first post and here i go

i am Patrick, i am an EMT-B/Fire Fighter for nearly 2 years. i work for Pickaway Plains-Health pro Ambulance and vol. at jacksonville Fire and rescue but i havent done a whole lot at the Department. i moved from Athens county so im not around much... i plan to move back to athen county soon enough. i am currently in medic class at Mid-East Zansvelle, ohio. I hope to be an NREMT-I in… Continue

Added by Patrick Kelley on January 7, 2010 at 8:10pm — 1 Comment

Saving a life?

I have been very recently disscussing on another junior posting about juniors and their role. I also tend to go to the home page (not just juniors) of a poster and see what they're about. I can sometimes get a good feeling about what or why they are posting a comment.

I have seen a few persons post on their page things about "wanting to save a life". Now this got me to a thinking about what do they mean by save a life? I posted this question to a young man. He is probably (hopefully) still… Continue

Added by Capt.Alex Arnold on January 7, 2010 at 1:56pm — 1 Comment

Live-fire training: Strategies for ensuring it’s safe and realistic

Live-fire training: Strategies for ensuring it’s safe and realistic

By Keith Lloyd

Live-fire training is a necessary and indispensable tool for the professional fire service instructor. Fire training technology has made great advancements in recent years, but has yet to produce a simulator that can provide the same experience, the feeling of heat and the ability to observe fire behavior that live-fire evolutions provide.

Introducing the firefighter… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on January 7, 2010 at 8:00am — 11 Comments

Why Art "Chief Reason" Goodrich Didn't Make the Cut....

Fire Daily has advanced to the top ten final round of the Fire EMS blog of the Year 2009.

What?

I am fully humbled and completely surprised that I was nominated at all, let alone advancing out of the evening gown portion of this highly competitive contest.

Now it’s your turn. Have some fun and choose from an outstanding list of the other nine bloggers that truly deserve to have advanced to the final ten, whilst averting your eyes from the visual your brain will… Continue

Added by FireDaily.com on January 6, 2010 at 7:20pm — 5 Comments

Muscle Memory Required for Bailout Systems

I’m working on a research paper for my NFA class and have found some interesting statistics about the selection, use and training of bailout devices. I’m not promoting any device or even the use of a bailout device, however; if you are wearing a bailout system, you should be able to articulate to some one why you are wearing the particular system you have and how you would deploy the device during an emergency event. I have found that the departments who are wearing bailout systems may not be… Continue

Added by Darryl Kerley on January 6, 2010 at 11:59am — No Comments

Plug Away: Drills for improving communication & success on a forward lay

QUICK DRILLS

Plug Away: Drills for improving communication & success on a forward lay

By Homer Robertson

What’s the one fireground task that the least-experienced member of your company is often assigned to perform, without help? As a new firefighter, I remember going out to the apparatus bay with the company officer or the apparatus operator first thing in the morning, and they would tell me, “If we get anything today, you’re plugging.” They… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on January 6, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Challenges for the new decade

Now that the new decade has started and having had time to reflect on what I have and have not achieved over the last 10 years it is time to set some goals.

1. Family always comes first;

2. Lose those excess kilograms;

3. Get fit;

4. Remain active and involved not just in firefighting but in my community as well;

5. Keep learning;

6. Continue to promote firefighting as a career choice not just for those who want to do this as paid work but for those people… Continue

Added by Mark Montgomery on January 6, 2010 at 5:00am — No Comments