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10 Years and Counting

Alot has happened since October 1999,Personally and Professonally.I've seen and done alot,an wonder what the next 10 years hold.I've lived my dream,being a firefighter like generations before me,worked at American LaFrance,& for a Paid Ambulance Service in Buffalo(oddly assigned to the same car number as my dad was in the 1970's),All 3 of my children where born in this time,an I even managed to get married awhile ago.I've seen Birth and Death,Fire,Water,An Ice...All At The Same Time!,Cahoas… Continue

Added by Tony Leonard,Jr. on July 22, 2009 at 4:29pm — 1 Comment

There’s at least Four Cs in NBFC

Earlier today I had the pleasure of joining lots of other folks who participating in the dedication of a new fire station for the North Boston Volunteer Fire Company in the Town of Boston, NY.

As I was sitting here remembering the ground breaking ceremony they held last fall, I was reminded of how proud I am to be associated with their fire company.

Many times when we discuss incident management, training and collaboration in… Continue

Added by Tiger Schmittendorf on July 22, 2009 at 9:31am — 1 Comment

Regular or Extra Crispy?

From the I thought I'd seen it all category.

It seems that civil right groups will have another thing to complain about. It appears that police in Australia used a taser to subdue a violent subject, and the man burst into flames.

Now I'm around officers almost daily who carry tasers, and have helped subdue violent patients where they have been deployed, and not once has this ever become an issue.

I guess the next thing we will see is a power setting on these… Continue

Added by Oldman on July 21, 2009 at 10:53am — 6 Comments

Win an NFFF Honor Bear!

Last week we introduced the Honor Bear giveaway on Twitter After an overwhelming number of Facebook users declared they wanted in on the giveaway but couldn't betray Facebook by joining Twitter, we added a Facebook giveaway too. This means you have 2 separate chances of winning the Honor Boyds Bear we're giving to our supporters, as a thank you to them and firefighters and their families across… Continue

Added by NFFF on July 20, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

thank you!

my time in the u.s.a i will never forget it. thank you for all BROTHERS!

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/article_89b499ca-1fd4-52a2-9a2f-88b78b786f59.html

Added by Patrick Dau on July 20, 2009 at 10:04am — No Comments

NJ State Firemens Convention in Sept. (ALL WELCOME)

Hi to all brothers/sisters,

Wanted to post this and let everyone know that whoever is a wacker/fire&ems weiny in or near nj,

or whatever wackers/fire&ems weinies who likes to travel to fire/ems events, heres one to check out!!!

This coming Sept. (and every sept.) is the NJ state firemens convention!

When:

Sept. 18th-20th 09

Where:

Wildwood,NJ

Its a great time, friends/family/fun/sun and fire/ems stuff… Continue

Added by Robert on July 20, 2009 at 2:47am — No Comments

Pumping/Engineering question; need responses!!

Hey guys!!! This one goes out especially to all the engineers and drivers/operators out there!! My department is starting to train me behind the wheel!! Any good tips or ways that would help me remember water pressures?? We use inch and three-quarter and two in a half inch lines. Please help me out!!

Thanks and stay safe,
Chris

Added by Chris on July 20, 2009 at 12:42am — 5 Comments

Red Rock Fire

Wednesday afternoon the Red Rock fire in NV torched off, by Saturday @ 8am it has burned 8989 acres. Thank you to everyone who came out and helped with this fire. We appreciate it

Added by David Rebhan on July 19, 2009 at 8:57pm — 1 Comment

My blog

www.firechief110.web-log.nl

Hi,

The blog is in Dutch.
in a few days it will be in english and dutch.
But feel free to take a look!!

Bye

Added by Captain Mo on July 19, 2009 at 5:23pm — No Comments

Look for people to exchange of helmets!!!

Added by Sascha Hilgers on July 19, 2009 at 8:20am — 1 Comment

ME

WELL IM A CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTER 400 hour level.IM EMT-FIRST RESPONDER,LEVEL 1 FIRE INSTRUCTOR.I HAVE BEEN IN THE FIRE SERVICE SINCE DECEMBER 1992.I STARTED OUT WITH PUTNEY FIRE DEPT AND MAY OF 1994 I JOINED CUMBERLAND FIRE DEPT.BECAUSE PUTNEY HAD LOST ALL OF MY TRAINING HOURS SO THEY SAY.I THINK THE CHIEF AT THAT TIME DID NOT TURN IN ANY OF MY HOURS.ALSO THEY WAS JUST SOME MEMBERS THOUGHT THE WAS BETTER THAN EVERYONE.I ALSO JOINED LYNCH FIRE DEPT OCTOBER 1994.AND October of 1995 i joined the… Continue

Added by EDDIE JOHNSON on July 18, 2009 at 11:15pm — No Comments

fill the boot

the Fairmont City Fire Dept is once again having a fill the boot for Jerry's kids today at 9am.

Added by Thomas Santen on July 18, 2009 at 8:22am — No Comments

Leader?

I have been reading books on historical figures and great leaders. I find these people fascinating and intriguing. Many of these individuals have been studied on their leadership style and characteristics in great detail. However, the parallels to these great politicians, executives, generals and peace keepers is that they were aware of their surroundings and those around them. They all understood there was a greater cause.

In the fire service, the same can be said about our great leaders.… Continue

Added by Jason Hoevelmann on July 17, 2009 at 9:31pm — 1 Comment

Summer flies!!!

My how time flies....summer is half over with...Hope everyone has been safe!!! I've been busy with fundraisers for the FD & EMS...and EMT basic will be starting for me on Aug. 17th...hopefully!!! Still waiting on my letter af acceptance from the college......Tace care & stay safe!!

Added by Sheri Caelwaerts on July 17, 2009 at 2:14pm — No Comments

Looking for Awesome Fire Pics for Calendar

Hello Everyone!!

I am updating our annual poster-size calendar for the business that I work for and am looking for some awesome fire pictures.

The calendars are distributed free of charge to all our customers, vendors and other Firefighters in the US and Canada. (Bombarider had allowed us to use one of their photos of a CL-415 Waterbomber for 2009). Whichever photo is chosen, a statement is listed under the photo with the following statement "Photo courtesy of… Continue

Added by Jennifer on July 17, 2009 at 12:17pm — 8 Comments

DEDICATED TO ALL WHO SERVE (FIREFIGHTER HEAVEN)

THE FIREFIGHTER STOOD AN FACED HIS GOD,

WHICH MUST ALWAYS COME TO PASS

HE HOPED HIS SHOES WERE SHINING,

JUST AS BRIGHLY AS HIS BRASS

"STEP FORWARD NOW, YOU FIREFIGHTER, HOW SHALL I DEAL WITH YOU?

HAVE YOU ALWAYS TURNED THE OTHER CHEEK?

TO MY CHURCH HAVE YOU BEEN TRUE?

THE FIREFIGHTER SQUARD HIS SHOULDERS?

"NO,LORD, I GUESS I AIN'T

BECAUSE THOSE OF US WHO FIGHT FIRE, CAN'T ALWAYS BE A SAINT,

I'VE HAT TO WORK MOST SUNDAYS,AN AT TIMES MY TALK WAS… Continue

Added by jeff on July 16, 2009 at 10:57pm — No Comments

Tanker explosion near detroit by my house...

Is literally like 2 miles away from my house last night. My brother is a firefighter but just moved about 45 minutes north from me about a month ago. If he was still a firefighter near my house he would of been on scene. He is really bummed that he missed it. Me and my roomate went up the road and were literally 300-400 feet away from the blast and watched for 2 hours. The flames were HUGE! We were so close we were sweating our asses off from the heat. I took some pictures from my phone... the… Continue

Added by Katie Jones on July 16, 2009 at 5:20pm — 3 Comments

65 days

65 days left here in the desert can't wait to get back on the truck!

Added by Dwayne Soblosky on July 16, 2009 at 3:46pm — No Comments

Smoke alarm recall!

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Added by John Allen on July 15, 2009 at 6:07pm — 1 Comment

Another incident to think about!!!

Hey guys I recently had an incident of this kind this weekend. Take a look at it and let me know what you would do differently, the same, etc.!!!

We get dispatched for an accident with injuries on a bridge in our still area. Two medics leave the house first in the ambulance (as our SOG says) and myself, an engineer, and two younger fireman respond in our engine. As the engine approaches the bridge we find nothing until we reach the top of the bridge, only to find an accident of… Continue

Added by Chris on July 15, 2009 at 4:40pm — No Comments