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Notes from a Rookie Firefighter

Notes from a Rookie Firefighter...July 29, 2010

There is nothing like a vehicle extrication drill in full turn-out gear in 90 degrees for two hours.

Added by Denise Imperiale on July 20, 2010 at 6:48am — 2 Comments

How Dedicated to Serve Are You?

When you say we'll protect you and serve you, where do you draw the line? Does there have to be a fire? A medical emergency? Or just a genuine need for help when you have run out of places to go or people to turn to?

http://firehousezen.com/2010/07/18/dedication-to-customer-service/

Added by Mick Mayers on July 19, 2010 at 8:00am — 5 Comments

A Forcible-Entry Homerun: The one-person “baseball swing” simplifies entry on inward-swinging doors

QUICK DRILLS

A Forcible-Entry Homerun

The one-person “baseball swing” simplifies entry on inward-swinging doors

By Homer Robertson

If you read this column regularly, you know that we focus on the basics of firefighting and rescue ops. Being able to do the basics well is the trademark of great firefighters and great… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on July 19, 2010 at 8:00am — 7 Comments

"Save Our Survivors" Campaign Seeks $250,000 to Help 9/11 First Responders

The Fire Fighter Cancer Foundation has launched the “Save Our Survivors” campaign to provide portable air purification systems to ailing 9/11 survivors. Fire departments are being asked to organize fund-raising events to help their fellow responders who are overwhelmed by their illnesses. The goal is $250,000 to purchase 500 desperately needed air-purification systems. These systems will ease the struggle and… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on July 16, 2010 at 4:42pm — No Comments

Vote For My Dad Please!!

Help my Dad win this contest. We really appreciate your vote!

Please forward to fire departments, we could really use your help for this dedicated firefighter! Firefighter needs votes to win Ultimate Man Cave! The contest has narrowed down to 10 finalists!! Wouldn’t it be great for a local firefighter to win? This GRFD firefighters daughters made a video for a recent Lowe’s…

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Added by Lyle Frederickson on July 15, 2010 at 8:00pm — 2 Comments

Rescue Report: Maine Firefighters Rescue Young Girl from Entrapment

Boulder Traps Teenager

By Tom Vines

Photos Courtesy Bath Fire Department

On April 2, Bath, Maine, firefighters rescued a young girl from an unusual entrapment.

At 1456 HRS, fire dispatch in Bath, a town in southwest Maine, received a 911 call from a man reporting that his 14-year-old daughter was entrapped by a large… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on July 15, 2010 at 7:00am — No Comments

NOT ENGAGED ANYMORE

So what do you do when every thing takes a turn for the worst? Me and my x arent together so therefor no engagement any more

Added by CHRISTINA on July 14, 2010 at 10:43pm — 4 Comments

Another vent

As a third gen FF I have been around this business/life for a while and I hate to see what is happening to the job. Lawrence just whacked almost two dozen and is now down from 150 two years ago to around 72 personnel. Only have a population of about 80,000 and a history of arson. No big deal. I was reading in the local paper where the reporters only got a "no response" from the union president! Why?! Was he laid off too? If he wasn't fired, in the hospital or mostly dead somewhere then he… Continue

Added by FF107 on July 14, 2010 at 8:28pm — No Comments

New Fire Safety Product for Construction Projects

I am interested in your professional feedback on a new fire safety product, The Mighty Safe Box (MSB). The MSB is designed to improve fire safety for construction projects. I am not a firefighter, rather a safety director and have worked with fire stations all across the country to prevent fires and would like the feedback from firefighting professionals, so Thanks in Advance.

The current methods of fire detection and alarm notification are archaic. Currently projects use visual…

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Added by JD on July 14, 2010 at 4:24pm — 1 Comment

Where is a good fire department to gt hired at?

Any suggestions?

Added by Sam Smith on July 14, 2010 at 2:32pm — No Comments

New Post on Firehouse Zen: The Roto-Ray

New Zen:…

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Added by Mick Mayers on July 14, 2010 at 10:13am — No Comments

Tool Mounting: Get with the Program

INSIDE THE APPARATUS INDUSTRY

If you’re going to shell out that much cash for an apparatus, then don’t forget to plan out your tool-mounting needs

Story & Photos by Bob Vaccaro…

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Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on July 14, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

pics of the house fire

4:30 the tones droped a van went off the road and airbourned in the house and exploded the driver…

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Added by zach mathis on July 14, 2010 at 4:30am — 1 Comment

LODD for medics

I just need to vent..we lost a GREAT medic after while in route to the hosp they had a deer run out in front of them and they hit a tree the pt and on of the medics died on sceen and 1 emt was severly injured,they cut the tree down and after much pushing from the ems and fire service they put an ugly brown sign with nothing more then her name( now when we lost a state trooped she got a beautiful in memory sign) so the ems dept got togeather and had the same one made for the medic and took…

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Added by Tarisa on July 14, 2010 at 1:17am — No Comments

New broadcast documentary about Volunteer Firefighters

Production has begun on a television documentary dealing with firefighting volunteers. “Last One Standing” is one of the few fire-rescue documentaries that specifically deals with the subject of volunteer firefighting. The documentary is being filmed in HD and surround sound, and will take about 6 months to produce.

The synopsis for the film is posted online at…

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Added by Lou Angeli on July 13, 2010 at 9:26am — 1 Comment

RFD Promotes Four Lieutenant’s

Rochester Fire Department Promoted Four New Lieutenant’s today.

“This is a great day for the Rochester Fire Department and the City of Rochester,” said Fire Chief John Caufield. “We are promoting a dedicated group of individuals who will put their all into serving their community to the very best of their abilities.”

The new Lieutenants are:

Douglas Knapp: 12 year veteran of the RFD, most recently at Truck 5 (Gardiner Ave.); winner of several City of…

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Added by Davin Eshelman on July 12, 2010 at 3:55pm — No Comments

Mayday? Name It! A new mnemonic for effectively calling maydays

Mayday? Name It!

A new mnemonic for effectively calling maydays

By William Burns

Recently, the fire department I work for mandated that all company officers review with their companies reports from the Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System (www.firefighternearmiss.com). Report… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on July 12, 2010 at 8:00am — 8 Comments

A facelift for FirePSG

Hey everyone, it's been a while.

FirePSG (Fire Prevention|Survival Guide) has a fresh new look, check it out!
http://firepsg.blogspot.com

I've moved out to a new apartment, so times have been busy, but exciting nonetheless. I hope everyone has been enjoying their summer, stay safe!

-Dan

Added by Daniel J Rocha on July 11, 2010 at 6:52pm — No Comments

Fire blankets at Notre Dame and other observations while abroad

I recently returned from two weeks in Paris and Dublin. Now, this was a personal vacation, and since my husband isn’t affiliated with the fire service, he has only so much patience for chasing foreign ladder trucks down narrow streets. So I didn’t make any trips to fire stations or go on any ridealongs with the “sappeur-pompiers.”

But I did find myself thinking about how fire must be fought in these places that are so different than U.S. cities, and I did find myself… Continue

Added by Shannon Pieper, FireRescue Magazine on July 10, 2010 at 10:07pm — No Comments