February 2018 Blog Posts (7)

UAS - Unmanned Aerial Systems, aka Drones, in Public Safety

Listen to our latest podcast with Chief Emeritus Charles Werner of the Charlottesville VA Fire Dept., as he discusses the use of UAS - Unmanned Aerial Systems or drones in public safety. Even if your agency is already using one, make sure it is following all federal regulations. They can literally be a lifesaver! Go to our Dalmatian Productions website

Added by 5-Alarm Task Force Corp. on February 27, 2018 at 3:10pm — No Comments

2008 Toyota  Prius small battery episode!

2008 Toyota  Prius small battery episode!

After dinner at 7:00 PM, I jumped in my 2008  Toyota  Prius car and pushed start button. Felt  that I did not push brake enough to start car so pushed start button second time and pushed again with brake pushed. All dash board light illuminated and stayed on with engine check light, as usual they go away immediately and engine runs in another 40 seconds. So I pressed start button to shut down and repeat start three four times.…

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Added by Paresh Trivedi on February 27, 2018 at 2:55pm — No Comments

New Technology for First Responders

Just finished the first of two very interesting interviews with Chief (ret) Charles Werner of the Charlottesville Fire Dept. regarding new technology for first responders. Today's episode is about UAS, aka drones. There is no doubt that these units will be a "game changer" for all first responder agencies.

On Thursday, Chief Werner will join us again to discuss new 3-D technology that will allow an IC to see exactly where in a structure firefighters are.

The first episode will be…

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Added by 5-Alarm Task Force Corp. on February 26, 2018 at 1:33pm — No Comments

RETHINK FIRE DRILLS MY ASS

The Ohio Sheriff that thinks there is a need to change the manner in which fire drills in schools are conducted may be a hell of a good sheriff, but he lacks the understanding of fire behavior, fire spread and the many children that have sacrificed their  lives so we have current fire drills and fire alarms  in place in schools.  The systems and codes we have in place did not happen by accident - they were brought abut by deaths - a lot of deaths. THEY WERE PAID FR BY THE DEATHS OF HUNDREDS…

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Added by Darrell Graf on February 16, 2018 at 6:36pm — No Comments

THE DAY AFTER

The “dawn of a new day” is supposed to allow us to start fresh from whatever troubles we underwent the day before. Sadly, today that notion holds no water. Whether you live here in South Florida as we do, or you live “off the grid” and you heard the news on amateur radio, today the sunlight is obscured by the ethereal gun smoke that still hangs over our community where this tragedy occurred and that also drifts over our society as another mass shooting occurs.

 

We will soon…

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Added by 5-Alarm Task Force Corp. on February 15, 2018 at 1:58pm — No Comments

The Firefighter Cancer Initiative - Broward County FL

We have just published our latest podcast, "The Firefighter Cancer Initiative in Broward County FL." Guests include Alberto Caban-Martinez, DO, PhD and Natasha Schaefer-Solle, PhD from Univ. of Miami, Sylvester Comprehensive Care Centers and...Asst. Chief Todd Leduc and Frank Correggio from the Broward County Sheriff's Office Fire-Rescue Services. We hope that you'll listen and learn, then pay it forward to your friends & colleagues.Beat cancer…
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Added by 5-Alarm Task Force Corp. on February 14, 2018 at 8:52pm — No Comments

Our Podcast Keeps Growing With Some of the Best Topics & Guests!

February 10, 2018 - We released another episode of our podcast, "5-Alarm Task Force," this morning with a longtime follower and friend, Chris Tobin. In this episode, Chris talked about the importance of multiple levels of mentoring in the fire service. Even after 8 years with his current department, he still considers himself the "rookie" in the firehouse, always seeking to learn from those with more experience. On the other side of this coin, he has recently re-established h…

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Added by 5-Alarm Task Force Corp. on February 10, 2018 at 4:19pm — No Comments

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