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From this weekend at All Hazard Contemplations

In the world of preventing the occurance of harmful incidents, the fire-rescue community has few peers and often excels. Innovative ways to prevent and reduce harm have included smoke detector programs, fire…

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just wanted to tell everyone happy easter and hope you all have a safe day on shift or with your families and remember what today is really about.

So last night I went to the hospital. I was hanging with some EMT friends. It started out as a normal evening and I decided to take one of my pain killers, about 20 minutes after that David started to notice I was acting a little weird. I was complaining of my face being on fire but my body was freezing. My face was also flushed. I then preceded to go put on extra layers of clothes cause I was cold. That's when David ran downstairs to grab a cuff and steth to take my vitals. BP was 106 over 72.… Continue

I know that you should save the best for last. I think though that I will begin with one of the best. This is a story that I occasionally share with certain people, at particularly difficult times in their life. This story can be read different ways by different people. What this talks about though is social perception and personal perception. This is my favorite granddaddy story. Not just…

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NVFC, FDNY and Virginia Fire Chiefs Association Receive Paul Sarbanes Award…

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This website was created as a place for us in the emergency services to vent, share, get a laugh, and shake our heads in disbelief of all the nonsense and unusual emergencies (or NONemergencies) we all encounter. No one would believe… Continue

FireRescue magazine's Technical Rescue Web column

Natural Disasters: Are we prepared to respond anywhere, any time?

By Harold Schapelhouman



The recent earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, Japan and Turkey have people understandably wondering what’s going on with our planet, as seismic activity seems to be at an all-time high in many regions of the world, and whether an area near them may be…

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Rural/Metro Medical Services will be adding 9 paramedics to the work force. The additional paramedics are graduates of the 2010 Monroe Community College Paramedic Program. The graduates are currently EMT certified employees and will now serve the community as paramedics, which is highest level in pre-hospital care. The EMT certification is a pre-requesite for the paramedic program. After completion of the 14 month program each graduate will receive a New York State (NYS) Paramedic…

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Fire Rescue Magazine reported today that Harold Schaitberger, General President of the International Association of Firefighters met with representatives of the National Volunteer Firefighters Council at IAFF Local 4799 Fallbrook International Airport, PA to announce a new union initiative.…

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