September 2015 Blog Posts (9)

Start your Next Firefighter Workout with This...

Are you still warming up for your workout by jogging or biking or maybe not at all? Each one of your workouts should start with specific active stretching movements. In the past you may have skipped this part, but I assure you these exercises will help strengthen and even tone your body. In fact, if you had just 15 minutes to workout I would want you do an active warm-up routine (or one like…

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Added by Aaron Zamzow on September 24, 2015 at 10:23pm — No Comments

An Evening With MaryAnn The Medium

An evening with MaryAnn The Medium will be an uplifting experience she will help you to connect with whomever you've come to cherish. While enlightening your evenings experience. It will be held at The North Patchogue Fire Department at 33 Davidson Avenue, North Patchogue N.Y. 11772. Here's a link to access map data; https://goo.gl/cDU779

Photo from MaryAnn The Medium website.

The night will be October 17, 2015 and will start promptly at 7pm.

Tickets are…

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Added by Northpatchoguefd on September 23, 2015 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Double Keyed Deadbolt

http://www.averagejakefirefighter.com/2015/09/09/the-double-keyed-deadbolt/

Added by Robert Owens on September 22, 2015 at 11:46am — No Comments

North Patchogues Annual Haunted House Hosts Psychos all month

It's a Psycho Haunted House be scared be very scared....

Party 105 and LA Fiesta 98.7 will be spinning the music for your enjoyment.

Photo from MaryAnn The Medium website.

So bring the family, bring your friends for a great time. See if you make it out alive or end up on the wall of SHAME. ...

Check out our flyer or our website for details…

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Added by Northpatchoguefd on September 10, 2015 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments

The Ultimate Firefighter 9-11 Tribute Challenge Workout

Every year around September 11th I like to take a moment and reflect on the significance of the day and honor those that sacrificed (and continue to sacrifice to this day). I encourage you to do this workout, share your results and challenge others to do the same, at least once a year (on September 11th). This "tribute" workout is difficult but has a…

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Added by Aaron Zamzow on September 10, 2015 at 12:18pm — No Comments

The Bear Crawl

http://www.averagejakefirefighter.com/2015/06/23/the-bear-crawl/

Added by Robert Owens on September 9, 2015 at 6:27pm — No Comments

CHECK YOUR NOZZLES!

http://www.averagejakefirefighter.com/2015/08/14/check-your-nozzles/

Added by Robert Owens on September 9, 2015 at 6:25pm — No Comments

The Double Keyed Deadbolt

http://www.averagejakefirefighter.com/2015/09/09/the-double-keyed-deadbolt/

Added by Robert Owens on September 9, 2015 at 6:23pm — No Comments

Location, Location, Location!

With all of the debate about exterior versus interior, I wanted to share a video that I use in many of the tactical classes that I teach and offer a few observations. First, this is a video that is used for learning, not to critique the methods or tactics that were or were not deployed during this fire. Second, we were not there and do not know all of the circumstances surrounding why they made their decisions.

Overall, I think they did a pretty good job in the end.

When I…

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Added by Jason Hoevelmann on September 9, 2015 at 12:49pm — 1 Comment