I wanted to share with all my friends here in FFN that I have suffered a heart attack which luckily was caught early. Last night I had really bad heartburn which at first I thought was the flu. But when the pain started to present in both shoulders, chest pain radiated to me shoulders I knew I was in trouble. Ended up getting transported by ambulance Code 3 to the regional trauma center. Testing revealed two affected arteries, one blocked 100% and the other 95%. I had a stint put in for the… Continue

From my friends at CSTI:   Do you ever wonder how long your air supply would last if your SCBA conked out?…

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Can an airbag actually be deployed/activated by a smack from a pedestrian? If so, it makes me a little more nervous dealing with an airbag in a MVA that may or may not go off... Any thoughts here?

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When I saw this video, it made me wonder if it was real or… Continue

When dealing with groups of firefighters, especially in situations where you get together to train or any group activity, a four step process occurs regardless of who and where you are... People are people and these rules will never change.



Four Steps of Group Interaction:



1. Forming

2. Storming

3. Norming

4. Performing



Forming: When you first meet someone, you form an immediate opinion of someone based on many things such as how… Continue

Ok, so many of you know that I celebrated my 55th birthday with some other firefighters at a local lake that included some fishing. So why not another fish story? Here's mine...



We drove down to the shoreline and saw a boat anchored off the shore and assumed it was owned by a friend of ours. With this being the mind set, I went out to the boat, climbed aboard and noticed a fishing pole in the water with some slack line laying on the surface... What an opportunity for some quick down… Continue

Thought that you might be interested in this:

1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411)



Here's a number worth putting in your cell phone, or your home phone

speed dial: 1-800-goog411. This is an awesome service from Google,

and it's free



-- great when you are on the road.



Don't waste your money on information calls and don't waste your time

manually dialing the number. I am driving along in my car and I need

to call the golf course and I don't… Continue

12-08-08 Santa Barbara Newspress / WASHINGTON - The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.



It suggests the Obama administration bolster efforts to counter and prepare for germ warfare by terrorists.



"Our margin of safety is shrinking, not growing," states the… Continue

I came across this cool quick video showing how we used to respond to calls... I found it very cool and retrospective. But then again, after posting this and actually watching the whole video, it's a loop with an advertisement. Pretty smart of these folks to capture our attention and then make sure you see the hook... Welcome to America... : )… Continue

CAUTION: THIS IS REALLY FUNNY. PREPARE TO SMILE. I PROMISE...



I'm still not sure how to load a sound file onto this but Billy did and his post is provided below that has a direct link. I tried to click on the add a photo or video icon but it didn't work. I'm usually pretty good at this stuff but this one has me stumped... Regardless, this is probably the funniest thing I have heard in a long time. With all the nonsense and trauma we have to endure in our careers and lives,… Continue

Tea Fire Time Lapse Videos:…





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