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Permalink Reply by Marty Hrinko on March 14, 2011 at 11:13pm

I agree...alot of the depts by me do this...the one had an animated wome who spoke to you thanking you for visiting their site and to check out their fundraisers. They finally took it off...thank God

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Permalink Reply by Ed W. on March 16, 2011 at 10:48pm

Yes it make the site look sloppy and hard to load. The overall impact and idea of the site is to inform the public. It is a information tool. I have to talk departments out of the sounds.

The other thing is the department site that show MVA and scene photos. I understand providing information but there is no need to display it on the web.

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Permalink Reply by joemac on March 16, 2011 at 11:02pm

That's OK, you've earned the position of nudge.
You still have curmudgeon to look forward to.

I find it irritating, but I also despise music on fire videos.
It doesn't fit, even if I like the song. Like the sirens and air horns on websites, it's a distraction that can be annoying.

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Permalink Reply by capcityff on March 18, 2011 at 11:15am

I don't see the problem with pictures. We have department photographers that travel around with the department to film.

http://www.dcfd.com
http://www.dcfire.com

Those are two big ones we have other than the official government one. DCFD.com has a picture of a car accident a few stories down.

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Permalink Reply by capcityff on March 18, 2011 at 11:23am

I don't see a problem with music if its a highlight video. It would be boring without it. If its just the video of a fire it's different. Here's a few we have with music. There's hundreds of ours on youtube. Here's one with the whole dept, one company video and one recruit class video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgeOTYNcWcE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0LUGubuGVE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkQ1Lyqco1U

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Permalink Reply by Jack/dt on March 18, 2011 at 12:55pm

capcityff, at 29 seconds in (your 1st video) you got some guys at a car fire with no packs on. Sheesh! ;-)

Fortunately, my computer's default position is *moot*. It doesn't matter how loud or obnoxious the music is since I don't (or almost never) look at other department's websites. Hell, I don't even visit my own.

Failing my default *moot*, I paid a lot of extra money when I bought my computer just so that I could have a MUTE button. Seems to work whenever I need it. I'm just sayin'...

P.s. Great music choice on that video though.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on March 18, 2011 at 1:01pm

"cheese knows no limits"...

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Permalink Reply by Brian Dumser on March 18, 2011 at 8:02pm

I'm with you Craig. Especially when there's no way to skip it.

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Permalink Reply by DUST on March 20, 2011 at 11:43am

Brian,

Admit it you got a little choked up when you saw my fire video set to the Bette Midler "You are my hero" song. Especially at 1:12 when I save the gecko.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Dumser on March 20, 2011 at 12:01pm

It brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it! LOL

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Permalink Reply by Norm Tindell on March 20, 2011 at 12:38pm

I'm with you, Craig. If a website starts out with a pinball machine-like sound and light display I go elsewhere. If a video starts out with a commercial I find something else.

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