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Quick takes
Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.com[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH-pc6KZz0c&hl=en&fs=1]May I play through?: Watch what happens when fire threatens the Grande Dunes Golf Course in Myrtle …
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Danelle England-Dansicker, Division Chief (Ret.), Baltimore County Fire Department
Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comThe Baltimore County Fire Department and the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company are mourning the loss of Danelle England-Dansicker, a firefighter who made history in each …
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Why Yes, Happy Hospitalist….
... I did feel like a man that day. That's pretty much every day, though, whether I carry a firearm or not. My views on the Second Amendment have nothing to do with my masculinity.How about you? Do you feel like an asshole today? Or is it every day?When …
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Recoil Therapy…
... it'll cure what ails you.
Took an impromptu shooting trip yesterday with the Husband In Law, who wanted to get some practice in before weapons qualification with his employer next week. He was itching to fling some lead from his new Springfield …
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Mutual Admiration Society
The latest meeting of the mutual admiration society was in full swing as we drove through the East Side. Adam and I talked about how fabulous we were, knowledgeable, dashing lifesavers with no peers, here or anywhere. Why we had to share the same earth w…
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Jimmy Justice returns. A new video as he polices the fire plugs of New York.
Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comIt has been a while since I have run a Jimmy Justice video from New York. His in your face with the camera style upsets some, but he tries to get police and others to sto…
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Supreme Court appears divided during arguments of New Haven discrimination case
Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comNew Haven Register coverageFrom the AP:The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether a Connecticut city's decision to scrap a promotion exam for firefighters …
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Double Fires Facing Conway FF's
CONWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FIREFIGHTERS ARE HAVING one of their busiest days with two major fires in progress this afternoon.
Major Brush Fire Claiming Homes
A brush fire was first reported at noon today in a lightly populated area near Conway, but due to t…
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Despite heavy damage after Maryland fire engine crashes into utility pole, five firefighters from Anne Arundel County treated and released
Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comPhoto from STATter911.com reader.This crash involving an engine from the Riviera Beach fire station in Anne Arundel County, Maryland occurred last night around 11:00 PM a…
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Pumper Donated To Alabama VFD
THE NICOL VOL. FIRE DEPARTMENT, near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was the happy recipient last week of a modern pumper that was donated by the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund of Wantagh, New York.
Nicol VFD's upgraded Engine 1
The charitable trust that was e…
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A Nationwide Problem
FIRE AND EMS DEPARTMENTS EVERYWHERE, and especially the all-volunteer squads, are facing the problem of maintaining adequate facilities for their apparatus and equipment.
With the evolution of larger and more complex vehicles in the last 15 years and a …
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Minneola Still Unsettled
HOLDING THEIR FIRST MEETING SINCE THE INFAMOUS Fire Department Shut-down, the Minneola, Florida, City Council got itself embroiled in verbal attacks and accusations in response to the city manager's decision to close the entire fire department for 48 hou…
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Morning Lineup – April 22
It looks like Mike "FossilMedic" is really in his element now (scroll down to see his posting earlier this morning). All camped out at the FDIC in Indianapolis with prime housing right across the street from the convention center. And he seems to be…
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Quick takes
Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.com[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WEZWqdKNHs&hl=en&fs=1]Roof operations: Quick video from a reported vacant house fire in Buffalo, NY on Tuesday afternoon.…
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Water supply problems at burning Virginia home of country music legend Jimmy Dean. Take a "before" tour of the house on the James River.
Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.com Watch WWBT-TV story on water supply issuesWatch raw video from a 1998 tour of the Dean's homeAs we reported early Tuesday morning, a fire late Monday night heavily damag…
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God, I Love Louisiana*
And do you want to know why?Here's a list of all the places I went today, openly carrying a firearm on my hip:1. McDonald's for breakfast.2. Several convenience stores/gas stations.3. The Dollar Store.4. Wal Mart (twice.)5. Academy Sports.6. The local M…
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Today, by the numbers…
... Lost one roll of backboard tape at the worst possible time.
... Visited one Airport twice.
... Feared for my life three times.
... Was hailed on once.
... Was rained on at least five times.
... Used two backboards.
... Visited one Hospice facil…
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Prince George's County firefighter arson probe has ties to Montgomery County. At least one suspended PGFD volunteer is career FF in Montgomery.
Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.comSee previous coverage of this story from STATter911.comSTATter911.com has learned that Montgomery County, Maryland fire investigators have now joined the group investigat…
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Micellaneous
A rainy day at work. I'm sitting at the computer and trying to get caught up on email, bills, scheduling, and maybe even this blog.Here's a couple of recent tidbits.This morning a first occurred. I occasionally hit my head at work -- most often on the ov…
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Dextrocardia?
I took care of a patient today. Poor kid, he had a lot of congenital issues and was noncommunicative and deformed. He was completely bedridden and needed constant care. Poor kid.In treating the condition that he had I put him on an EKG and much to my sur…
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