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Daft Dispatch Priorities Deny Apprehension of Drunk Driver
"Sir, You're Not Allowed to Use Your Phone While Driving"
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Oceans
Soft, muffled sobs,
private sounds of desperation,
for how long I don't know,
I was asleep.
Pain there,
pain and sorrow,
kept hidden,
allowed escape in solitude
lest the rest worry.
My eyes stay closed,
my body still,
my mind blazing
an…
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House Fire Claims 6 Family Members in London
AN "INTENSE" FIRE SWEPT THROUGH A 2-story home in NW London (UK) early Saturday morning killing six of the eight family members sleeping inside.
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Maryland Fire Truck May Be Total Loss After Damage From Tropical Storm Lee
Two Anne Arundel County, Maryland fire trucks suffered damage during Tropical Storm Lee, and one of the E-One pumpers may be totalled.
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Technology Brings Us Together
The thought of having such accessibility to others is always fascinating to me.
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Morning Lineup – September 24
If everything you own is still there, then the crashing satellite missed you.
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Has Anybody Seen Our Common Sense?
"At the kitchen table one night, one of my firefighters came out with the statement that we should enforce a 300 foot buffer zone around every fire operation,"
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Modular Cribbing – By: Mike Tesarski
One thing I've always liked about the Fire Service is the ability to improvise, adapt, and overcome problems. If you give a firefighter a problem you can be assured they will come up with an answer. I have always found it interesting to visit firehou…
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Kilted to Kick Cancer Spotlight: I Aim To Misbehave
He's a cop, a libertarian, a former soldier, a shooter and Second Amendment advocate, and you can support his fundraising efforts for the LiveStrong here. Drop by his blog and let him you know you appreciate what he's doing, and drop a few bucks in the kitty for cancer research while you're there. If even 20 of you donated $5 each, that's $100 toward a very worthy cause.
He's Captain Tightpants of I Aim to Misbehave, and he's Kilted to Kick Cancer.
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It’s back: Raw video & fireground audio from Murphy, Texas fire reposted.
The video vanished into thin air shortly after STATter911.com posted it.
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Fire Bloggers Weigh in on The Brotherhood, Commitment to the Fire Service, and the Chicken vs. the Pig
The discussion within the post mentioned above and the ones linked to below include some great articles about Brotherhood and committment. Some are very committed, others understand the need for improvement. That is where I am at...I have room for improvement. I should train more, train harder, and commit to working out more. Of all people, I am one of those guys who HAS to put my money where my mouth is.
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Satellite Plunge Path Revised Again – Watch Out America!
NASA revised its forecast to note that the Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite was not sinking as quickly as expected
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Meet me in St. Charles! October 21-23 Gateway Midwest
Mike is spending his time and dime to get to the Gateway Midwest Go>Forward training event.
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Breaking – Murdered Fire Chief’s Wife Charged, Jailed
REBECCA "BECKY" BRYAN, WIFE OF SLAIN FIRE CHIEF Keith Bryan, was arrested and charged with 1st-degree murder in the death of her husband.
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LOL … Ahhhh the places I could go!
LMAO .... I have SO much content and "directions" I could go in for a great post. Of course, my regular readers know that the one thing that I don't tolerate is "fretting" so I guess I'll shoot it to ya straight.
It's been a busy summer for me but for s…
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DC Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe shuts fire station after he finds case of beer in fridge. Alcohol tests on crew negative.
In unrelated DC news a lieutenant was hurt in a backing accident.
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Kilted to Kick Cancer Fundraising Challenge: The Standings
Okay folks, with little more than a week to go, we've raised $3512 in donations to Prostate Cancer Foundation and LiveStrong through the trackable donation links, with untold more dollars made directly to those organizations. I couldn't be happ…
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Raw video: Three-alarm apartment fire in Speedway, Indiana.
One firefighter and one civilian hurt during fire.
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Raw video & fireground audio: House fire in Murphy, Texas.
Interior attack from fire on Thursday.
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FRM: Common-Sense Ventilation on the Fireground
"Firefighters can penetrate deeper into the structure without coordinating the vent—simply because the gear and equipment masks the environment."
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Bryan Stow Update
".... more awake and more responsive then ever."
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Alleghany Port Authority Settles With Pennsylvania Firefighter
Here is today’s burning question: I was in the process of extinguishing a car fire when a city bus drove over our hose line. The hose got snagged, knocking me down, and now I have $58,000 worth of medical bills. Can I recover any damages from the bus c…
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3-Alarm Apartment Fire in Indiana
Heavy Damage Displaces 42 Families
Indianapolis Star
A SPEEDWAY, INDIANA, APARTMENT COMPLEX was the site of a 3-alarm fire Thursday night that displaced 42 families. The fire broke out shortly after 7 pm and spread rapidly through the buildin…
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12-Lead ECG Challenge app now available for Android and Apple iOS
In a previous review of the ACLS Review app by Limmer Creative I announced that I was working together with Limmer Creative to create a 12-Lead ECG Challenge app.
I'm pleased to announce that the app is now available for Android and Apple iOS! The…
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