Posts Categorized: Command Leadership
Chief suspended over PPE issue at vehicle fire. Firefighters resign saying no confidence. The story from Friday Harbor, Washington.
Chief now on medical leave following two day suspension.
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Alphabet Soup
If your list of certs is longer than 10 letters, maybe it doesn't belong on your business card.
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What a Difference… A Minute Can Make
We must be able to decode the “mess” into “opportunity”. It is paramount that we focus on the concepts that it shouldn’t be this way, but we can make it something else.
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Must see videos: Scores of explosions at Collingdale, Pennsylvania welding shop fire. Employees injured. Two old fire trucks destroyed.
Blasts forced evacuation of homes in the area.
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Rules of Engagement 2010
The “Rules” were formally adopted by the IAFC Health, Safety and Survival Section at the Fire Rescue International Conference held last week in Chicago.
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PIO Help Wanted
Due to the interest in the site, I figured the media would be all over this one. Little did I know that the media would be all over me.
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Promotional Opportunities
THE ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCED TUESDAY that Fire Chief Larry Hodge will be retiring effective February 26, 2011....
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Funeral Arrangements Announced for Deputy Chief Jeff Thompson
GOOSE CREEK - Jeffery Andrew Thompson, 32, husband of Brandy Reeves Thompson, of Goose Creek, SC, died Saturday, August 28, 2010. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon, September 2, 2010, at Pine Ridge Fire Department at 4 o'clock. Burial will…
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Guns & hoses: A redo. Take 2 has more details & videos thanks to BainbridgeGA.com.
Videos showing firefighting in Georgia.
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Quick Takes
Fire & EMS news fro Tuesday.
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Guns & hoses in three parts
A trio of interesting videos.
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Fireground audio from 4-alarm hi-rise fire in Houston with reported mayday. At least 5 firefighters hurt. Standpipe issues.
Fire was on the 27th floor.
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Engine 51 taking shape
Day 2 in the new digs and it's going well.
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World Trade Center steel arrives in Arlington County, Virginia
Beam escorted from Brooklyn to Arlington County Fire Department Station 5 near the Pentagon.
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Customer Service: A Bad Concept?
While we can quantitatively point out that having a customer service attitude benefits us in public support, there should be a much more altruistic reason for our embracing that belief.
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Quick Takes
Fire & EMS news for Monday.
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Firefighter Killed in Farming Accident
TOWNVILLE - A longtime volunteer fireman from Townville who had also worked for Clemson University was killed Friday in an accident involving a hay baler. Jimmy Boleman, a farmer himself, was baling hay at a friend’s farm on O’Neal Ferry Road in To…
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Fatal wreck in Hardeeville
HARDEEVILLE - A Beaufort man died Thursday after his sports car and a refrigerated delivery truck collided head on in the Okatie area of Hardeeville. Architect Randy Boyles "Brandy" Long, 56, died instantly after the truck, owned by W-East Trading Corp.…
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UKMedic999 AIQ
Control, please show UKMedic999 in quarters, his blog is back.
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38 Buildings To Burn:
“Johnny Reb”
A Backstep Firefighter double-header looks at Ogden Utah's live burn opportunity.
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38 Buildings To Burn:
“Billy Yank”
A Backstep Firefighter double-header looks at Ogden Utah's live burn opportunity.
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Deputy Chief Jeff Thompson Passes
BREAKING NEWS>>
PINE RIDGE - Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Thompson, of Pine Ridge Fire District, has passed away this morning of a reported heart attack. Chief Thompson is the older brother to Charleston Firefighter Brandon Thompson who perished in the …
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Which Way is Out?
This may seem a bit simplistic, but I am always surprised when I ask someone to close their eyes and hand this prop to them. After I hand them the hose I ask which way they would go to get out of a building?
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Two children slightly hurt in Superior, Colorado fire.
Both girls have been treated and released.
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