Posts Categorized: Donna
The Daily Donna, 12/6
The continuing saga of Donna and his magic fire truck. All previous articles are archived in the Donna category.
Things were getting desperate at the Bridge Canyon VFD. Fred's sloppy attempts to profit by buying and selling at eBay led to his banish…
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Don't Park In The Fire Lane
IN THIS DAY OF THE PHOTOSHOP ERA you can't always be sure if the picture you're looking at is accurate. Why, even Time magazine has been caught altering its cover photos.
But that doesn't keep us from imagining that it just might be so. And if not, …
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HD Quality Cell Phones Coming Soon
LIVE VIDEO CAPTURE AND REPLAY ON CELL PHONES is only 3-5 years away, according to the world's leading wireless phone maker Nokia.
Cellphones have had cameras in them for five years now and their ability to be used as video recorders has improved greatly…
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Electrical Fire Causes Mass Evacuation
IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, EARLIER TODAY an explosion in a basement electric sub-station filled two office towers with smoke.
The primary building lost all power immediately and more than 100 people were trapped in 14 elevators. The adjacent building ha…
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The Daily Donna, 12/5
Donna's days at eBay started getting contentious. He had this strange opinion that he could arbitrarily change the rules of the company to fit his terms at any time. Basically, it was a method to get out from paying for the things he successfully bid…
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NZ Fire Brigades To Amb. Corps: Heal Thyself
THE NEW ZEALAND UNITED FIRE BRIGADES ASSOCIATION has sent a strong hint to the St. John Ambulance service that they are not going to be used as a substitute for St. John's shortcomings.
Recently the nation's ambulance service has been coming under fire …
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ER Backups In The News Again
EMERGENCY ROOM ADMISSION BACKUPS are still in the news, and it appears they will be for a long time. The problem has been especially acute in UK, Canada and Australia lately.
Today the story comes from Manchester, England, as the Daily Mail visits the…
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3rd Victim Dies From Chicago Fire
THE MOTHER OF THE TWO BOYS WHO PERISHED in a house fire in Chicago Monday (Firegeezer report HERE) died yesterday in the hospital, never reagaining consciousness.
She had apparently run back into the building in a futile attempt to save her two sons. …
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Gasoline Tanker Fire In Boston Suburb
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EARLY THIS MORNING IN EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS, A 10,000 gallon gasoline tanker crashed on a city street spewing flaming pr…
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Morning Lineup – December 5
Allow me to drift back to the TV cooking shows once more. Firehouse and cooking are always connected, mainly because the human animal needs to eat in order to survive, and most of us prefer that activity to include good tastes and variety.
Talking bri…
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Around The Fire Web
* FirefighterHourly says that Charleston's OSHA experience is far from over. He also notes that (finally) the Sofa Super Store demolition is beginning HERE.
* STATter911 has a great shot taken at a 2-alarm apt. fire..... fully laddered, multiple h…
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The Daily Donna, 12/4
When last we read Donna's words of wisdom, he was listing all his experiences (including non-response museum departments) and scholarly achievements.
He dropped those onto the folks at the eBay Sellers forum, too. We're talking about some web-savvy pe…
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Oldest Surviving Rolls-Royce Sold
THE OLDEST SURVIVING, AND THE FOURTH MADE, ROLLS-ROYCE sold at auction in London yesterday for £3.5 million ($7.22 million).
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The open-topped, two-seater has a 10 hp engine and was completely restored in …
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Teens Steal Two Fire Trucks Out Of Station
IN LAPORTE COUNTY, INDIANA, (near South Bend) at least two and possibly three people broke into the Center Township Vol. Fire Dept. station early yesterday morning.
After first fitting themselves up with boots, pants, coats and helmets off the rack, t…
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New Zealand Amb. Union Takes Action
BACK IN MAY IT WAS REPORTED (HERE and HERE) THAT the national ambulance service in New Zealand was responding with only the driver for at least 20% of their calls.
The New Zealand Ambulance Association (union) called upon the public for action to correc…
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Omagh Victim Dialed For Emergency Help
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THE JOINT-UK POLICE FORCE investigating the tragic house fire that killed a family of seven last month released some additional information about the event yesterday.
Detective Chief Superintendent Norman B…
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Morning Lineup – December 4
It's not really a secret, but most people aren't aware that web site operators have access to a file of "logs" that record every visitor to their site. One of the items recorded on these logs is the country where the visitor is located.
I have always …
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The Daily Donna, 12/3
The continuing saga of Donna and his magic fire truck. All previous articles are archived in the Donna category.
We Are Because I Say We Are
Throughout the forum threads, Donna continues to dispense handy tips and profound wisdom:
I carry and use a co…
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Around The Fire Web
* SConFire has a fresh report on Charleston and the SC OSHA reaching a settlement on the Sofa Super Store fire HERE.
* FirefighterHourly tells about a fire chief whose job disappeared out from under him HERE.
* The Housewatch has a "Search and Ba…
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Treadmill Safety Tips
MORE AND MORE FIRE & RESCUE stations are installing treadmill exercise machines to help maintain fitness.
They are an effective tool to retain muscle strength and achieve a good aerobic capacity.
In our constant quest to help you in all facets of t…
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The Daily Donna, 12/2
The continuing saga of Donna and his magic fire truck. All previous articles are archived in the Donna category.
Our Fireghters - Me, Myself and I
In order to give credence to the magic fire department and appear genuine to potential donors, Donna was …
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Virginia Hunter Bags Piebald Buck
JEFFERY GODFREY OF CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA, was deer-hunting Wednesday when that moment-of-a-lifetime arrived. He had already seen several deer that morning, but was waiting for "something special" at Fort Pickett.
And sure enough, his special target cam…
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Arson By Mob
THROUGHOUT THE UK TRAFFIC "SPY" CAMERAS have been springing up like spring weeds. Literally thousands of them are being placed on every road and byway around the kingdom. Even gentle country lanes.
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They are desi…
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Roanoke Firefighter Recovering
ON FRIDAY EVENING, WHILE WORKING A HOUSE FIRE, Roanoke, Virginia, Firefighter Scott Hetherington suffered a heart attack and went into full cardiac arrest on the fireground.
His fellow FF's got to him immediately and rescusitated him by perfoming CPR. …
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Winter Bells