Posts Categorized: Never Forget
PA LODD- 19-yr old Brandon Little dies while responding in his POV
Brandon Little, 19, of the United Hook and Ladder Fire Company Company 33 out of New Oxford, PA ejected in horrific crash into a house and tree after cresting hill at a high rate of speed.
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NFFF/CFD Video—> Make this a MUST WATCH FOR ALL FIREFIGHTERS. Perfect training.
“If you think you’ve got some good reason for not wearing this or for not doing things the right way , write it down. Because I need to read that to your widow. Because I’m not going to know what to say. You say it for me.”
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Six Kansas City MO brothers murdered on the job 23 years ago today. Videos re-live the nightmare.
I could not believe the magnitude of what happened when I first saw the coverage of this incident back then. The videos show us how horrific it truly was.
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Timely Monday Morning Training
“One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six who jumped in the rear, we need massive EMS here.”
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It’s only been ten years. What’s the rush?
This week, despite this “anecdotal” evidence to the contrary, a review by NIOSH determined there exists too little scientific evidence linking cancer to time spent amid the dust and wreckage at Ground Zero. Cited in the failure to link was “a lack of research.”
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NIOSH summary report on CFD firefighter/paramedic Christopher Wheatley’s LODD prompts an interesting question
Is it important to follow each fireground order to the letter, or should we have the latitude to act upon our instincts and experience to get the job done?
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“Just See Video”- Chicago FD- Change is in the air
To have a wife turn to you and look at you and say, “What the hell happened here? Where the hell was his hood? Who was in charge? How would you guys let this happen to him? Why him? What do I say to them?”
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Honoring the Memory of Brother Brian Carey
See if this sounds familiar.....
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Watch CBS News Sunday Morning this weekend….
A story on volunteers will include our friends Kelly Walesh and her daughter, Lexus, survivor family members we met at Memorial Weekend.
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Chicago Fire: National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Remembrance Night
Here is your chance to participate in one of our area’s biggest fund raisers for the NFFF.
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NIOSH report out on Homewood (IL) Fire Dept. that killed Brian Carey last March. Happy Groundhog Day- again.
See if this sounds familiar.....
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Love vs. Hate: Another firefighter steps up for compassion
Each week, each hour, each day as the rhetoric and the vitriol continues to escalate it seems to become ever more acceptable to volley the words of hatred- to the point where what used to be “ex-treme” is becoming “main-stream.”
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Sending love. Literally.
I vividly recall watching helplessly, transfixed at the heroic efforts to intubate her tiny blue body and give her life. Lungs just dried paper-like sacs, not lubricated enough to expand. Staff traded places each taking a shot at tubing my little girl, then stepping aside to let the next person give it a go, shaking their heads at their failures.
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Thoughts and Prayers are Hollow Without Conviction
As we watch yet more firefighter funerals this weekend, put some oomph into your typical "thoughts and prayers" mantra and make it personal.
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“The Charleston 43” – Always Remember and Never Forget
The events of June 18, 2007 are tragic indeed. Failing to accept and learn from the NIOSH recommendations is a disrespectful slap in the face to the Charleston 9, their families and friends, and each of the fine firefighters who were so greatly affected on that fateful evening.
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May 3- Great Fire of 1901
On May 3, 1901, Jacksonville, Florida suffered the most destructive event in the city's history. Never before (or since) has there been a larger metropolitan fire in the entire South.
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If We Do What We’ve Always Done, We’ll Get What We’ve Always Gotten…
I want to take the opportunity offered by the First Due Blog Carnival to express my disgust with those in the service who make no changes to the way their agency operates based on the findings of the NIOSH reports.
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Stay Stoked!
Here is my First Due Blog Carnival submission. This month’s topic is: I am a Firefighter Because. First, I'll answer the question: why did I become a firefighter?
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What is Truly Important
May you all be able to do what is important to you for many many more years to come.
Merry Christmas to you all.
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Check Out This “Must See” 9/11 Coin – It’s Going Fast!
Undertaken by FDNY Battalion Chief John Salka and a committee of other firefighters and their friends, the September 11th Anniversary Benefit Fund has been established to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the attacks at the World Trade Center. Here's how to get yours...
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360 Burn Size-up of the Fire Web 12/3/2009
Remembering the Worcester 6 ten years ago today; Fire chief does the math- convinces city manager- mayor hires more firefighters- city saves money; air conditioning for our bunker gear? Yep! All on today's 360 burn size-up of the fire web...
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It’s Time.
First responders and Ground Zero workers are pleased Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is headed to New York to face justice - but they hope to win a different kind of justice of their own.
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Warship USS New York Arrives- Built With WTC Steel
The USS New York is home. A warship built with steel salvaged from the World Trade Center has arrived in New York City.
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30 Minutes of Training Per Week is Unfair and “Unreal”
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I had just finished reading a depressing thought I found on facebook by Christopher Naum:
“There’s an awful lot of time, energy and resour…
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What Happened at the Station Fire? $$$ ?
On a sizzling August morning, as flames burned unchecked down the road, fire crews milled about at an Angeles Crest Highway ranger station. Others were parked along the pavement -- a critical line of defense -- their engines quiet and hoses slack. Why?
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