Posts Categorized: Rebellion
Be Honest With Yourself
It's okay to be bothered by things that we see every day in Emergency Services... Whether you're an EMT, AEMT, Police Officer, Fireman, or even a Dispatcher who only talks to the people on the scene... You are human we feel emotions... sometimes we can't handle them on our own. Reach out to someone your partner, your co-workers, a friend... or a professional. It's not weakness... it's being brave you're facing your emotion and your fears. Trust me it's better that way.
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Vol Fire Service Featured on Radio Show
US Fire Department Racing is a great supporter of the volunteer fire service. Thanks to USFD Racing, NVFC First Vice Chair Jeff Cash was featured on the April 21 episode of the radio program Full Throttle Racing with Kane to promote the volunteer fire se…
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Junior FF Recruitment Video
A new resources is now available for junior firefighter programs. The NVFC's National Junior Firefighter Program, with support from Tyco, has developed a recruitment video that departments can use to help generate interest in their youth program and educ…
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Firefighter Survival Gear – What Do You Carry?
Constant training is required to remain proficient at any job - firefighting is no different. The excuse that “we don’t need to train - we do it every day” is nothing more than an excuse. Most of the busiest fire companies train on a continuous bas…
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Year-End Review
The following article was written by NVFC Chairman Philip C. Stittleburg for FireRescue1.com. It was published on 12/19/11:
Work together: Overcoming volunteer challenges in 2012
We must examine which practices are working and which ones
By Philip…
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Action Alert: LOSAP Bill
The Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act (H.R. 376/S. 1911), which is supported by the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC), clarifies the treatment of length of service award programs (LOSAPs) under the federal tax code. The bi…
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Training Webinars On-Demand
The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) has made three of its popular training webinars available on-demand to members of the fire and emergency services. The webinars cover grant-writing, recruitment and retention, and transitioning to a combination …
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Detached
Detached
One thing that has remained pretty constant in the EMS education arena is that we train on mannequins. I can’t tell you how many plastic men I have killed over the years, but it has certainly been enough to make Charles Manson jealo…
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Female Firefighter Cover Girl Competition
12 female firefighters are competing to be the cover girl for a charity calendar in New Zealand that benefits The Child Cancer Foundation. Check out the story here: http://www.firerescue1.com/fundraising/articles/1042108-Firefighter-calendar-girl…
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We Try Harder
"Zero defects" is a pretty lofty goal, but in our business, zero defects may be the difference between life and death.
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The Way of The Chief
What constitutes the next leader of the fire service? Which qualities break someone out from the pack?
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Humble Pie
For the purpose of this post I will use the term 'medic' a lot, but you can replace that title with EMT, nurse, doctor, or politician. I believe the concept still holds true.
In addition to working full time as a paramedic, I also take…
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Shut Up
Perhaps part of the problem in anonymity is that people feel compelled to say what they think, which in this and more than a few other cases, isn't much.
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Dallas Fire-Rescue Changes Website To Rainbows Over SideCharlie Blog Post
Well, what do ya know? After our first blog post and subsequent follow-ups asking that the photo on the front of Dallas Fire-Rescue's website be changed - it finally happened. The original full size photo showing a firefighter not wearing any respiratory…
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Fired FF Alejandro Garza Accuses Austin Fire Department Of Disparity In Justice
After a long, hard fought battle, former Austin Firefighter Alejandro Garza lost his battle to keep his job after being accused of posing nude in AFD gear on a dating website. The accusations came forth from the husband of the woman with whom Alejandro h…
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Caught On Video: Kingsport (TN) Firefighters Rescue Woman From River
Kingsport Tennessee firefighters were dispatched to a woman stranded on the roof of her car in the middle of the Holston River. Witnesses state the driver drove down a hill and into the river without ever slowing down. Our guess is that she was updating …
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Cleveland Fire Department’s Lt. Kevin Brady Survives Heart Attack, Sought Out Help
Instead of ignoring it he told a paramedic in the station who hooked him up to the monitor to discover he was having a heart attack.
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San Antonio Fire Captain Gets 60 Days Suspension Over Reckless Fire Response
Fire Chief Charles Hood of the San Antonio Fire Department suspended three firefighters for traveling at an unsafe speed and not buckling up while racing to a fire on the Northwest Side last year. Firefighter Robert Arranaga, 30, was trapped and hospital…
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I’m With Stupid But Not Right At This Moment
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I'm afraid my strategy for capturing the interest of the uninitiated has fallen through, so I'm going to have to …
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The Second Line…
The question for most officers is “which” handline should we pull? For some companies, the question seems to be “whose” handline should we pull?
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VIDEO: Prince Georges County MD Fire Chief Completes CPAT As Promised
[fblike]Acting Fire Chief Mark Bashoor successfully negotiated the CPAT (Candidates Physical Abilities Test) on a recent visit to the test site. The Prince Georges County Fire Department posted the video on YouTube. Chief Bashoor began his tenure in earl…
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DISASTER STRIKES! Live In A FEMA Trailer Or Daiwa’s New EDV-01 Robotic House?
Let's assume a major hurricane similar to Katrina has struck Louisiana coast wiping out all utility centers, shelters, roads and other sources of relief. FEMA is faced with the reality of housing tens of thousands of people AND providing them electricity…
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VIDEO: The Firefighter Quick Dress Drill, How Fast Are You?
Can you find a faster time?
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Brotherhood Instructors Quick Video: Forcible Entry Using The Rex Tool
[fblike]Our friends over at Brotherhood Instructors posted a new, very quick :44 second video demonstrating how to properly use the Rex Tool as a method of 'through the lock' forcible entry. Their YouTube channel (BrotherhoodInstrctrs) should be subscrib…
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