Posts Categorized: Rebellion
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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Dallas Fire-Rescue’s Website Has A Funny Way Of Promoting Respiratory Safety
[fblike]For the record, we LIKE Dallas Fire Department. This is not meant to take a cheap shot at them whatsoever. That said, we were searching around fire department websites on another article project and came across the front page for the DFD. The mai…
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Big Tree Volunteer Firefighter Dies After ‘Routine SCBA Training’
[fblike]WIVB in New York is reporting this morning tat a 26-year-old Big Tree firefighter passed away last night. The firefighter became ill during what the article calls 'routine SCBA training Monday evening at the fire hall. The firefighter was rushed …
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‘Diaper Fetish’ Firefighter’s Off-Duty Actions Puts His Department In The News
[fblike]New this morning: CBS4 in Denver is reporting that the Mountain View Fire Protection District's PIO is on administrative leave following his arrest for sexual assault. The arrest affidavit states that he had diaper fetish over the last year that …
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Misdiagnosed Incarceritis
Ahhh... I kick my shoes off, remove my stinky yet sweat soaked socks. I throw on my night-time jumpsuit and begin to talk to God, "please let that be our last call tonight"
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