Posts Categorized: Technology
CES 2012 – Day 1
Updates From the Consumer Electronics Show
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3 Days Left to Play the eBook Contest
TO HELP INTRODUCE YOU TO the world of eBooks, Dave Diamantes, author of top-selling eBook Dead Pen Pals has created this simple exercise combined with a contest for your enjoyment and enlightenment.
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Tips for FF fitness
http://www.28daymuscle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/The-28-Fatal-Flaws1.pdf
Hey guys, check this article out avoid common mistakes made in and out of the gym. Be safe!!
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Morning Lineup – January 10
If you haven't logged on since yesterday morning, then you haven't yet seen the eBook contest we're running.
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Play the eBook Contest
TO HELP INTRODUCE YOU TO the world of eBooks, Dave Diamantes, author of top-selling eBook Dead Pen Pals has created this simple exercise combined with a contest for your enjoyment and enlightenment.
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Product Review – Kindle Apps for Smartphones
Part Four of a four-part series on devices to download and read digital publications known as eBooks.
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Product Review – The Kindle Fire Tablet
Today we review the Kindle Fire tablet.
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Product Review – The Kindle e-reader
Part One of a series about eBooks and e-readers .... how to use them.
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It was a big hole. At least 8 feet across at its longest point and four or five at the widest. I won't exaggerate and say we nearly fell in, because we didn't come close. But that pit got my attention! This was a run-away wood stove fire and it was b…
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Beyond the Academy Video Training Series – Engine Operations: Hydraulic Ventilation
Check out the newest Beyond the Academy Video Training Series. This one is entitled "Engine Company Operations: Hydraulic Ventilation with a Smooth-bore/Solid Stream Nozzle.
Many fire service members believe that a fog nozzle is the only nozzle tha…
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Morning Lineup – November 23
The meat of the article is how to avoid using easily-hacked passwords for your various online accounts and entry permissions.
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HP-EMS Profile: Jersey City Medical Center EMS
The High Performance EMS we examine this month is Jersey City Medical Center EMS located just across the Hudson River from Lower Manhattan. It is a triply accredited service, receiving the CAAS, NAED's ACE, and CoAEMSP accreditations all in the sam…
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Leadership: Catchin’ Speedy
What is it about leadership that is so elusive? Grab your cup and get a refill, this'll be quick. While we're at it I should mention that leadership is an issue we need to talk about more. I been cogitatin' on it and I think I will begin to hash ou…
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FILO workout
Firefighter Workout
Reps: 21-15-9 3 rounds
Pull ups
75#> overhead thrusters
Burpees
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Up On the Roof!
A few tours back, the kid and I were on top of a wood frame, two-story residential. Metal roof. Taken there by the City's platform...
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Fire Trucks at Bottom of New York Harbor (according to the computer monitor)
The project was supposed to be completed three years ago, but is unfinished and waiting for another infusion of $4.3 million to wrap it up
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EMS in the Cloud
According to the Gartner Hype Cycle for 2010, "Cloud Computing" and "Cloud/Web Platforms" have reached the infamous "Peak of Inflated Expectations" and are already sliding down like a fog into the unavoidable "Trough of Disillusionment". But the story …
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Coordinated Ventilation – Part II by Nate DeMarse
I stumbled upon a couple videos that drive home points made in the earlier Coordinated Ventilation post. These videos clearly show answers to previously asked questions, and bring up some new discussion tips as well. This is precisely how we should …
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Coordinated Ventilation
Take a look at these two videos for a great example of coordinated ventilation. The outside vent (OV) firefighter on the fire escape waits until the line is putting water on the fire to take the windows. Doing so helps the engine make the adv…
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Morning Lineup – October 22
That naturally leads to the topic of digital textbooks and why aren't they being used in schools and colleges?
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FILO Workout of the day
Firehouse WOD 10-20-11
"Air Consumption"
Full gear and on air
Post times below... Circuit:
30 tire strikes with sledge
20 thrusters with 45# bar (simulate pulling ceiling with a pike pole)
100 lbs farmers walk 100ft down and back
Go until your b…
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Pressure Reducing Valves – By: Chris Collier
Lack of water on the fire is a fire ground problem that seldom stands alone. When water is not being applied to the fire at the proper rate we can all agree that things get worse on the fire ground. When we look at fires where maydays or fire…
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Netflix Net-flips
IN A QUICK AND FIRM TURNABOUT, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced this morning that Qwikster, the dvd-by-mail replacement, is now Gone-ster.
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Preparedness Reminder
I know that today is the last day of National Preparedness Month, but preparedness is not seasonal and these videos are great reminders of what we can do to be prepared for ourselves, our families, and our communities. I hope you never need to know any…
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Social Media – To Filter or Not to Filter?
I have to admit that I didn't notice when the DC Fire/EMS Twitter account feed went silent on August 30. A fact that I continued not to recognize until I read the article "#Silence: Fire and EMS Twitter Feed to be 'Filtered'" broadcast in a tweet jus…
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