Posts Categorized: Tips And Tricks
WARNING: ABSOLUTELY NO BROWN ONES.
Read how rock star David Lee Roth helped to save my engine's new thermal imaging camera.
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First Due Blog Carnival 3rd Edition: Call for Submissions
With the April edition of the First Due Blog Carnival complete, it’s time now to begin collecting your submissions for this month’s topic: Sharing the Wealth. Whether young or “seasoned”, career or volunteer, rural or urban, each of us has seen or heard something which changed the way we personally approach firefighting.
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Open Phones Night over at Firefighter NetCast- Tuesday at 9pm ET
Firefighter Netcast is live again this Tuesday night at 9pm ET. Join me and my co-host Rhett Fleitz (FireCritic) for the first “Open Phones Night” in which you- the caller- decide the direction of discussion.
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360 Burn Size Up of the Fire Web- 1/13/10
Fire/EMS Blog of the Year, Helmet Cam video of the "Outside Vent Guy", Too Aggressive vs. Too Safety-Minded and the Firefighter NetCast debut- all on today's 360 Burn.
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If You Had Something Valuable, Would You Share It With Your Crew? You Do! And You Should!
Your tailboard training ideas are pouring in- keep 'em coming! Keep your commitment to training alive during the cold (busy) season. Share the wealth!
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What Simple “Tailboard Drills” Have You Found Valuable?
I’m looking for your suggestions on quick company drills that you have found to be great ways to spend a few minutes while stuck inside.
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Fire YesterDaily- “Da Chief”
Sometimes the Fire Gods might truly smile down upon you. When you are blessed with the presence of this special guy, drop everything you are doing and be near him. Hear what he has to say. Drink it all in…
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The Ghosts of Fires Past
Again, more tangible proof that the Worcester 6 (and others like them) have not died in vain...
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To Daddy’s Little Girl’s Daddys Everywhere
Fathers with daughters have a "special relationship" with their little girl's potential dates....
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Best Practices: Strive to Stay Under the Radar
Even the loudest of us knows when it's best to lay low.
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Handerpants
Sometimes I feel the need to “glove up” when not at work, know what I mean?
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Dancing Firefighter Robot Helps Protect Chief’s Boot Tassles
The fire service has always been able to look toward the military as a source of methods and ideas in meeting the challenges both face. What’s next on the horizon?
Enter “Big Dog”.
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There. We admitted it. So what?
Today, massive cuts up in Grand Rapids are coupled with the citymanager's concession that they will "bring our staffing levels to dangerously low levels." Finally, an admission. But what now? Has the public come to accept that "dangerously low staffing levels" is a price they are willing to pay?
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Pet Oxygen Masks Now On Chicagoland Apparatus
Firefighters in Chicago and south suburban Matteson have recently gotten a new way to help save the lives of pets.
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With the Mayoral Election Behind Them and Arbitration Looming, Boston Local 718 Faces New Challenges
Boston firefighters may have had enough. After more than three years they are still working without a contract, and many are just plain pissed. What's next?
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LODD- Deputy Chief Chad Eric Greene, 34, Union Cross Fire & Rescue, Kernersville, NC
A member of his department since he was 15, our 80th LODD died suddenly after completing his shift on November 4, leaving behind his family including an unborn child.
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LODD- Firefighter Robert Stone, 47, Amity (PA) Fire and Rescue
Firefighter Robert Stone, an avid fire photographer,died after suffering an aortic separation upon returning from a call this week. He is our nation's 79th LODD this year.
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Another Example: Size Really Does Matter…
Brand new ladder truck? A cool million.
Price to certify staff to drive it? $100,000.00
Price to build a new station because it won’t fit inside the ones you have? Priceless.
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The Latest Chirp on Twitter Lists
What's all the chirping about the new twitter list feature? How can I use it to make my life easier? Will the Cubs ever see a World Series? Two of these questions (that don't already have answers) are addressed here...
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Today’s Web Scanner 11/3/09
An Arkansas ambulance strikes and kills a man rescuing an injured dog; a Milwaukee firefighter accused of tainting his wife's tea with an anti-depressant- his 3-year old also drinks it; after 45 years a Tuscaloosa B/C reluctantly hangs up the leather.
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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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“We’ll take care of our brother…”
“I told them that he is not really conscious right now,” she said. “And he said ‘Is that the fireman?’, and I said ‘yeah’. and he says ‘we’ll take care of our brother.'”
A video showing yet another example of the meaning of brotherhood, and the special gift of passage given by his brothers at LA County fire.
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Today’s Web Scanner- 10/29/09
Chicago's Local 2 has a point: "Catastrophes don't take holidays." Hard to argue that. Also in todays scanner, an AMR ambulance leaves the scene of a Vancouver medical call without the patient or the crew. Finally, a tailor-made fitness program is only a fire chief away.
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