Posts Categorized: Usr
A “feel good” story… this is the coverage Fire/EMS wants… Autism awareness
This is the kind of coverage we need . Positive results for unknown situations. Children with Autism. How do we handle rescues? Here's a father / firefighter on the NBC Today Show telling and showing us how ... take a minute, watch the clip and dig dee…
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A bunch of FOOLS
I was able to attend the Weissman service but was on duty yesterday during Whitacre's Funeral. Both were well attended and those in attendance should be proud that our Brotherhood was well represented. Yes... our "Brotherhood". These families got to see first hand over the past few days and week what all the "hype" and Brotherhood "talk" is about. They experienced it first hand. If you attended one of the services.... you did too.
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A good send off
We attend these services for the survivors. The fallen are already in a better place. You attend for the family. The wives (or husbands), children , parents etc as well as for their extended family.... the Brothers and Sisters of their Department. You attend to let them know (and see) that they are not alone, their grief is shared and their support system endless.
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Paying my respect
I hope to see you there. I URGE you to attend if at all possible. Regardless of Rank or tenure ( if you're a "Rookie" firefighter...you definitely should attend). I believe we owe it to each other to do so. It's paying "RESPECT" to a Brother or Sister.
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EMS LODD’s …Government “loophole” leaves families without benefits !
I got a call from Bill Finegan the other day. He told me the story of Danny McIntosh. It pissed me off !
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Busy 4 day!
We usually call it our 4 day "break" but I didn't get much of a break on this one. Thursday and Friday was spent getting up hay and preparing the Farm for visitors and tours due to a community celebration. Everything worked out well and the Buckaroo even…
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Health Care in Roanoke SUCKS!
Sorry I haven't been here in a while but I've been trying to die. Much to my dismay, and due in NO WAY to the health care services in Roanoke; I think I'm going to live.
I've always told the people close to me that if they ever heard that I was in the…
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Back from Baltimore
Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz had it right .... There's no place like HOME!
Yea ... I know that's not Dorothy but it is how she would have looked had I been the costume designer for The Wizard of Oz ... LOL
Anyway, Rhett (The Fire Critic) and I m…
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Counting Backwards!
Ok, so I'm laying here trying to fall asleep knowing that I have to drive to Fla and back by Saturday. I'm thinking of how tired I already am.
I'm thinking of how tired you guys must be as well.
We are and have been doing too much with too little! …
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The end of the dreaded Mon, Wed, Fri cycle…
I received several questions as to the smoke condition from the attic / roof. Apparently, the picture wasn't large enough for some to see so I'll put it up again in a larger size ... I'll also highlight some smoke for ya ...
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Important information from Ironfiremen.com
I have a few 'clean up" items I need to hit this morning .....
First off, I need to follow up and link to a very important post from Bill Carey over on Backstep Firefighter. Bill posted about NIOSH. They ( NIOSH... National Iinstitute for Occupational…
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How Far Outside Your Box? Frontiers Around You
Anyone who demonstrates an obsession for the status quo and fails to think about the future with an open mind is only setting the table for their eventual obsolescence.
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Breaking News: Huge Earthquake Hits Chile
Quake was reported as being an 8.8 magnitude and is also the cause of a tsunami that is expected to strike various nations in the Pacific basin.
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Trust Is The Mortar
Trust is the mortar, the bond between power and responsibility. Without empowerment, people are unable to act on their vision. Give someone power and they are free to create all kinds of possibilities.
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Report From Haiti
US&R teams from around the world are engaging missions in Haiti: New York TF 1, Florida TFs 1 and 2, Virginia 1, California 2, and Colorado 1 are working in country, as well as teams from Jamaica, Costa Rica, Salvador, Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Luxemburg, Canada, Russia, Spain, China, France, Iceland, St. Domingo, Mexico, Netherlands, the UK and Colombia.
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Urban Search and Rescue – Rockbreaking 101
Since there seems to be a huge lean forward right now from people who want to know more about US&R, and since US&R is (and has been) one of my main projects for over twenty years, I figure I'll take the opportunity to point you all in some directions for information.
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Vigilance and Haiti
It is imperative that we take this opportunity to recognize that these disasters also affect our own communities, and this is the time when increased education of your customers is important: what to do if something like this happens here, who will respond, what your capabilities are and how you plan to address your needs in a disaster.
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The Fixers
What is our mission in the fire service? How can we go on in our lives without a suitable title for what it is we do?
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Who Is Building Your House?
[caption id="attachment_541" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Ken Bell at Chalmette BoO, Katrina 2005"][/caption]
Ken Bell, a friend and the other Deputy Director of the South Carolina US&R Task Force, announced this week that he is retiring…
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Why Yell?
I'm Mick, and I yell. I think this is the part where you all are supposed to say, "Hi Mick." Why do we yell? I started to say, "I'm a yeller", but that doesn't sound right. And I don't scream. Screaming to me indicates panic or total loss of pe…
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Star of Life Law Blog
I am encouraged by some of the blogs that are going on out there right now and I try to throw a link to the good ones over on the side over there (you know, over THERE, on your right). A great one that popped up in the past few days has some serious me…
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Hypocrisy
When a man will condemn others but will not subject himself to the same ethical standards, that, my friends, is a hypocrite. We talk about people living in glass houses and the logic for their not throwing stones, but we often fail to hold people to …
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1984
I woke up very early this morning with some reflections of how the last week has gone and was thinking back to how much easier it was in the "old days". While the year 1984 has certain significance to many (you know, the book), the year has certain sig…
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The Case for Credentialing – An Opposing View
I'm distressed that a comment got sent to my spam filter regarding an earlier post and for that I apologize. The poster made the comment that he didn't think I'd print it. As it is, I would hope by now that readers understand that I welcome opposin…
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