Posts Categorized: Wtf
Fatal Chicago Hi Rise Fire- If Only…..
IF ONLY there were a way to alert sleeping residents, automatically confine the fire to its room of origin, get water on it quickly, and make sure the elevators don't deliver their occupants into hell. Maybe by 2015....
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Leave a voicemail letting Firefighter Netcast know what you think about “Pay to Spray” in Obion County TN and elsewhere! Toll free 888-887-8718
What do you think?
Should the firefighters have put out the fires anyway?
What do you think of this type of fire service funding?
Who is at fault? The homeowner? The firefighters? The administration? The Tea Party? Obama?
We want to hear your comments. Call us toll-free at 1-888-887-8718 and leave your thoughts on our voicemail. We’ll play as many as possible on our next episode of the Firefighter Netcast Show.
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The Daily Show and Fire Daily Both Agree: Former Volunteer Firefighter Brian Williams Should Have Reacted Differently
Today, a video out from the folks over at Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" shows just how foolish the response was.
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NBC blew it. Then they blew it again.
What happened Tuesday evening is another huge blow to the fine folks in the fire prevention bureau. Then they blew it the next night as well.
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343. Never Forget? We Already Did.
We read 343 names. We ring a bell 343 times. We get a 343 sticker for our helmet or a bumper sticker or window decal that simply says 343. T-shirts, tattoos, you name it- we solemnly pay tribute to the 343. QUESTION: The number didn't stop, so why did we?
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It’s only been ten years. What’s the rush?
This week, despite this “anecdotal” evidence to the contrary, a review by NIOSH determined there exists too little scientific evidence linking cancer to time spent amid the dust and wreckage at Ground Zero. Cited in the failure to link was “a lack of research.”
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Camden NJ FF Bobby Eckert oozes pure class Monday; Tuesday, he and 1/3 of his department are axed…
Lets Keep Are Heads Held High Tomorrow...They CAN'T Take Away Our Pride!!!!!!
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We should be ashamed of ourselves.
We're getting yanked around and a paltry few actually give a damn. We're pitiful.
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Washington State Referees Become the Latest Victims of Common NONsense
Fresh out of the cacophony in Obion County, Tennessee, here is yet another example of common sense gone nuts.
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Why you do not NEED an ambulance:
You are running around the house trying to gather your cellphone, charger, makeup, purse, keys, underwear, kitchen sink, and other miscellaneous "essential".
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NIOSH report out on Homewood (IL) Fire Dept. that killed Brian Carey last March. Happy Groundhog Day- again.
See if this sounds familiar.....
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Sweet Gig !
An Illinois private ambulance service is miffed after being denied free labor from firefighters to complete their transport. God Bless America!
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Open Letter to Yvonne B. Singletary
I wish the officer would have been there in court that day. You have no right to disobey traffic laws when you are not in an emergency vehicle. You have not taken Emergency driving courses. You do not drive a vehicle equipped with emergency lights and sirens. You do not have the RIGHT to put others at risk.
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Thoughts and Prayers are Hollow Without Conviction
As we watch yet more firefighter funerals this weekend, put some oomph into your typical "thoughts and prayers" mantra and make it personal.
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360 Degree Burn Size Up of the Fire Webs- 7/12/2010
DeKalb County GA fire captain reinstated after Dunwoody fire, NY firefighter gets steam burns from pumper valve, and another reason why to avoid meditation- all on this week's 360 Burn!
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Wingnut of the Week: Homeowner Says Firefighter’s Gear Set Off Explosion That Severely Burned Them
Howabout we leave the flap settings, ILS intercepts, and all that other cockpitting crap to you, and let us do the firefighting and the associated investigation into an incident that nearly killed four of us.
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Medic 999: Let That Be a Lesson To Us
It doesn't take millions of people or millions of dollars to make significant changes in the lives of our fellow human beings. Mark showed us that all it takes is heart and resolve. We salute you Mark for showing us both, my friend.
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If We Do What We’ve Always Done, We’ll Get What We’ve Always Gotten…
I want to take the opportunity offered by the First Due Blog Carnival to express my disgust with those in the service who make no changes to the way their agency operates based on the findings of the NIOSH reports.
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WWJD? Renew the passport….
This is a rant. Maybe I can counterbalance today’s post that includes dead babies with a more light-hearted post tomorrow- perhaps about cute puppies?
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The sky didn’t fall…. again.
This wasn’t the first time I had been duped by these Chicken Littles. Yet another cataclysmic apocalypse fizzled out. What's going to happen when we're faced with a true pandemic crisis and no one heeds the warnings?
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TMI: Are we creating distracted drivers in our apparatus?
Like a litter of eleven puppies fighting for six nipples, we've been inundated with computers, map routing and GPS devices, cell phones, and multiple radio stacks- all competing for our attention while responding. How much is too much?
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“I do not proposition women. I don’t have to. Women usually proposition me. God has blessed me like that.”- Chicago Fire Commissioner John Brooks.
"He would say, 'I am a breast man. I want a wild woman,' " Green claimed. "I said, 'I don't like this picture.' He felt I was subordinate to him."
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Assault with a deadly…. eww…
A woman in jail for public intoxication was accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting breast milk at her. WYMT-TV reported that a 31-year-old woman was arrested Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication.
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DeKalb County- four sides to every story
The DeKalb County incident was the focal point of a lively discussion featured on Firefighter NetCast this month. A similar refrain was heard during those discussions: “This is too bizarre, there has to be more to the story that we haven’t heard.” Boy, is there...
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“Haunted” Suburban Chicago Fire Station to be Featured on A&E This Week
"I've heard they are friendly spirits. I just wish they would do some work around here," said the station's Lieutenant.
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