Posts Tagged: Accountability
Twenty years ago: Kenny Hedrick, Morningside VFD, Prince George’s County, MD killed in a house fire.
Memorial ceremony tonight at Morningside firehouse.
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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Fire Keeps RIT from Reaching Probie, Texas 2004
" - it was reported that all at once it sounded like firefighters were yelling “back out, back out” and “bail out.”"
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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Pre-Planning and Disorientation, New York 2003
"The officer and nozzle man from E95 thought they heard a scream from inside the fire building. "
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Video: MFRI & TRX Systems demonstrate tracking system.
Tracking system attempts to go where GPS can't.
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AN EMOTIONAL FEW WEEKS, THE FIRE CRITIC, CHIEF GOLDFEDER, ZACH GREEN AND FOXFIRE
Chief Billy was upset that he wasn't able to take us by their Fallen Firefighter Memorial before he ran out of time. We told him not to worry about it .... just give us the address and we'd be sure to stop by and visit it. NOPE ... that wouldn't due. He didn't want us to go to their memorial, he wanted to TAKE us ! THAT'S BROTHERHOOD .
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Honoring the Memory of Brother Brian Carey
See if this sounds familiar.....
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The Perfect Company Officer
In my mind it boils down to this; if an officer is not willing to or does not continaually improve himself as an individual and leader and firefighter, he will never be able to improve his crew. He just wont have the respect and credibility to facilitate that improvement. If it isn't important to him, it wont be important to the crew.
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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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Where Were You That Night?
It was inevitable that something bad would happen, given what we know now. All we can do now is honor the lives of those who go before us, pray for the families and help them deal with this tragedy, and hope we all learn from the events that evening.
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Are You Prepared to PREVENT a Line of Duty Death?
Power is the ability to command or apply force.
Authority is the right to command and expend resources.
A leader is one who can generate effective individual and group action to accomplish agency goals.
The fire service is a dynamic profession t…
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Shiners, Whiners and Recliners
I have heard a lot of analogies over my career about the fire service like “You can peal one fire department name off the wall and replace it with another one and it would be the same” and “it is the same circus but with different clowns…
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Accountability: Errors & Omissions
This past week on the burgeoning internet call-in radio show Firefighter Netcast.com, HERE, a dynamic discussion developed related to the DeKalb County fatal house fire incident and the apparent questionable actions purported by the company and command…
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RACE: Responsibility, Accountability, Complacency, Expectations
By now many of you may have seen the reports making their way around the internet circuit relating to the regrettable circumstances in DeKalb County, Georgia. If you haven’t caught up on the incident particulars then check out these links, HERE, HERE…
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BECOME SAFE
How do you think these elements fit into the Big Picture during combat fire suppression operations at working structure fire?
What's your experience gauge telling you as it related to these elements?
As a Company Officer it is imperative that you …
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Brotherhood 101
BROTHERHOOD 101 (CLICK HERE)
I found this Powerpoint on the Indy Metro FOOLS website and thought that it needed to be shared. It talks about pride, integrity and mentoring in the fire service. It questions how we do the job. Do we take the good …
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Understaffed Truck Work: Ladders
Most fire departments, if they are even lucky enough to staff a truck company, often struggle with how to maximize the tasks that the truck can accomplish on the fireground. Since times are tough and budgets are tougher, increasing staffing is unlikely…
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Fire Attack: Nozzle Firefighter Basics
Once you’ve scene the video from the “Straight Stream vs. Fog” post (January 13, 2009), you may have a new appreciation for using a straight stream during interior fire attack. Next we’ll look at a few ways to make the interior fire attack more…
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New SCBA Technology
Check out this link! This is a prototype for a new SCBA design that could significantly improve firefighter safety while operating at building fires and, hopefully, improve firefighter health through stress reduction.
As we all know, the only reason…
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