Posts Tagged: Brownouts
Station Closures, Budget Cuts, Staffing Cuts…and the Race Card
Silberberg's article is a well written piece meant to get people to their feet. To educate them that cuts to public safety can effect anyone and everyone. That public safety cuts are not the answer and that cuts MUST be made elsewhere!
Mahnoney's article is meant to get firefighters to stand up. To educate the poorer communities that public safety cuts show that their governement does not care about them if they are willing to cut their services.
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It Happened Again…Brownouts Blamed in Delayed Response during Medical Emergency
It took around 2 years for the Cape Coral Fire Department (Florida) to learn a very costly lesson about brownouts.
Firefighters don't need to look any further for proof that brownouts don't make sense and are unfair and unsafe for citizens.
As a firefighter, I really want to say "We told you so", but that isn't professional. Indeed, firefighters have been pointing to brownouts being unfair and unsafe for citizens, but in this case it might have cost someone their life.
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Morning Lineup – October 12
I have just learned that three of the first-alarm companies for that box were inactive because of "brown-outs."
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Is this a “Brown-out” fatality?
After 12 hours browned out, 1st due engine not available because it is swapping ambulances at the shop in the first hour it is back in service.
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“Brown-outs”…. Still Doin’ Their Thing
An 84-yr.-old man died in an apartment fire during the daytime while the nearest engine company, just three blocks away, was shut down for the day.
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“Firehouse Roulette” Set to Move Its Game to Milwaukee
The latest city to hop onto this broken bandwagon is Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Fire Service Limbo
As the "economy" continues to wane, the fire service continues to be bashed by poor leadership and one sided statistics which show room for more cuts.
Some say the economy is on an upturn. I am not an economist.
Fire Departments are not a new casualty …
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Ethical and Moral Fortitude or Unemployment
Photo From STATter911Recently a Fire Chief from the community of Shaker Heights, Ohio (metro Cleveland) took a position and stand on issues affecting the department and the community related to budget reductions demanded by the mayor’s office. Refer to…
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Laminated veneer lumber (LVL)
Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) Are you aware of the product and it’s characteristics? Here’s a quick primer, ready or not here it comes in a neighborhood close to you.According to the manufacturer, Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) is a vast improvement o…
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Buildings Under Construction
It’s been a busy week for a couple of departments nationally with major fires at buildings under construction. A multiple alarm fire struck a 5 –story Apartment Complex in Renton, Washington that occupies nearly a full city block on Tuesday June 30t…
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NFPA 2008 Firefighter LODD Report Issued
The NFPA Firefighter Fatalities in the United States 2008 report was rcently issued. The report provides overall statistics on line-of-duty firefighter fatalities in 2008, including non-incident-related deaths. Includes patterns, trends, career vs. volun…
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Remembrance Two LODD events and the Lessons Learned
As we approach the July 4th holiday period, two significant LODD incidents previously occurred during this time frame that hold a number of lessons learned related to command management, operations, building construction principles and building performan…
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Rolling Brownouts, Firehouse Roulette, Firehouse Closures, Layoffs…
Call it what you will, but I call it poor management.
The three highest priorities in any jurisdiction should be:
Public Safety
Education
Refuse Collection
Those are in no particular order. Those are the necessities. PERIOD. Over the last 5 or so y…
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Just so we are clear…The Fire Critic is World Wide
While the Fire Critic builds his vast empire here at FireCritic.com, I want to be sure that EVERYONE knows we are hoping to report and bring in folks from across the GLOBE. I have already seen hits from Europe, Asia, Australia, and other places across th…
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Top Ten Marketing Tools for Fire/EMS Blogs and Websites
Today, I would like to delve into the top ten tools that webmasters and bloggers can do to market their blog or website. For obvious reasons, websites and blogs want readers. This Top Ten list assumes that you are writing stuff that your audience wants t…
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Jay Lowry launches FFHourly.com
Jay Lowry has launched a new website FFhourly.com. The new site should not be mistaken for FirefighterHourly.com but probably will because their names are so familiar. FFhourly.com is not the same thing as FirefighterHourly.com though.
From Jay Lowry:
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The Shell Game Moves West