Posts Tagged: Fire Chief
Former West Florence Chief Passes
WEST FLORENCE - West Florence Fire Department is sad to announce the passing of former Chief Phillip Kennedy. Chief Kennedy became a member of West Florence Fire Department close to when the department was started in 1973. In 1975 he became chief of the …
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Hometown Heroes: Minnesota Firefighters Efforts to Build a New Memorial
With this episode, we begin a series called Hometown Heroes. We will look at fire departments and organizations around the globe. We will launch our series in Minnesota.
If Minnesota’s 20,000 firefighters raise enough money by the end of th…
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Hiring of Uneducated Fire Chief in Florida Sparks Debate
The fire service has put such an emphasis on education, yet our communities might not care. Some firefighters are shaking their heads wondering what the hell is going on. Why did they waste their time getting a college degree or more? How could someone without the education get the highest job in the department?
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Parents File Claim Against NJ Fire Department For Sexual Misconduct
The parents of a 19-year-old female EMT have filed a claim against Greenwich Township and the Greenwich Fire Department alleging that officials failed to supervise and prevent improper sexual relationships between two chief officers and minor female memb…
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Marc Bashoor confirmed as Prince George’s County fire chief
Bashoor took over the department as acting chief in January.
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Funeral Services Set for Fire Chief
LAKE CITY -- Monday afternoon, Lake City Fire Chief Tony Singletary passed away following a sudden illness. City officials tell us he suffered a brain aneurysm at his home Saturday morning. He died Monday afternoon at McLeod hospital in Florence. His …
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VIDEO: Prince Georges County MD Fire Chief Completes CPAT As Promised
[fblike]Acting Fire Chief Mark Bashoor successfully negotiated the CPAT (Candidates Physical Abilities Test) on a recent visit to the test site. The Prince Georges County Fire Department posted the video on YouTube. Chief Bashoor began his tenure in earl…
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Fire chief fails CPAT: Typical reporter’s negative spin on PGFD’s Marc Bashoor’s completion of course.
Chief Bashoor lives up to promise to complete course and says he will return to do it within the allotted time.
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Leadership Begins With Following
Its not easy to lead firemen on the scene or in the firehouse. It is also not easy to be good at followership when you are confronted with poor leadership. You can make a difference in this age old struggle by putting your own self interest aside for another time. Remember, the love of the job.
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Chicago Fire: Disaster at the Sing Way
Several years ago, I didn't know anyone in the Chicago Fire Department. Now, I would call at least one a good friend. The world has been changed and along with it, so has the American Fire Service. If a brother wants to be a part of the nation of firemen, he or she can be so easily..
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The Whip Tips the Hat to the Man
Giving your people the authority to make decisions and to act in the moment when action must rule the day takes a lot of trust and confidence. Sometimes you are going out on a limb, but if you don't give them that opportunity, if you don't believe in your people, how will they ever master their profession?
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New DC fire chief shows up on thewatchdesk.com. Kenneth Ellerbe has a message for those he will be leading & also responds to Fire Chief’s Wilmoth.
Man picked to lead DC fire responds directly to his critics.
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More on DC’s new fire chief: WTOP Radio discovers tax problem; Kenneth Ellerbe meets the press; Fire Chief’s Wilmoth questions the appointment.
Radio station says Ellerbe took Homestead Tax Credit while in Florida.
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Sellersburg, Indiana fire chief accused by cops of meltdown at fatal ambulance crash apologizes & is then voted out. The latest on Greg Dietz.
Chief accused of using profanity on the radio.
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UPDATE: Marc Bashoor new Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department chief. Read letter to PGFD employees & volunteers.
Bashoor recenty resigned from an emergency management post in West Virginia.
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Close Call Video: White Helmet and Safety Vest Wouldn’t have Saved Him
I don't know how old this video is, where it was taken, or what the hell is going on.
All I know is that there is a message in that video...
This guys helmet and safety vest would not have saved him. If it weren't for a quick glance up, this guy would have been a pancake.
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Cook Named Hampton’s New Chief
HAMPTON - There'll be a new fire chief in Hampton next year. Greg Cook, the former assistant fire chief, was promoted at Hampton Town Council's Tuesday meeting.
Fire Chief Wade Freeman is retiring so he can be more active in his church-Varnville Firs…
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Vehicle Fires…The Right Way from Weatherford, Texas and the Wrong Way from South Boston, Virginia
Here is another video where I ask you to find something wrong. The operation seems to run pretty well. I admit I have never used CAFS and don't have a clue about the pros and cons. My department does not use it and probably never will. The video is from Weatherford,TX Fire Department. Apparently it is tires burning in the bed of the truck.
After the video...take a scroll down a little further for a picture of a Fire Chief putting out a fire. Notice anything different from the video to the picture? These are obviously two different operations from two different sides of the U.S.
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Remembering The Parting Glass
I gathered the shift together to tell them we would soon hear a single tone out over the house radio to mark his passing. I didn't even get finished telling them before it began to sound a long, long, mournful tone. He was gone.
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Rekindle? That is a word no Firefighter or Fire Chief wants to hear!
No firefighter or Fire Chief ever wants to hear the word "rekindle". The reason is because it makes us look incompetent. Whether or not the reason for the rekindle is our fault or not it is always blamed on us. Take for instance an arsonist who returns to finish the job. Unless the investigators can pinpoint the origin and cause of the second fire it will be considered a rekindle.
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Quick Takes
Fire & EMS news for Wednesday.
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Fire Chief Accused of Sexual Assault at City Hall
The Fire Chief of the Jeannette Fire Department in western Pennsylvania has been suspended with pay pending an investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted a women who had come to apply for a job with the department.
Fire Chief Randy Dubich …
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9/11 – Remembering the 343 And A Promise Made
" The fireman I was before 9/11 is not the fireman that I am now. That changed in an instant. Before both towers had gone to ground, I had become a different fireman. For myself and thousands of other firemen, we had not only a career changing moment, but a life-changing moment. All things that had been before were somehow less intense, our current time, began when the towers went down."
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Odenville, Alamaba Fire Chief Terminated
We have covered some pretty bizarre cases here at Fire Law Blog – but certainly none come close to being as disturbing as this one. An Alabama fire chief has been accused of improperly disposing of two premature (approximately 20 week) still born fetus…
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Voters Turn Out To Support Firefighters Despite Misdeeds
In these difficult economic times, the average taxpayer does not appear to be inclined to tolerate too much in the way of misconduct from public employees. So firefighters in Key Peninsula, Washington were bracing for the worst last week when the fate o…
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