Posts Tagged: Frank Ricci
The story behind the firefighter tea party commercial.
New Haven union starts running three commercials on Connecticut TV.
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A Labor Day 2011 video: Who do you blame?
Watch how the cookies crumble and where they fall.
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Video: Lt. Frank Ricci on settlement for New Haven 20.
Seven-year battle comes to an end.
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New Haven firefighters get $2 Million in discrimination case that went to Supreme Court.
Offers okayed by 20 firefighters for back pay, pension benefits and interest.
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FDIC Recap Part II – The People You Surround Yourself With
I got to meet with several companies both during FDIC and since. Several of which I hope to be doing product reviews for very soon! If you are looking for having a product review for your product, check out more information here. I spoke with Major Mack of The Bowring today on the phone. They are sending me their product to review shortly. There's was one of the busier boothes at FDIC. I think the product looks like a potential tool that years from now will be a staple in "What's in Your Pockets" discussions!
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Quick Takes: March 21, 2011.
Fire & EMS news for Monday.
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Court rules against white firefighter’s claim promotion denied because city caved into Vulcan pressure. Judge says Mount Vernon, NY case a ‘far cry’ from Ricci.
Vulcan Society opposed firefighter's promotion claiming it violated a federal decree aimed at increasing the number of African-Americans in the department.
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Watch FDIC keynote speech: ‘It’s time to take back the fire service’ – Lt. Frank Ricci, New Haven Fire Department.
Lt. Ricci covers a lot of ground in Thursday's keynote address.
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360 Burn Size-up of the Fire Web 12/12/09
Finally, bugles and bagpipes for the New Haven 20 - Fire destroys a building that stood since before the war (The Revolutionary War) - Ladder bailout video show the value of training - all on today's 360 Burn.
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Who are the BEST Firefighters?
Exactly who are the best firefighters? How can we tell exactly. I think that many of us have firefighters of all ranks we look up to in the Fire Service either locally or Nationally.
Who do you think are the best? The names below are just examples.
Bes…
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Eyes on the Blog World
Think of this as a view of the blog world according to the Fire Critic. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, it is my version of the FireGeezer's Around The Fire Web...only different. Deal with it! This will probably be a normal column with an intermittent schedule. Don't …
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"A lot of Guys Think This Won't Happen To Them"
The quote "A lot of Guys Think This Won't Happen To Them" was made by Houston Captain Abbt. Captain Abbt was trapped in a high rise fire for over 18 minutes after calling MAYDAY while attempting rescue of trapped victims.
I know that many of my readers …
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New Haven's Vargas and Ricci Testify in Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings
New Haven Lieutenants Ricci and Vargas have testified in Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings. If you have been following along, the entire case hits home in nearly every fire department across the Nation.
Most firefighters don't take promotions ligh…
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Just one of the guys
Women in the fire service have demanded and deserved equality. In the following video, one firefighter finds out the hard way. Female firefighter 1 ; male firefighter 0. If you could have, you should have kicked her butt! Then we wouldn't all be laughing…
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Considerations for Top Ten Fire, EMS, and Blog Categories
Usually, a top ten list only takes a couple hours to a couple day s to complete depending on the category.
Below are websites and blogs in their respective categories. If you have one that you think should be on the list but is not please let me know.
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Fiery Tanker Crash in Michigan
A tanker carrying a lot of flammable "stuff" wrecked and caught fire in Hazel Park Michigan. The fire occurred directly under an overpass. The bridge "overpass" later collapsed due to the heat and fire. You can watch the video here. I took a screen shot …
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Michael Jackson's Hair on Fire
Never before seen footage of Michael Jackson's hair catching fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial have surfaces. The link is here to the video. The footage is from 1984, 25 years ago. I remember the hype around the injury and I remember the fact…
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The Secret is out…The Fire Critic is Interviewed by Newspaper
Ok, I admit that I have tried to stay anonymous on this blog. The reason being not what is said by who but moreso I don't want "who says it" to cloud "what is said". Even though The Fire Critic is semi-anonymous, I have had a few people guess it was me a…
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Tuesday Morning Job Security Check 3
Since we aren't too far removed from the fireworks of July 4th, I thought I would share one more fireworks explosion. This guy made it away with his life...barely. NEVER stick your head directly over the top of a firework. That is like staring down the b…
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New Haven 20 – Follow up
This is follow up to my earlier post "Court rules for white firefighters over promotions".
If you feel like it you can read the 93 page ruling that is sure to have some pretty thick legal mumbo jumbo in it here riccvsdestefano
I have learned a lot abou…
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Whoyagot?
Bing is the newest competition for google. Not that there have been many competitors for google, they more or less crushed the other search engines on the market at the time of their arrival. Remember lycos and infoseek, when aol, netscape, and one oth…
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Court rules for white firefighters over promotions
I have only followed this story a little bit and it was given more publicity once Sonia Sotomayor was plucked for the high court.
The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their ra…
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Monday Morning Shoutout – Paramedic-ing Blog
This weeks monday morning shoutout goes to a new blog (much like this one). The Paramedic-ing Blog is new and he knows it. He makes no bones about being the new guy on the block. The blog is written by a medic who works for a fire department in Californi…
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Give a Shoutout
Hey all you webmasters out there. The Fire Critic is looking for shoutouts, or at least a mention on your site. We are running a grassroots marketing effort here at The Fire Critic Headquarters and we need all the help we can get. We believe that we have…
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