Posts Tagged: Hurricane
DISASTER STRIKES! Live In A FEMA Trailer Or Daiwa’s New EDV-01 Robotic House?
Let's assume a major hurricane similar to Katrina has struck Louisiana coast wiping out all utility centers, shelters, roads and other sources of relief. FEMA is faced with the reality of housing tens of thousands of people AND providing them electricity…
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Finally, No More Begging
For the past year or so, our department has been building a training facility of our own. We officially dedicated it on the 29th and christened some of the props with a little demonstration burn to wow the VIPs who came out to celebrate with us. It's…
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Innovation Distinguishes Between Leaders and Followers
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If you didn't know, that's a quote from Steve Jobs (I didn't). I was sitting in the office of our Deputy Chief/Ops, reading a magazine while …
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Reserving Our Scorn for the Deserving
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I know that I am one of the chief purveyors of snarkiness as a means of combating the less-than-professional element in our midst. I guess t…
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Elvis, Urban Legends, Grapevines and The Firehouse
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Elvis has left the building, in the literal sense. Elvis Presley came to mind today because of the Facebook vote we are taking for a colleague as…
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Cellular Dependency
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It wasn't really by design, but the last time I was in Atlanta, I found that I had some problems getting my e-mail on my fancy smar…
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Who Is Building Your House?
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Ken Bell, a friend and the other Deputy Director of the South Carolina US&R Task Force, announced this week that he is retiring…
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Why Yell?
I'm Mick, and I yell. I think this is the part where you all are supposed to say, "Hi Mick." Why do we yell? I started to say, "I'm a yeller", but that doesn't sound right. And I don't scream. Screaming to me indicates panic or total loss of pe…
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Star of Life Law Blog
I am encouraged by some of the blogs that are going on out there right now and I try to throw a link to the good ones over on the side over there (you know, over THERE, on your right). A great one that popped up in the past few days has some serious me…
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