Posts Tagged: Independence Day
Must see video: Banning sprinklers & allowing fireworks. Some not so random thoughts about freedom for Independence Day. Plus, some 1990s FDNY July 4th videos.
Is the freedom to injure, burn and maim what our founding fathers had in mind?
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Morning Lineup – July 4
Happy Birthday, America!
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Happy Fourth of July
Today is July 4th. The day that us Americans celebrate our Independence with barbecues, fireworks, and stars and stripes bikinis. I am working today and hope it is a quiet one! Needless to say that it is dry here in Western Virginia...very dry. I am hoping that everyone has a blast!
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Fourth of July Fireworks Explosions
In honor of our Independence, I give you some of the largest fireworks disasters, fireworks factory fires, and other fireworks explosions. Your Happy Medic wrote a post about how he really likes fireworks left to the professionals, and I guess I should t…
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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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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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