Posts Tagged: Injury
Tillered Aerials and Safety Collaboration
We find too often that people are unwilling to accept the observations and experiences of others and instead "reinvent the wheel" regularly, wasting time and money in the process.
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One Taken To Hospital Following House Fire
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SOCASTEE -- One person was transported to an area hospital after a house caught fire in Socastee Monday afternoon. Horry County Fire Rescue Spo…
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After Injury, FF’s Request Extension of Insurance
COLUMBIA -- In 2006, Columbia-Richland firefighter Wayne Ball was searching for a little boy inside a burning house on Magnolia Street when the roof fell on him.
The impact damaged his spine, required surgery and ensured that Ball would never work aga…
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Super Heros????
Does PPE make firefighters a super hero? How many of us think we will not get hurt with our PPE on?
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Alive and kickin..
Well, we all know that "the word" travels fast in the fire department and apparently I'm a hot topic for the rumor mill once again so lets set the record straight. I was injured last week. A dislocated shoulder early Monday morning. NO... it was NOT a f…
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Heading to 4 day!
WoooHooo! I can almost smell 4 day break. Another 12 hours and we've got it made...till Friday anyway. It really hasn't been a bad cycle if you don't count being stuck on duty with all this nice weather. The good news is that the forecast for the week lo…
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Middle day blahs!
It's the middle day for C-shift and I can't wait for 4-day. Today feels like it's lasted 48 hours already. The day started out BEAUTIFUL. Joe is off on vacation so that has us running with the minimum ... 3 on the Engine (and YES that's counting the Offi…
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Gonna be a long one..but full of pics
Well, the Roanoke Rampage had our first game this past Saturday and there's good and bad news. The bad news?? We lost...9-0. The good news (and a lot of it) is that the game and entire day was a huge success. I'll begin by saying this. Not many people go…
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ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!
I CAN'T wait!! Tomorrow is the first home game for the Roanoke Rampage. We play for the National Public Safety Football League and will be hosting the South Carolina Commanders tomorrow @ 3pm at the Salem Memorial football stadium. Tickets are $7 and all…
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Wednesday…WooooHooo!
Well it's Wednesday and the middle day of our cycle. Most of you have heard by now but we had a plane go down in the "Noke" yesterday. Here's a photo taken by Brian Turner via The Roanoke TimesThe crash obviously received a ton of coverage. Check out the…
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I HATE THIS CYCLE!
We're back and it's Mon. Wed. Friday week...ugggggg! I HATE it! It seems as if you can never get anything done when working this cycle..at home that is. It's rainy and cool anyway so I guess being here is as good as being anywhere else. It's been a busy …
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GOODBYE TYRONE
WOW! It still hasn't sunk in for me yet but today is Ben "Tyrone" Obaugh's last shift. It's no secret that he's leaving but still a ton of confusion over exactly where he's going. We've heard all sorts of possibilities today...lets see...We heard he's ju…
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I’m back for our middle day
Geesh.. I had a post darn near complete and had to come back and erase it. I should warn you though, this one will be a long one. Those of you who followed me here from the Misfit Blog know how long winded I can get. For our new readers, pull up a seat a…
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Rowhouse Fire Close Call- Fire Behavior Acting Badly
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M00Vl7cxuYo
Five Baltimore City (MD) firefighters were hurt as a powerful fire ball engulfed the front of the dwelling. One firefighter was hospitalized and is reported in stable condition. Two other firefighterrs …
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Mayday in Cincinnati: Fireground audio from a house fire this morning. FF fell down steps dislodging facepiece. Injuries described as minor.
Listen to fireground audio from early morning house fire on Glenway Avenue in Cincinnati.
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That’s Why.
Friendship NY Firefighter Tom Torpey is flanked by his mom Sissy and wife Jessica at the Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo NY
Schmittendorf Signs On for Fire Service Leader Round-Table
The Firemen's Association of the State of New York (FASNY) has secured volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention specialist Tiger Schmittendorf as part of a round-table presentation at their 2009 Convention in Niagara Falls, NY.
Schmittendorf will join Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder, host of FirefighterCloseCalls.com; J. Gordon Routley, who oversaw the inquiry into the Charleston Sofa Store firefighter fatalities; and Phoenix Fire Department Chief (Ret.) Alan Brunacini, who is largely credited with promoting customer service in the fire service as we know it today.
The four-man team will culminate what promises to be a day of lively, informative and even entertaining presentations at the FASNY convention on August 20, 2009. The panel will field questions from the audience and will discuss everything
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Conveying Tragedy
Buffalo News Photo-Tonawanda Fatal Fire
Some things bear repeating
I'm not one to regurgitate information. I don't do a lot of pass through e-mails. And I certainly don't perpetuate "Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Some inane subject matter" e-mails like so many copy-and-paste-challenged people do.
But some things bear repeating. Some things strike you so profoundly, so succintly, that you simply feel obligated to pass it along, even if so many others have done so already.
This is one of those occasions. I'm re-publishing (with permission) this excerpt of an e-mail from my good friend and mentor Billy Goldfeder. It's from his not-so-secret Secret List at FirefighterCloseCalls.com. If you don't subscribe to it, you're either out of touch or you don't care about our brother firefighters getting hurt and dead.
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Schmittendorf Selected to Deliver Leadership Training
Tiger Schmittendorf has been selected as one of only 25 firefighters from across New York State to be certified as an instructor of the newly developed
"7 Habits of Effective Firefighters" training program.
Customized specifically for the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs (NYSAFC) by Franklin-Covey, this "7 Habits" program is funded by a SAFER grant from the US Department of Homeland Security.
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Starting Out the New Year Right!
I originally wrote this piece back in 2002 but I feel it's appropriate to re-visit it every year as we evaluate and re-align our outlook on life in the fire service.
My purpose for posting is not totally unselfish. I use this as an evaluation tool to examine my relationship with my fire department and the fire service at large, and make adjustments as necessary.
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Doyle sets out on new adventure to recruit volunteers
This billboard for Doyle Hose Co. #1 in Cheektowaga NY was designed by Tiger Schmittendorf
