Posts Tagged: Ray Mccormack
Morning Lineup – May 8
What's Wrong With This Headline?
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FDIC Wrapup Part III – The People We Met
Willie and I stuck out like sore thumbs...We rocked Alt Kilt custom kilts, our helmets with custom Box Alarm Leather helmet fronts, and MN8 shirts. It was a marketing idea we thought up and it worked!
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Urban Firefighter Issue 7 is available
The 7th edition of Urban Firefighter Magazine is out.
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Watch Out! Front Seat Center Airbags Are Coming!
More airbags!!!! At least these airbags are located in the seats so we know where the bags are! These front seat center mounted airbags could help save more lives. What GM vehicles will introduce the auto industry’s first front-center air bag?
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Urban Firefighter Magazine Issue 5
Issue 5 of Urban Firefighter Magazine is posted!
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FDIC 2011
Well, it has been a while since I have posted. It has just been crazy and my time has been in short supply. As we all know, FDIC 2011 is here. It starts Monday the 21st of March and I plan on being there the entire week. I just want to make you aware of some of the things that will be going on at this, the greatest fire training conference in the world.
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Urban Firefighter Magazine Issue 4
Urban Firefighter Magazine publishes fourth issue and completes their rookie year!
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“The Firefighters are talking now”
Less than 15% of the 1.3 million firefighters work full time in urban centers. When they talk about structural firefighting, we should listen.
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Urban Firefighter – Issue 3 available
The third issue of Urban Firefighter Magazine, edited by Erich Roden and Ray McCormack is out!
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Urban Firefighter Magazine – 2nd issue out
Second issue of Urban Firefighter Magazine is available
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At FDIC!
Monday night was dinner at Buca's, which is a little Italian place with huge portions of good food. Then it was off to Buffalo's again to have some drinks. Got a call from Marques Bush of Firefighter Basics from Claddagh's Irish Pub and we moved on down to there. That is where everybody was. I got to have some
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The Bandwagon….the new age is upon us
Urban Firefighter Magazine is a refreshing collaboration of some of the best. Not to take away from some other great venues. They offer their content free and online. It is available in print...if you print it out. No postage, no subscriptions, no renewal. As I can see in their first issue they offer some great content (I have not read it front to back quite yet, but I did read some and scan the rest). They are part of the new age in content delivery and acceptance much like some of the blogs you might read day in and day out.
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Quick Takes
Fire & EMS news for a Friday.
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Morning Lineup – February 26
The next aftershock of the digital earthquake has just jolted the publishing family.
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Quick Takes
Lots of stuff in Wednesday's Quick Takes: A wrong turn by a firehouse visitor sparks a probe about a sleepover; Police & fire chief both call it quits rather than face cuts; DC again looking for a medical director; Baltimore mayor guilty on one count; Three detached homes burn in Indiana; Misuse of money claims in suspension of Kentucky fire chief.
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Quick Takes
Tuesday's Quick Takes includes: Helmet-cam issues; New helmet-cam video; Deputy chief & captain demoted over cheating; FF trapped and rescued in New Hampshire; Fire protection outside Area 51; A look back at sniper attack response.
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Quick Takes
Wednesday's Quick Takes includes: City's lawyers blast DC fire investigators; Medical building fire video; Firefighters can't stop Menino; Some large payouts expected in OT settlement.
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Quick takes
"Quick Takes" for Tuesday includes: A fire boat burns; Drug testing in Pittsburgh; A famous movie director says he is prepared to fight fire; New videos.
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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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