Posts Tagged: Recruit School
Time For A New Training Chief in Jackson?
THE JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, FIRE DEPARTMENT has got itself in a pickle after 26 recruits in a class of 28 flunked the State Certification Exam.
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PGFEMS Chief Bashoor, County Executive Baker and Career Recruit School Run for NFFF
P.G. chief runs with recruit school to raise money for NFFF.
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Back to the grind stone …
We're back on duty after another work filled 4 day break. Usually, I don't work the guys on Sundays or holidays but today had to be a little different.... we got our new "rookie" this morning. I'll get to that in a minute.
To begin with, it appears th…
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Recruit School #14
The Roanoke Regional Training Academy graduated Recruit Class #14 this past Friday (July 8, 2011).
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Middle day, 4th of July weekend
Another beautiful day here in "The Noke" and we're stuck on duty. It's almost scary .... pretty weather, the 4th of July eve and we've actually been pretty quiet. I'm just waiting for the bottom to fall out.
I'm hoping for a quiet night but know how i…
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Lake Havasu City Fire Department Hires 9 Firefighters Using SAFER Funding…Here is their 4 Week Recruit School
Here is a very well done video documenting the 4 week recruit school for 9 rookie firefighters in Lake Havasu, Arizona. The Lake Havasu Fire Department has 6 stations which cover 52 square miles.
I am unsure if the FD actually responds to the legendar…
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Fire Cadet costs Houston FD Half a Million Dollars
At least that is what the report states...kinda. I am jumping to the end of the article found here. According to the Houston Fire Department, it costs $500,000 to put a recruit through recruit school. Boy have I got a deal for the Houston FD. I know of a…
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Monday Morning Shoutout – Sun Valley Fire Department
The Monday morning shoutout goes to the Sun Valley Fire Department (link) located in Idaho. Keep up the great work and stay safe!
Two other notes: Sun Valley utilizes wordpress for their web hosting/design although it might have been customized by a thi…
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Playing Russian Roulette with Public Safety
Flint, Michigan just found out what it is like to play Russian Roulette with Public Safety.
Less than 48 hours after the city of Flint, Mich., laid off 22 firefighters and cut operations at two local fire stations, an alarm sounded for a house fire on Be…
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So you want to be a Firefighter? Can we please have your Facebook password first?
The City of Bozeman, Montana apparently really wanted to get their name on the map. The City is demanding that new applicants for city jobs like firefighters, and police officers hand over their login AND passwords for sites like facebook and myspace.
I…
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Four-story building collapses in Brooklyn
Doesn't it seem as though a building collapses every day in New York City? Luckily only 4 people were injured this time and no one was killed. I just find it interesting at how often it seems as though this occurs. I wonder how many departments out there…
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Making the most of blogging
How's about another Shrimp on the Barbie?
In a couple of months, two bloggers will be working together at each others jobs. One is a Firefighter and Paramedic on an Engine company in San Fransisco (The Happy Medic) and the other is a Paramedic for the…
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Fire Chiefs and Statistics
Some Fire Chiefs have devised a great way of showing success in their careers and within their departments. By altering the reporting criteria for call data they can manipulate the data. That data compared to former data (history) will show change. The p…
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