Posts Tagged: Roanoke Engine 9
Monday Morning Shoutout – Engine 9 RFD Blog
This installment of the Monday Morning Shoutout goes to Roanoke Fire-EMS Department Engine Company 9 (Engine 9 RFD Blog). The crew there runs an Engine and an Ambulance. The shifts blog about their days and include plenty of hijinx. The blog is several m…
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Your Friends Need to Know about Fire Critic
The Fire Critic is the quickest growing fire/EMS related blog on the Internet (OK...maybe self-proclaimed anyways). We still need you to help get the word out!
Some of you have already hooked us up like FireGeezer and The Happy Medic. They certainly hel…
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Let's take a trip…Firefighting in Fiji
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Welcome Sunday readers. Today I give you a treat - a look at the Firefighters in Fiji. Wh…
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Firefighting is Dangerous?
If you already know why firefighting is dangerous have a nice day. If you do not, check out this video. More information on the incident here.
Editor's Sidenote: I freakin hate youtube videos that disable embed ability (being able to put the video on an…
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Flashmob – a new threat for building construction
First off, if you do not know what a flashmob is...
Wikipedia defines it as a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse. The term flash mob is generally applied only t…
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Saturday Hotshot – Australia's Firies at work
This week we are welcoming the newest column (weekly post) titled Saturday Hotshot. Enjoy.
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Firefighters Rescue Two Year Old From Peril
A man holds his two year old child out the window of an 8th story apartment building threatening to jump. Who are you gonna call. Where I live, more than likely the firefighters and EMT's are going to wait while the SWAT team mitigates the emergency. I i…
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Roadside Tributes Blamed for Fatal Crash
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You have seen them, I have seen them. It seems as though they are everywhere n…
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Tiller Ladder Truck Overturns in Raleigh NC
This morning around 10:50am, a tiller ladder truck overturned in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Three of the four firefighters on the rig were injured, two being in serious condition.
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