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Playing the Rescue Card

By in Backstep Firefighter at February 1, 2012 at 11:12 am
"Woe to you, you hypocrites, who point out lack of PPE and praise leather lungs." Book of Bill Read More »

First Due Friday; Heavy Smoke from a Commercial

By in S.A.F.E. Firefighter at January 13, 2012 at 8:25 am
Check out this "soupy" commercial job in PG County, MD. Give us your RECEO breakdown, initial actions and initial rig placement. Ready...Go! Read More »

Out of Air Emergency (Last Chance Rescue Filter)

By in Fire and Rescue Concepts, LLC at 01/12/2012 at 17:13
Out of Air Emergency The Last Chance Rescue Filter You are in a dark, heat, smoke filled room, and you are taking your last breath. You think to yourself “now what?”. Your mind quickly goes to a check list of things to do. During this check li… Read More »

First Due Friday; 2-Story Balloon Frame Rockin’ on the Peninsula

By in S.A.F.E. Firefighter at January 6, 2012 at 12:34 pm
Watch the video of this heavily involved 2-story balloon frame house. Note the wind and the exposures. Give us your RECEO breakdown, initial actions and initial rig placement. Have fun! Read More »

2012 Class and Event Planning In Progress

By in S.A.F.E. Firefighter at December 19, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Make training, professionalism and pride part of your New Year's resolution! We're in the process of building our 2012 calendar with intense, realistic hands-on training, interactive classroom events and good old-fashioned brotherhood. Read More »

First Due Friday; Truck Arrives First at a House Fire

By in S.A.F.E. Firefighter at December 16, 2011 at 8:30 am
Share your strategies, tactics and experience! Every Friday we'll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation. This week, you are the Officer on the 4 person TRUCK company who ARRIVES FIRST at this single-family house fire. Due to other call volume, the FIRST DUE ENGINE is 5 minutes away. Read More »

First Due Friday: “Big Box” Search

By in S.A.F.E. Firefighter at December 9, 2011 at 10:13 am
Share your strategies, tactics and experience! Every Friday we'll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation. Read More »

The Purpose

By in A Firefighters Own Worst Enemy at December 5, 2011 at 10:37 pm
I also like to practice getting to my pockets. Whether I actually need to or not, if I get into a position that I would need them, I have practiced that. I will be confident that I can reach my wire cutters in a tight spot. The same with my flash light; can I turn it on? Do I have an extra one I can get to? Read More »

A bad day for Randy gets worse … we could both be dead!

By in Iron Firemen at September 6, 2011 at 7:10 pm
I arrived at the station at about 06:30am this morning.  As I always do, I went to my gear locker, got my PPE and placed it by the rig. Everything has it's place and something caught my eye ... something out of place. It was a face piece ... an SCBA… Read More »

I had to “Pull the Book” !

By in Iron Firemen at July 14, 2011 at 8:57 pm
It's been another busy day here at Lucky #13. The good news is that if I make it til 07:00 am tomorrow morning, I'll be off for 13 days! WoooooHoooo! Rhett, Kevin Tottin and I will be heading up to Baltimore, Md for the 2011 Firehouse Expo ! I'll have mo… Read More »

NIOSH Findings Reported on Bridgeport (CT) Double LODD Fire; Failed to Respond to Maydays

By in Command Safety at June 30, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Bridgeport (CT) fire officials' failure on nearly ever level led to the line-of-duty deaths of two firefighters battling a fire in a residential occupancy in Bridgeport, CT on July 24, 2010. Read More »

NIOSH says Bridgeport FD failed to respond to mayday calls in double LODDs. Many failures cited in deaths of Lt. Steve Velasquez & FF Michel Baik.

By in STATter911.com at June 30, 2011 at 10:47 am
Read NIOSH report. Read More »

Supervisor cleared on all charges in Deutsche Bank Building Fire that killed 2 FDNY Firefighters

By in Command Safety at June 28, 2011 at 6:35 pm
[caption id="attachment_2874" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="AP Photo"][/caption]   [caption id="attachment_2875" align="aligncenter" width="379" caption="5-5-5-5 August 18, 2007"][/caption] Published reports are being stating that th… Read More »

Tricks of the trade ..RIT tips

By in Iron Firemen at April 11, 2011 at 8:50 pm
There have been several incidents lately where "MAYDAY" was transmitted and RIT / RIC  (Rapid Intervention Team, Rapid Intervention Crew) was activated. Dave Statter has coverage of the 5 firefighters injured in Washington DC   HERE  . Chris Naum … Read More »

Ironfiremen finds a new “hole” to climb into

By in Iron Firemen at April 2, 2011 at 7:18 pm
LMAO .. is that a BEAUTIFUL title or what? I bet Dave Statter is wishing he never taught me about the importance of having a "catchy" title with your post. Yea... it's all Statter's fault.  AGAIN! LOL All kidding aside, I did find a new hole to cr… Read More »

Dallas Fire-Rescue Changes Website To Rainbows Over SideCharlie Blog Post

By in SideCharlie.com at March 30, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Well, what do ya know? After our first blog post and subsequent follow-ups asking that the photo on the front of Dallas Fire-Rescue's website be changed - it finally happened. The original full size photo showing a firefighter not wearing any respiratory… Read More »

Back to the grind stone and another “Trick of the Trade”

By in Iron Firemen at February 16, 2011 at 10:11 pm
Well, 4 day is over and it's back to the ol grind stone at Lucky #13. This last break BLEW by and I mean that literally. The winds have been between 40-50 mph this week! I've already lost one barn to the winds this winter and I'm shocked I didn't loose a… Read More »

Connecticut OSHA finds 5 serious violations in deaths of two Bridgeport firefighters. 2010 fire killed Lt. Steven Velasquez & Firefighter Michael Baik.

By in STATter911.com at February 11, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Most of the violations center on SCBA. Read More »

VIDEO: The Firefighter Quick Dress Drill, How Fast Are You?

By in SideCharlie.com at January 18, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Can you find a faster time? Read More »

Dallas Fire-Rescue’s Website Has A Funny Way Of Promoting Respiratory Safety

By in SideCharlie.com at January 13, 2011 at 2:29 pm
[fblike]For the record, we LIKE Dallas Fire Department. This is not meant to take a cheap shot at them whatsoever. That said, we were searching around fire department websites on another article project and came across the front page for the DFD. The mai… Read More »

Big Tree Volunteer Firefighter Dies After ‘Routine SCBA Training’

By in SideCharlie.com at January 13, 2011 at 9:17 am
[fblike]WIVB in New York is reporting this morning tat a 26-year-old Big Tree firefighter passed away last night. The firefighter became ill during what the article calls 'routine SCBA training Monday evening at the fire hall. The firefighter was rushed … Read More »

Video Review: Carbon Monoxide: The Silent Killer with Host Randolph Mantooth

By in The Fire Critic at December 15, 2010 at 9:36 am
What if there was something on the fireground killing firefighters that you cannot see, you cannot feel, you cannot smell, and you cannot hear. What if I told that that it could increase your chances of a heart attack and/or stroke even up to 72 hours AFTER you leave the fireground AND your exposure to it happens after MOST of the danger on the fireground is over. What if I told you that it can kill you immediately. Read More »

Super Heros????

By in Fire and Rescue Concepts, LLC at 12/02/2010 at 22:04
Does PPE make firefighters a super hero? How many of us think we will not get hurt with our PPE on? Read More »

FIREFIGHTER EXPOSURE TO SMOKE PARTICULATES

By in Command Safety at November 9, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Firefighter Exposure to Smoke Particulates Under a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistance to Firefighter Grant, Underwriters Laboratories in collaboration with the Chicago Fire Department and the University of Cincinnati College of Medici… Read More »

Loading the Barrel of the Shot Gun…. Live Fire Training Comments

By in Fire and Rescue Concepts, LLC at 11/01/2010 at 21:17
Are we seriously training firefighters that our gear and our equipment is always reliable to protect us from such temperature extremes such as flashover? Read More »

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