Posts Tagged: The Secret List
Under staffed, attacks on our pension, a Close Call, 2nd alarms to rubbish fires…. Ironifremen.com is back on line!
We all need a room full of firefighter wives, girlfriends etc like " Suki " to fill council chambers etc every time they talk about, debate and consider budget cuts to Public Safety. And don't think for a minute that your Department budget or your pension is safe. Right now, my pension is under attack. It's been coming for some time now but it's just here recently that the majority of our members have "seen the light"
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Let’s Hear It For The D.C. FEMS!
I hope you all have a strong cup of regulah this morning. It's cold outside, I didn't sleep real well last night and this morning we learn of the official end of an era.
In case you've been living under a rock lately I'll just …
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The Secret List Isn’t Really a Secret At All
Some visitors to the site or readers of TSL think that we are trying to eliminate risk. That's ridiculous. This is a risky job and some risks must absolutely be taken. Additionally, some LODD"s are not avoidable and those who perform those are as heroic as anyone can get. That's not the ones we are talking about. We are talking about the unnecessary risks, the ones where firefighters and officers did things that resulted in nothing other than to get themselves hurt or killed.
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Must see video: Smoke explosion in Franklin, Ohio.
Firefighter escaped injury at restaurant fire.
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AFG Grants Writing 101 – Don’t Let This Free Money Disappear
As a fire service, we have a duty to make sure every attempt is made to utilize these grants. If we do not, the funding might not be there next year. Plus, free money? Who doesn't want that. Maybe you don't even know where to begin when writing a grant. There are several grant writing firms out there. Some offer customized grant writing, others offer samples of successful grants. What is $50 - $2000 (the higher for custom grant writing) when you could recieve thousands and maybe tens of thousands of dollars in grant money?
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Remembering The Coatesville 7 (Almost)… Article on Near Miss Report
Incident Command, lack of communication, lack of doing a 360, and freelancing among other things that culminated with 7 firefighters injured. Some of those firefighters jumped from the second or third floor balconies.
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Camden’s Union Shoulda?
How convenient these days, when unions and pensions are under the microscope, to say that the Unions should have made better decisions.
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Two videos of Coatesville, Pennsylvania collapse. Firefighters injured as apartment stairwell gives way.
At least seven firefighters injured during 4-alarm fire on Friday.
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UPDATED – Battalion chief handcuffed after refusing to move fire engine used to shield first responders on California freeway. CHP calls incident ‘regrettable and embarrasing’.
Supervisor stepped in to stop the arrest of a battalion chief.
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360 Burn Size-Up of the Fire Web 1/2/10
I'm not with STUPID anymore - Fire Chief is a student in his training academy - the quest continues for the Best Fire EMS Blogger of 2009 - and why to dump your Starbucks stock immediately - all in today's 360 Burn Size-up of the Fire Web..
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Trust Me…this will never happen to you!
Attention all firefighters: the story below details a battle that will never happen to you. It might happen to someone you know, but I assure you it will not happen to you.
The story is written by Chief Mario Trevino and is worth your time to read. This is probably one of the top ten articles written this year!
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Quick Takes
From Friday's Quick Takes: Fire service online community does what Google couldn't; Bumper sticker forces firefighter to find different parking arrangements; Someone admits to withholding autopsy reports from NIOSH; Second quint wrecks in Canada; Update on New Haven's Ricci v. DeStefano; Update from Bourne.
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Firefighter Life Safety Message from Billy Goldfeder
I have to admit...I am a huge fan of BillyG. I have not heard him speak in person, but I have spoken through email with him. He is very approachable. BillyG serves a great role in our Fire Service today. The Secret List and FirefighterCloseCalls.com are …
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Memorial T-shirt for Hall and Quinones
I just posted a story about the memorial t-shirts for Buffalo's Fallen Firefighters Croom and MCarthy here. This time, I have a link for the memorial t-shirt for Hall and Quinones. Hall and Quinones perished in the Station Fire in California.
I love sho…
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Monday Morning Shoutout – The HouseWatch
This weeks Monday Morning Shoutout goes to a blog that I have followed for some time. The HouseWatch is a blog out of Milwaukee, the home of Paul Conway and BEER!
The HouseWatch is a serious look at firefighting. The blog is full of no-nonsense, no bull…
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