Posts Tagged: Volunteer
Teen volunteer rolls POV at deadly South Plainfield, NJ fire scene. Goes right to work despite injuries.
News reports indicate POV convergence in front of deadly house fire.
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Video Killed the Recruitment Star
In his February 17th Morning Lineup features (and updated on February 20th), FireGeezer.com's Bill Schumm discusses and demonstrates the effectiveness, or ineffectiveness, of using video as a recruitment tool. While his perspective on why we face the…
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Tremendous Loss of a Talented Storyteller
Although I never had the opportunity to meet or speak with the man, I was "in his presence" on a few short occasions and was always impressed by his talented writing abilities.
Today we mourn the loss of fire service and news world l…
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Impact of the Digital Age on Recruitment and Retention
The world is changing rapidly and the fire service is getting caught up in the tornado effect of technology on our society.
More and more fire departments are smartly using web sites, e-mail and social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter to …
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Zen Zone #12
There is a time when decisions must be made.
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Remembering 41 EMS responders who died at WTC, including a hero from Prince William County, Virginia
Remembering the on-duty, off-duty and volunteer ems responders who perished at WTC.
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Volunteer vs. career? Investigation underway into whether Pennsylvania chief withheld water from paid crew.
Did career crew not get water because of dispute over funding?
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Void Space
Firefighter, officer, chief—these are the titles of the jobs we sign up for. But just like “bingo chairman,” “corresponding secretary” or “roads and grounds committee member,”
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Get A Grip! Apparently It’s Illegal To Touch Yourself In A Walgreen’s Parking Lot?
Turns out that you can't fondle yourself in a Walgreen's parking lot and ask a woman (with an infant) to touch your genitals for money. It's against the law. Just ask FF Joseph Phillips of the Collingdale (PA) Fire Department. The incident occurred in th…
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Not just a Daddy’s Girl
Her Dad was a fire lieutenant and her two youngest brothers (twins) joined as cadets, then volunteers and eventually became career firefighters.
But when Janet Wilmoth tried to join her local volunteer fire department, the fire chief told her to “Go…
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Big Tree Volunteer Firefighter Dies After ‘Routine SCBA Training’
[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 …
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Not Your Typical “Truckie”
Glenn Usdin was a Run-to-the-Curb kid, growing up in the Long Island New York fire service and rising to the rank of fire chief in Lancaster PA. Like many in the fire service, his career path has taken him in several different directions including a tenu…
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It’s that time of year.
Once our organizations realize that volunteers who are happy at home will be happier, more productive firefighters at the firehouse -- we all win.
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Georgia Firefighter Suspected in Over 20 Arson Fires
A volunteer firefighter in Lafayette, Georgia has been arrested and charged with one count of arson. However, Marvin Chase, 32, is a suspect in over 20 fires and is being referred to as a serial arsonist. According to one news report he…
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Riverside Volunteers Lose County Fight
Riverside County volunteers lose fight, will go to county-wide "reserve" force.
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EMS After 911: The State of Prehospital Care
It seems as if the overall system for Emergency Medical Care is in need of reinvention. A centrally controlled scene command, an assurance of minimal skill and proficiency for EMTs and first responders, and an ability of hospitals to have a built in cushion to absorb patients, are all core components of an effective disaster preparedness system. This reinvention must be realized on a state or regional level. Failure to address these issues could prove disastrous in the future if such circumstances ever reoccurred
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Fire Department Seeks Volunteers
GEORGETOWN -- Volunteer firefighters are being sought to increase the ranks among the Georgetown Fire Department, according to officials.
On Monday, city fire officials announced today “a massive campaign to recruit volunteer firefighters,” Fire C…
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Every Firefighter Has a Story.
It should be no secret by now that I'm big on this whole concept of storytelling in the fire service.
In fact, I'm pretty sure that storytelling has never been more imporant than it is now as a way of sharing our experiences, perpetuating our values…
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Department Welcomes First Paid FF’s
TEGA CAY -- The men and women of the Tega Cay Volunteer Fire Department will soon have some new help.
However the newcomers, slated to start on Sept. 27, are not volunteers.
“These are our first paid people,” Fire Chief Scott Szymanski said. …
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Volunteers and Paid FF’s Work Together
KERSHAW –- Firefighter Marty Waters of the Kershaw Fire Department remembers driving up to a huge fire at a vacant industrial building on Little Dude Avenue back in March.
The building wasn’t exactly vacant. It was full of combustible materials.
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Volunteer Fire Companies and Freedom of Information – Open Records Laws
Freedom of information laws have become such a vital part of how modern government operates, that it is hard to remember that prior to the Watergate scandal of the 1970s, much of the operations of government were cloaked in secrecy. Secret documents that…
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Woman Dies in Fire; Closest Station Unmanned
Nearby station was unmanned at time of the blaze.
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Indiana Volunteer Fire Dept Cited by OSHA…. State OSHA… Over Confined Space Rescue
There are a number of misunderstandings about the applicability of OSHA regulations to the fire service, and even more misunderstandings about whether or not OSHA is applicable to volunteers. I made sure to cover those issues in both of my books, but for…
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Rialto Firefighter’s 4th Amendment Rights Violated By Fire Chief’s Search Order
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals just handed down a decision in a case arising from a fire department administrative investigation in Rialto, California.
Firefighter Nicholas Delia of the Rialto Fire Department was under investigation for working while o…
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Department Started in Old Cannery
Just about everyone remembers where they were at 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, when hijacking terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the World Trade Center’s North Tower in New York City. But that’s not today’s “Do You Remember?” q…
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