Posts Tagged: Wayne County
Taking FHZ to Wayne County, PA
As a quick aside, if any of you are interested, I'll be in Wayne County, PA on January 30-31, teaching at the Browndale Fire Department. I don't know if there are any open spots left, but contact info is on the flier.
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Detroit firefighter accused of creating a false incident report to cover for off-duty vehicle crash. Police charge insurance fraud.
Firefighter accused of creating false incident report to indicate to insurance company vehicle crash occurred elsewhere.
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Mayor finds answer to FD and PD Layoffs?
I just read an article titled "How localities can avoid police and firefighter layoffs". The editorial was written by Taylor Mayor Cameron Priebe, 58, returned to Taylor government in 2005 after working nine years as director of public services in Wayne …
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Ex-Wife Admits to Starting Fire that has Killed 43 in Kuwait City
FireGeezer originally posted this story here. 43 women and children have died and 90 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Kuwait City. The party was held for women and children, the men hold a separate party. Both parties were held in tents. The ex-wi…
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Monday Morning Shoutout – LAFD News & Information Blog
This weeks Monday Morning Shoutout goes out to one of the mainstays of Fire Blogs. The LAFD News & Information Blog has been online since 2004 making it one of the oldest "Fire Blogs". I have followed along this blog for years now. The blog, headed b…
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Contact The Fire Critic
It was brought to my attention that the Contact Form on FireCritic.com was not working. I apologize. It is now up and running. Thanks to Joe Schmoe for the heads up.
If you have tried unsuccessfully to contact The Fire Critic, just simply try again.
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Woman Wasn't Topless…No Disciplinary Action to Occur
[caption id="attachment_521" align="alignright" width="305" caption="A photographer / actress poses at Easton fire station. Easton Mayor Sal Panto Jr. provided the photo, with the woman's face blacked out. (Contributed photo / August 13, 2009) Photo …
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Saturday Hotshot – Fire in Italy
Check out this fire in Italy. Three host of fire-fighting fire in gasiło Novotel Street. 1. August in Italy.
Link to story here
Link to story in English here
[caption id="attachment_493" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Photograph: Peter Wi…
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House Fire Video – Princeton North Carolina
This house fire was reported on the Raleigh/Wake Firefighting Blog recently. The fire now has video to go with it on youtube. Firefighters definitely had their hands full on this fire.
You can also read about his fire here
The 2,900-square-foot home was…
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Luxury Boats Burn in Sydney
Six luxury boats have been destroyed by fire at a Sydney marina. The boats have burned in a domino effect after one boat caught fire while being worked on. During a scramble to move the boats on fire to open water a couple more caught fire. Part of the m…
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Firefighter Bedding To Go
I found this neat product on a fire blog (the Danville Firefighters Blog). The product is basically bedding to go. A gourmet sleeping bag. First Alarm Roll-out bedding has been such a recent hit that they have sold out of many of their stock. Don't worry…
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Tuesday Morning Job Security Check – Motorcycles
There is one unique thing about motorcycles. They will get you "there" quicker than most other things. Where is "there" you might ask? "There" is the scene of the crash. Certain injury and maybe even death may soon follow. There are two reasons why I don…
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Wildland Firefighters Eat Your Heart Out
I don't know about you but I think this video is pretty darn cool. If I were a wildland firefighter I might think it were that much more special. The plane is a Lockheed L-188 Electra. The video below is from a fire reported here.
Read about the Kelowna…
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The Fire Critic Twitters!
This is a reminder to all you twitter users out there that The Fire Critic uses Twitter. On top of feeding the RSS feed from this blog, I find to twitter about other information too. I have found the site (twitter) to be fairly informative if you narrow …
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Around the World Fire Report
Good Monday Morning everyone. Today I bring you an Around the World Fire Report. This is not a normal column by The Fire Critic, but you will see it time to time.
California - Calif. fire burns 2,000 acres, forces evacuation
A lightning-sparked wildfire…
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Monday Morning Shoutout – The Bravest Online
Today's Monday Morning Shoutout goes to The Bravest Online. The Bravest Online is one of those best of the best sites. They don't post anything but the cream of the crop. By that I mean the best fires videos and photos. They also put together video compi…
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Fighting Fires in Vacant Structures
I recently came across a forum post on Firefighter Nation by Christopher J. Naum. The post titled "Firefighter Safety at Vacant Structures" got me thinking. Does your department or more importantly you assume that vacant structures are unoccupied?
Don't…
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