Posts Tagged: Worcester
Owning the Job: Video Ideas To Share With Firefighter Recruits on the First Day of Recruit School
Below are just some of the videos that were recommended by the FB Brothers. I will add that this article was a quick idea I had after all of the great examples shared...and then I sat down and watched all of the videos, one by one. I was holding it together until the Pipes started playing on the Kyle Wilson Tribute video...then I lost it.
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Life After Arlington Street
Worcester Firefighter Brian Carroll
“I look at things differently...Am I doing what am I supposed to be doing? It hasn’t been easy.”
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Ladder truck slides down icy road and jackknifes in Worcester, MA.
Cars struck and Ladder 2 damaged, but no one was hurt.
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So What Are We Supposed to Do?
It is easy to look backwards at an event and say that things should have been done differently and there would have been another outcome.
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Rhetorical Lesson No.10
Profiling and Pets
If VSP is to reduce risk of injury and death it should apply to searching for the Golden Doodle, right?
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Once Again…
The weather for fire department funerals in December in New England can be raining, snowing or bitterly cold.
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Judge Not….
I've done it and you've done it. It is going to happen again and it's going to happen soon. With every line of duty death the Monday morning quarterbacks come out and tell us all what they should have or should not have done. We preach and teach to le…
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CALLING ALL JAKES, BREAKING RECORDS AND DOING OUR JOB!
Blogging is one thing but members all across this Country are honoring these men in the same way.... by getting back on the truck! Police Officers are on duty tonight on the Va. Tech Campus. Brothers of IAFF L-1009 are staffing the rigs in Worcester, Ma. and the Mount Vernon (NY) Fire department stands ready to take in the next call.
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Funeral arrangements for Worcester Firefighter Jon Davies & Mount Vernon Firefigher Kevin Townes.
Funerals on Thursday in Massachusetts and New York.
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Too Soon?
I’m thinking it, but not supporting it.
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UPDATED – Fireground audio: Worcester, Massachusetts fire & collapse killed Firefighter Jon Davies. Firefighter Brian Carroll injured. Raw video from press conference.
One firefighter also injured in collapse during search for victim.
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Worcester Working:
4 Alarms in Three-Deckers
Four alarms struck as Worcester firefighters battle two structures on fire.
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Preplanning Pays Off For Boston Chief
District 7 chief's first thoughts on arrival were of the Worcester Cold Storage fire.
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Quick Takes
Fire and EMS news for Thursday.
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Worcester: Reinforcing Lessons Learned
"“We’ve been having trouble with people getting in there, - "
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Two-alarms in Worcester, Massachusetts. Basement fire in market.
Renovations to Vietnamese market had just been complete.
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Quick Takes
Friday's Quick Takes with lots of news.
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Why We Search, Boston
"A 63-year-old Boston firefighter, making his way up a stairway through black smoke, pulled a homeless man to safety from a burning warehouse in South Boston -"
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Find six for “Six”
"Find six (6) vacant/abandoned/unoccupied structures in your immediate response area that you might not have been aware of."
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Worcester’s Legacies
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah7lGZh_6bM[/youtube]
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Quick Takes
Friday's Quick Takes: Chief Dennis Rubin under oath; Worcester anniversary news coverage; Man hit by backing tanker has trouble hearing; Guilty plea from firefighter/art thief/accused police impersonator; 10 who weren't part of lawsuit to be promoted in New Haven.
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“Camaraderie under Fire”
A Boston Chief Remembers Worcester
" - I have thought of him from time to time when the memory of the Worcester Tragedy comes back to me or when I see the word “camaraderie.” "
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360 Burn Size-up of the Fire Web 12/3/2009
Remembering the Worcester 6 ten years ago today; Fire chief does the math- convinces city manager- mayor hires more firefighters- city saves money; air conditioning for our bunker gear? Yep! All on today's 360 burn size-up of the fire web...
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Remembering the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire 12.03.99
December 3, 2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire that resulted in the line of duty death of six courages brother firefighters.
The Worcester Six;
Firefighter Paul Brotherton Rescue 1
Firefi…
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Honoring a Brother