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By all appearances, this seems to be a pretty decent knockdown by a single engine company after arriving to a well involved single family dwelling. I am sure it helped that they are obviously carrying more than the standard 500 gallons of tank water and have a hydrant nearby.

Fire Officers and Firefighters are invited to visit North Carolina’s Capital City for the 2013 South Atlantic FIRE RESCUE Expo. The event will once again be held in Downtown Raleigh at the Raleigh Convention Center, conveniently located near restaurants, a free downtown bus system, hotels and exciting night life.

His view is that he can get more bang for his buck using Twitter than Facebook. He goes on to say (in my words) that he would rather the quick rich exchange of information as forced by Twitter than the random, sometimes useless, and less content rich updates on Facebook.

To be completely honest, there might be a useful application for this technique...somewhere. Do they make one that fits over a house?

The previous post about correcting morale issues at the Company Level, I do believe that we have some work we can do to make things better. Yet there are plenty of ways in which Administrations everywhere could improve morale.

Probably the biggest thing you can do is have a positive attitude...which is also one of the hardest when morale is low.

Here you will find the names of most of the top Fire/EMS smart phone applications (Apps) as shared by the readers on the Fire Critic Facebook page. Most are found on either your iphone or Android marketplaces. All you have to do is use the terms below to search for them on your phone.

I think we have all said this at one time or another. This short clip below captures just that moment in time where we have something to say...but someone else apparently won't shut up on the radio.

I just finished a product review on several of the Black Jack Helmet Flashlight Holders. You can view it on our site FireProductReview.com. Check it out and check out the other product reviews. You can rate the products as well!

Firefighters battle a four-alarm fire in Jersey City, N.J. spreading through a row of homes. Some six of the 14 homes are believed affected by the blaze. (March 27). The fire occurred on Belmont Avenue. 100 Firefighters worked for 3 hours to contain the fire. Take a look at the trench cut the firefighters made across the roof-line. What a job that must have been!