The Forest Volunteer Fire Company #5 in Bedford County, VA had an engine (Pumper 5) overturn on the way to a fire this morning. Six firefighters were on the engine at the time. Three or Four of them were transported for injuries. Two of them remain in the hospital.
Read More »The Ada Township FD is Donating an Engine to the Abbott, TX FD. Their Selling Shirts To Help With Fuel Costs.
The Ada Township Fire Department in Michigan is donating an engine to the Abbott, Texas FD. Unless you live under a rock, you know that the West, TX area suffered a tremendous loss of 11 firefighters and many pieces of equipment.
Read More »Best of the Rest – Firehouse Expo Meetup, Visitors, Sex Toy Extrication, Chattanooga Recruit Video, and Much More!
Best of the Rest - Firehouse Meetup, Visitors, Sex Toy Extrication, Chattanooga Recruit Video, and Much More!
Read More »Phenix Technology, Inc. to deliver donated fire helmets to two departments
To celebrate their 40th successful year in business Phenix Technology, Inc., also known as Phenix Fire Helmets, is giving away NFPA compliant firefighter helmets to two fire departments.
Read More »Firehouse Expo Preview…SOTF’s Ryan Parrott is Keynote Speaker
Captain Wines and I will be in Baltimore for Firehouse Expo in just a couple of weeks. That is the good news. The GREAT news is that I will be done with my competition and able to drink BEER! Oh, and eat good food too! Scroll down for info on the FOOLS Bash and our party Friday night as well.
Read More »2013 South Atlantic FIRE RESCUE Expo in Raleigh, NC
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.
Read More »Helmet Camera Video of House Fire
This is a Helmet Cam view of a Fire Attack. Throughout the video we describe what is happening. The purpose of this video is to describe the importance of a coordinated fire attack.
Read More »Helmet Cam: Shinnston, WV Car Fire with Exposures
On June 10th, Shinnston, WV ladder 101 responded to car fire. Crews arrived to find a vehicle on fire between two structures. Chief 10 filled out the box alarm due to the exposures. The view of the camera is that of Shinnston Firefighter Matthew Bartlett.
Read More »Best of the Rest – Blowin Smoke, NJ FD Suspended, Why We Skin Doors, EMT Tips, A Good Save, and Much More!
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Read More »Do You Use Facebook? Do You Tweet? Why?
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.
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