Everyone knows the tale of Hansel and Gretel. Two kids who get lost in the woods and leave a trail of bread crumbs to lead themselves back home. Well while the method was not perfect Hansel and Gretel had a ...
Read More »February Drill Of The Month: Are you ready for the MAYDAY?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAx5q5lVxKo] Just like thousands of other firefighters last night, once the news hit the social media sites that a 4th alarm fire with a MAYDAY and multiple fireman trapped in Baltimore Maryland was going on I tuned in. I ...
Read More »Victim Survivability Profiling? And some thoughts
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqZO6c3G9hk] Have to thank my good friend Rude Boy for pointing this video out to me. Apparently it was on some other websites but I missed it. I just have some thoughts, and I do not know everything about ...
Read More »Masking Up In the Enroute Yields Positive Results
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa_BOu3szpc] I have written about his subject several times. It has been debated, argued, revisited and gone through the whole hay bailer again. Much like everything we do, there are several different ways to accomplish the same mission. A majority of them ...
Read More »January Drill Of The Month: Gloved Hand Drill
glovedrill <——–Click Here! This months drill comes to us from www.Firetrainingtoolbox.com . The site was cofounded by Chris Huston (Engineco22.net) and John Shaffer (greenmaltese.com) and has a variety of other contributors. They have even allowed me to post some of my musings ...
Read More »Im a Marathoner!
Well I did it! I completed the 2013 20th Anniversary Disney World Marathon! It is crazy to think that just two years ago I was a fat, out of shape, who had never ran more than a few miles, to ...
Read More »Interesting Video
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9rYq6sOqoU] I say interesting because very rarely do you get to see a video with 2 victim rescue, and the forcible entry process of a heavily fortified door, with a roll down gate. Take this video and apply your ...
Read More »New Year and Reflections
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Albeit a few days late, as you may or may have not noticed I decided to take a few weeks off from the blog world in order to enjoy the several events of the holidays and New ...
Read More »Hack, Cough, Sniffle…the sounds of Fire and EMS in the Winter
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIeYl5dO40w] Yesterday I pulled my regularly scheduled tour on the ambulance, very shortly in I discovered it was going to be one of those days where the order of the day was the generalized “sick” people. Coughing, hacking, sneezing, ...
Read More »Why Fight Fair?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDNPhq5ggoE] By now I am sure a lot of you who frequent the trade magazines, fire service blogs, etc. have seen videos and reports on how new and old furnishings impact fire growth and development. We all know it ...
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