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This weekend is the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg Maryland. While some of you may be going to this event, I know a lot of people not only do not attend but do not even know ...

On the heels of the “Respiratory Disease and the Fire Service” report released by the IAFF, and IAFC a few weeks ago http://averagejakeff.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/iaff-and-usfa-release-respiratory-disease-and-the-fire-service-document/ comes a study on how not wearing SCBA affects your heart as well. This study was done by the ...

While I am usually always excited for FDIC as it is in my opinion the premier fire service conference in the world, this years is even more special. I have been selected to teach a “classroom session” (a 1 hour ...

The video link I posted here http://averagejakeff.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/aggressive/ has really sparked some serious conversation over at Statter911.com and TheBravestonline.com. Some more information is out about the video as well and it seems that the house was not 100% involved (2 rooms on ...

Most of you who read this a lot know that I look at certain blogs and websites daily. One of those websites is “TheBravestonline.com”. It is a decent video site, and has a forum section for discussion, unfortunately the discussion is ...

http://www.firehouse.com/files/article_pdfs/RespiratoryDiseases_andtheFireService.pdf The above link will take you to the “Respiratory Disease and the Fire Service” document issued by the IAFF, and USFA. It is a completely comprehensive document explaining everything from how the respiratory system and its various components work, to talking about ...

First of all I apologize for the lack of activity for the last few days. I was at the NASCAR race for 3 days, and of course yesterday was the opening NFL weekend. There are very few things I like ...

On the heels of another “Confined Space” LODD http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/news/fullstory/newsid/116155 this months drill is about Confined Space Rescue Safety, and Procedures. Just a few months ago the IAFC issues a “Safety Stand Down” referencing Confined Space operations after several LODD in a short time ...

This saturday is the 9th anniversary of the tragedy that occurred on 9/11/01. A lot has changed since then a lot of things for the better and some for the worse. I remember right after the attacks firefighters every where were viewed as heroes. ...