[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82gSTIyn5I4&w=560&h=315] Perhaps I should have watched this video SOONER! For those of you that are not in the Medic world the above video is about a piece of equipment known as the 3 way stop cock. it is used with ...

  Today was a rough day for at least 3 fire departments and the associated families. Above are 2 pictures of the 3 that have passed. No LODD is good, they are all tragic, one even happened in my home ...

This weekend in Fairfax County I attended the “Nozzle Forward” Program taught by Aaron Fields from Seattle Fire and his instructor cadre. I had this idea that when I got back I would give a review type post about the ...

Firefighter Paul Brotherton Rescue 1 Firefighter Jeremiah Lucey Rescue 1 Lieutenant Thomas Spencer Ladder 2 Firefighter Timothy Jackson Ladder 2 Firefighter James Lyons Engine 3 Firefighter Joseph McGuirk Engine 3 On December 3rd 1999 in Worcester Massachusetts 6 firefighters lost ...

I posted these pictures on twitter (@averagejakeff) yesterday and got some good responses so I thought why not bring it to the masses! (or the 5 of you who read this site) Commonly the rear door of any occupancy is ...

The National Firefighters Endowment (http://www.thethinredline.org/) has come up with a great program to help our brothers in Detroit. We all know that Detroit is in dire straights, the city has filed for bankruptcy, they are denying retirees benefits, and the ...

Registration is OPEN for the greatest fire service conference on the PLANET!!!!!! There looks to be a ton of great classes this year (as usual) and a lot of good events as well. It all kicks off on Monday April ...

This is a great training opportunity coming here to Northern Virginia brought to you by the NOVA FOOLS ( www.northernvirgniafools.com ) The class was created and is taught by Aaron Fields from Seattle Washington Fire Department and he runs the ...

This past weekend I was staying out-of-town in a hotel for the running of the Crawling Crab Half Marathon. While leaving to go to dinner I noticed the locking mechanism on the door was a little different than I had seen ...

DID YA MISS ME? It has been awhile since I have had any real-time to dedicate time to writing on the blog. First off I have been busy, kids sports, training for a half marathon, and things at work have ...