Your fancy terms, catch phrases and acronyms are great … but we still need...
And here's the thing ... you can only "step up" so much .... especially when there's no (or little) forward movement or improvement. You can only beat your head against the wall for so long before you...
View ArticleMaking the push… a Firefighter’s strugle with mental illness
For those of you not on the job I'll offer this brief explanation. "Making the push" is what Firefighters do once they get to (or near) the fire floor / room. It's what happens after we get to the...
View ArticleNot sure I’ll ever have another “Happy New Year”
This was not an accident. It wasn't a car wreck or an act of violence by someone else's hand. This wasn't a stranger I was looking at ... it was my brother laying there ... it was JACKSON and I knew...
View ArticleGambling with Firefighter’s lives
Take Randy's new Department for example.... in my opinion ... just like others all across the Country (paid and volunteer); single member staffing and POV response is a gamble. IT'S A GAMBLE WITH...
View ArticleTornado trauma… physical and mental
Can you imagine searching for victims in all this destruction while not even knowing that your own family is safe? Responding to a street that doesn't even exist any more?
View ArticleThe silent killer, carcinogens and our gear.
Maybe, without even knowing; we are dragging these cancer causing agents around with us... depositing them everywhere we go. In our rigs, back to the station, in the bunk room beside our bed at nights.
View ArticleFuneral arrangements for Lt. Kevin McRae of DC Fire & EMS
DC Fire & EMS Lt. Kevin McRae collapsed after descending the stairs with his crew following a fire on the 9th floor of an apartment building located at 1330 7th Street NW.
View ArticleLIVE COVERAGE… LODD Funeral of DC Fire & EMS Lt. Kevin McRae
The funeral is scheduled for 11am (EST). Live coverage below …. RFB (Remember Fallen Brothers)! Previous coverage / details HERE Captain Wines
View ArticleYea, Firefighter Lives Matter Too
As firefighters, we see and do things on a daily basis that most people never will (and shouldn't have to). We see and do these things without hesitation yet there was no way we could have known or...
View ArticleFirefighter Wife, Flame fest and Mental Health… what I didn’t tell you
A couple of things I should mention here is that 1.) we followed the key note speaker ... Chief Bobby Halton. Yea... "THAT" Bobby Halton... OMG... talk about pressure.
View ArticleWTF !?! And I’m NOT talking about “Well Trained Firefighters”
When I watched the video, I could believe what I was watching. Well, I could believe it but maybe I didn’t understand it is a better way to put it. Now I don’t typically “Monday morning quarterback” or...
View ArticleNew Training Program from NFPA…Alternative Fuel Vehicles
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has announced the launch of its new Alternative Fuel Vehicles Training Program for U.S. Emergency Responders* (See below), which is now available online....
View ArticleWTF?!? Too hot for turnout gear?
I wonder what the headlines what have said if this Firefighter had been injured or killed? Who would have been held liable? Think about that for a moment.
View ArticleSetting And Leading By Example…
I'm supposed to lead by example. You are too .... each of us.... no matter the years of experience or rank. I hope by posting this I am. It's surely another teaching point and quite possibly the most...
View ArticleLive Coverage: Chicago Firefighter Dan Capuano’s Funeral
Live coverage of Chicago Firefighter / Paramedic Dan Capuano's Funeral
View ArticlePost MAYDAY…Firefighter says training saved his life.
The words no Firefighter wants to hear, "MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY" was transmitted last week at a house fire in Roanoke County (Va). "MAYDAY" is the term Firefighters use when their life or safety is in...
View ArticleProducts for Healthier Firefighters from Advocare
I had to be honest with them. I very seldom will even take an aspirin. I'm not the "muscle juice" or energy drink type (never tasted one), I'd rather eat the wrapper than an energy / health bar and, I...
View Article“Dear Me”… A letter to myself as a 21 year old Firefighter
You've always given 100% to everything you do but I want to ask you to hold back on this one. Save a little for your family, the ones who love you and for yourself. You are still naive, yet full of...
View ArticleMSA and Firefighter Survival
MSA is looking for feedback on these concepts and would appreciate your feedback. If you are at #FDIC 2016, stop by their booth and let them know what you think. If you can’t make it, leave a comment...
View ArticleSearching….
I can't describe the feeling in your gut as you're crawling down that dark, hot hallway. So dark that you can't see the lens of your face piece and so hot that your bottle is hot enough to heat the air...
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