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"The Fire vs. A Fire " - Part TWO The lessons you learn could save someone's life! www.FullyInvolvedFire.com Part Two            Several years later I responded to another structure call that became a “The Fire” story for me. It was lunchtime, and dispatch reported that the first caller reported heavy smoke coming from the home. While responding dispatch came over the ...

     "The Fire vs. A Fire " - Part ONE The lessons you learn could save someone's life! Original Article By: Ryan Christen More available at www.FullyInvolvedFire.com      Whether you’re in a house staffed by volunteers with a 1972 tanker conversion or full a time paid house running a fleet of brand new apparatus the stories are often the same. We ...

HOUSTON — The LODDs of two firefighters while tackling a house fire in April seemed to signal a worrying trend for the Houston Fire Department. Prior to 2000, and dating back to its inception in 1889, the department had never suffered a fatality during interior operations. But the fire that claimed the lives of Captain James Harlow and Probationary Firefighter Damien ...

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Hamburg, NY - The Hamburg Volunteer Fire Department along with CISM Perspectives, a nationally respected Line of Duty Death(LODD) authority, is offering a powerful and thought provoking seminar on establishing an LODD Pre-plan, addressing the countless issues and needs for the family and your agency involved in this tragedy. Every year, more than 200 Public Safety responders die in the line ...

The availability of water in rural areas is limited at times. If there are no hydrants in the area and few drafting sites, Vertical Turbine Fire Pumps may be available. These pumps supply ground water from wells located beneath them. Hose lines can be laid from them as necessary for firefighting in the general area of the Pump, at low ...

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Are you seeing what you are looking at? This question was presented to me many years ago, back in my jr. firefighter days by a very smart and highly experience mentor. This question, came back in the day when we were just starting to use air packs and changing the way we were fighting fires. At first, I did not ...

The Calcasieu Emergency Response Training Center presents ( START Fest 2009 ) Special Techniques and Response Training September 11,12,,13, 2009 Free training for all emergency responders.   Vist the link below for all classes scheduled or to register online www.certc.net

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here     Hey... A Pennsylvania Firefighter was IMPALED by a heated and exploding HOOD STRUT while operating at a car fire. In this most recent "hood strut projectile" event, which happened in Swatara Township (PA), Firefighters from the Friendship Fire Company of Bressler last week arrived at a "routine" engine compartment fire which quickly changed from ...

The following article has been taken directly from the CDC. We need to make sure we are educated and prepared for this type of event. Be sure you have the appropriate PPE, including masks. This information, updates and guidelines are also available at: www.FullyInvolvedFire.com Swine Influenza (Flu) Swine Flu website last updated April 30, 2009, 8:30 AM ET U.S. Human Cases ...

Original content and more at: www.FullyInvolvedFire.com            Every day firefighters drive past buildings and lean over to their spouse, friends, or family and utter something like “if that building ever catches fire it is going to get somebody killed.” Chances are that you are right now thinking about a specific building that has led you to say or think just that. ...

FIRE SMOKE! We need to re-think our course of action in treatment & safety   I am happy to introduce three cutting edge educational supplements to Big Medicine. As the Founder and Past President of the Cyanide Poisoning Treatment Coalition (CPTC), a non-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization comprised of fire service organizations, fire fighters, EMS professionals, and physicians; CPTC provides educational and ...

"If we fail to understand the risks in a structure built of lightweight wood-frame construction that is involved in fire, there is a high likelihood that firefighters will be seriously injured or killed as a result."   This was a very interesting article and posed some interesting points that I did not realize!

In our department you must be able to get fully dressed in under a minute in order to go up in rank...The best way is to know what to grab first and the fastest way at getting it put on...First your pants...slide into your boots, through your staps over your shoulder and jump...Next your your noemax...now your jacket...and it must be ...