“Walton Avenue”…
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Lt. Howie Carpluk and Firefighter Michael Reilly, Never Forget…
Today is the anniversary of the tragic Walton Avenue fire that occurred on August 27, 2006. Lt. Howie Carpluk, FDNY Engine 42, and FF Michael Reilly, Engine 75 lost their lives in a taxpayer fire floor collapse in the South Bronx. Many other Firefighters and Officers [...]
“Book Review: ‘Stretching and Operating the First Line’”…
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Author: Tim Klett, FDNY
2004-Fire Department Training Network, Inc.
Published by the Fire Department Training Network: Indianapolis, IN.
It’s about time I got back to doing some books…I have a ton of great books on the shelf; I’ve already read them, now it’s your turn. One of these is the above book by Lieutenant Tim Klett, FDNY Engine [...]
“Shouldering the Economy”…
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008(Remember your Proby days?)
A big day for the Chicago Fire Department yesterday. It graduated a batch of 81 new recruits. While this may not seem very significant, this batch is the first to come off of its first eligibility list in over a decade. We all remember what it was like to walk across the [...]
“Mediocre Boiler Plate and the LODD Report”…
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Photo from Bullard FD
LODD Report: Captain Kevin Williams and Firefighter Austin Cheek, Noonday VFD 8/3/2007
Ray McCormack, FDNY
What a sad report to read. Not only does it detail how we lost two brave firefighters it reveals some very disturbing facts about how some fire departments in this country operate every day. Yes, the spotlight was focused [...]
“Fueling the Cuts with Some Unleaded Common Sense”…
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008An interesting find from STATter 911…Seems like some suburban Louisville and the Springfield, MO fire departments are cutting specific types of EMS runs from their response cards that previously got a big red fire truck. What? Cutting EMS runs? That’s 99.9999% of our runs, right? Oh the impudence!!!!
The impetus behind these initiatives is the now [...]