“Frontline Analysis”…
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008A Milwaukee Firefighter, speaking at a budget hearing the other night, stated that there are lies, damn lies and statistics; relaying a famous quote made once by Benjamin Disraeli and immortalized by Mark Twain in later writings. See, politicians rely on statistics mainly to construct arguments to add to or cut programs and services. It’s [...]
“Shanghaied”…
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008We drilled for a while the other day at a taxpayer that had a recent greater alarm fire. The building was on one of our most heavily fortified streets; Gates on the outside, plexiglass on the storefront behind plywood, window bars and more gates on the inside. A Truckman with a saw’s dream… The drill [...]
“Crossing Paths”…
Sunday, October 19th, 2008This video is being posted everywhere…so why not here too?…Watch out and be safe…
“NIMS Essentials”…
Sunday, October 12th, 2008Chief Bobby Halton, Editor of Fire Engineering, has posted a great proposal on Fire Engineering’s Community site. Chief Halton uses his power of prose to construct an argument to make NIMS more applicable for the incidents we respond to 95% of the time. In other words, create an accompanying standard that includes just the “essentials” [...]
“A Change of Venue?”…
Saturday, October 11th, 2008STATter 911 keeps up with all things on the right-coast and posted an interesting development in Baltimore City. It seems their Chief of Department, Jim Clack, has delved into the underworld that is the local firefighter forum(s); and things haven’t been too cordial between the Chief and those partaking in the forums. Chief Clack was [...]
“Stocks Plunging, Fires Rising”…
Monday, October 6th, 2008While the Dow Jones Industrial Average (The Dow) continued a steady decline downward this morning, Firefighters in Milwaukee were quickly heading upward toward a fire on the 15th floor. I am bringing up this fire to show that regardless of what’s going on in the world, fires are still occurring. Furthermore, fire runs are increasing [...]
“How to Hydraulically Ventilate with a Hand Tool”…
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Here’s what happens when the Truck takes a detail from across the floor (Engine) for the tour…Thanks to Best Firefighter Video for this one. Be sure to check out all of his great videos as he has one of the best sites on the web…