Forget? NEVER! 9-11-01

"Omnis Cedo Domus"

Ya like that quote? Great! Now get off your ass and get some training going for you and your crew...
EVERY DAY IS A TRAINING DAY. No More Whiney Assed Excuses!

The Fire-Emergency Gets Worse and...
WE ARE OF NO VALUE ...IF WE DON'T
MAKE IT TO THE SCENE !

=KNOW where you are going.
=MAKE SURE all are belted in.
=
STOP at all red lights and stop signs.
=SLOW DOWN so that the driver has full control of vehicle.
=FIRE OFFICERS: Do your job: SUPERVISE.


Apparatus driver was a 22 yoa male. While responding, he hit the firehouse, tearing down the bay door and ripping away lots of sheet metal. Driver failed to stop and continued his response. Two miles down the road, driver put the Officers side of the apparatus off the paved surface. Driver over-corrected and put the apparatus in the ditch on the opposite side of the road. Driver sustained non-life threatening injuries and transported by ambulance.
CHIEFS:
WHO is driving YOUR apparatus and WHAT are their qualifications? BE SURE!



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Three South Korean Firefighters Killed in the Line of Duty-Fire/Collapse
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Three South Korean firefighters were killed early today when the roof of a Seoul nightclub collapsed during a fire. The victims were buried under the debris while trying to put out the fire at the club in the northwestern district of Eunpyeong, which was closed for business at the time.

 
   
 
COLORADO AMBULANCE CRASH KILLS PEDESTRIAN - LEAVES OTHERS INJURED
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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A crash involving a Denver ambulance turned fatal this morning with at least one person dead. Denver Police say the ambulance was driving through an intersection when it was hit by a car. The ambulance had both its lights and sirens on at the time of the crash, according to police, a...


 
   
 
ARIZONA FIRE CAPTAIN INJURED AND FLOWN OUT FOLLOWING WATER RESCUE TRAINING
Monday, August 18, 2008
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A Yuma (AZ) Fire Captain is in serious condition in a Phoenix hospital with injuries suffered in a swift water training accident ...and 2 other firefighters were treated and released.
YFD Fire Captain Gene Tutell sustained lacerations to his face and head, seven broken ribs ...

 
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CHARGES MAY FOLLOW IN THE LINE OF DUTY DEATHS OF TWO FDNY FIREFIGHTERS
Sunday, August 17, 2008
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Aides to the Manhattan district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, have c...


 
   
 
TN FIREFIGHTER LINE OF DUTY DEATH FOLLOWING FIRE RELATED - LONG TERM ILLNESS
Sunday, August 17, 2008
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We have been advised from the City of Knoxville Fire Department that Captain John O. “Slim” Pickens passed away at about 2245 hours Friday night.  His lungs had been injured in the line-of-duty at a very large fire involving automotive tires on 02 July 1996...

 
   
 
CANADIAN FIREFIGHTER TRAPPED IN COLLAPSE_RESCUED BY FIREFIGHTERS
Sunday, August 17, 2008
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Two Calgary Firefighters are being credited with helping to pull a Chestermere firefighter to safety after part of the roof of a burning home collapsed on him. FF's Allan Tillotson and Jadon Nakrieko, from fire hall 12, were dispatched to the home in Chestermere Thursday afternoon. 

 
   
   
 
NYC Fire Union Wants Radio Updates on Water Supply
Sunday, August 17, 2008
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New York (AP)  -- Giving five-minute radio updates about the water available to fight a fire would save firefighters' lives, including two who were killed at a condemned ground zero skyscraper a year ago, the city's fire uni...


 
   
 
3 SEPARATE FIREFIGHTER STRUCK-BY "CLOSE CALL" INCIDENTS-Florida, Maryland and PA
Saturday, August 16, 2008
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A Florida Firefighter was flown out after he was struck by a car yesterday afternoon. The Firefighter was raising money at an intersection Friday for the annual fill the boot campaign for the muscular dystrophy. The 18 year veteran of

 
   
 
ARKANSAS FIREFIGHTER KILLED WHLE RESPONDING-FUNERAL DETAILS
Friday, August 15, 2008
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It is with deep regret that we advise you of the Line of Duty Death of Firefighter Tony McGough, 45, of the Amity Fire Department in Clark County, Arkansas. FF McGough was killed yesterday while responding to a medical e...

 
   
 
MEMPHIS FIREFIGHTERS CLOSE CALL-FLOOR COLLAPSE
Friday, August 15, 2008
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Three firefighters were injured this morning after a floor collapsed while they put out a fire in a vacant structure. All three were taken to the hospital in non-critical condition. The fire began at around 0045 in the o...

 
   
 
Worry Over Tactics Grows After Wildland Firefighter Line of Duty Deaths
Friday, August 15, 2008
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When a firefighting helicopter went down in Northern California last week, killing nine and injuring four, the mountain crash site was so remote that it could only be reached by air or a full day's hike.
According...

 
   
 
KANSAS FIREFIGHTER INVOLVED IN RESPONDING CRASH
Friday, August 15, 2008
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At about 1620 hours Thursday, crews responded a crash involving a volunteer Firefighter who was responding. A police officer on the scene said a Dover volunteer firefighter was headed west on Gordon.
He ...

 
   
 
FUNERAL DETAILS: TORONTO D/C BOB LEEK-LINE OF DUTY DEATH
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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Visitation: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 2pm - 4 pm and 7 pm - 9 pm
Thursday, August 14, 2008, 2 pm - 4 pm and 7 pm - 9 pm
Location: De Marco Funeral Home, 3725 Keele Street (South of Finch)

Arrangements for Full Fire Services Funeral are as follows:
Date: Fr...


 
REST IN PEACE
   
 
Another Firefighter Injured from Department Facing Cuts
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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SOUTH BEND — A firefighter was injured Tuesday afternoon fighting a blaze at an apartment complex.

 

According to Battalion Chief Al Kirsits, Capt. John Firtl suffered burns on his face while batt...


 
   
 
FIREFIGHTER CLOSE CALL-THREATENING DRIVER GOES TO TRIAL
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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A Wilke Barre City firefighter testified on Monday that he was in fear for his life when Thomas Goldsworthy stopped his vehicle inches away from him during a fire emergency on July 17.  Firefighter Thomas Heffers and Firefighter Thomas Cross said Goldsworthy, 56, became upset and yelled obsc...

 
   

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