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Boston Fire Photography Legend Takes Up

Boston firefighter and fire photographer Bill Noonan retires after over 30 years.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 30, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: Bill Noonan, boston, Boston Fire Department, fire photography, photography

Breaking News From FDIC Regarding Brotherhood Instructors

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Rumor has it Through-the-Lock forcible entry class has a high profile member enrolled.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 24, 2011 • Filed under: Commentary, News, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Brotherhood Instructors", "forcible entry", "truck company", humor, training

Courage And Valor…Understated

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The citation is proof that people can survive even in the most unthinkable conditions.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on March 24, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "risk management", "Victim Survivability Profiling", Brooklyn, FDIC, fdny, firefighter safety, lodd, rescue, safety, sizeup

Why We Search: Despite Owner’s Claim, Vacant Ohio Rental Home Was Occupied

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Tragic news unfolds in Ohio three days after fire engulfs a vacant rental home.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 22, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: abandoned, safety, search, sizeup, unoccupied, vacant

More Truck Appreciation: Brooklyn Apartment Fire With Cops, Tortoise Trapped and P.G. Tower Crew Rescues Bird Stuck In Tree

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Squad 1 takes in a fire that claimed a tortoise and PG’s Tower 43 rescues a bird.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 22, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "public education", "public information", "public relations", Bowie, Brooklyn, fdny, rescue

Light Force 170. Rock On Dude

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Nice footage of LAFD’s Light Force 170 working at various fires.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 22, 2011 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Los Angeles", "truck company", fire attack, LAFD, Los Angeles Fire Department, sizeup, ventilation

Eastie Fire Goes To Three Alarms

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Fire in the basement ran the walls on all floors.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 21, 2011 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: boston, Boston Fire Department, East Boston

Caveman Paintings

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Ray shares some pics from Manhattan and a few other boroughs.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 20, 2011 • Filed under: Engine Company, Fires, Videos • Tagged: "Engine 40", "Ladder 35", cavemen, fdny, fire photography, photography

Bailey and the Tinhelmet Evolution.

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A change to his site and why this is important to you.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 10, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Commentary, Communication, Education, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Philosophy, Strategy Reconsidered, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "Charles Bailey", "engine companies" engine, "fire behavior", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "standard operating procedures", Branchville, debate, Education, Tinhelmet

“It Just Wasn’t Our Day, I Guess”

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10 March 1941, theater collapse kills 13 Brockton, Massachusetts firemen.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 10, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Major Incidents, News, Rescues, Special Operations, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "line of duty death", collapse, history, massachusetts

Cavemen At The Ballroom

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Tower Ladder 35 goes in as the FAST truck while Engine 40 is on the second alarm.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 10, 2011 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: apparatus, cavemen, fdny, Manhattan

More ‘Bunkroom Articles’ From FDLiveIn.com

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Growing web service begins offering help for departments with live-in members.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 8, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Learning Behavior, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "leadership management", Education, FDLiveIn, Learning Behavior, mentoring, training

The Mule Kick

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Why do we do it? Does it weaken the forcible entry skills we learn?

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 7, 2011 • Filed under: Commentary, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Brotherhood Instructors", "Firehouse Expo", "forcible entry", "truck company", decision making process, FDIC, FireRescue International, Learning Behavior, Traditions Training, training

Fact: Safety Is Relative. How Do I Know?
I Spend Time With Folks Who Have Been Shot At.

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I like Arlington. Not for the touristy stuff, but for perspective.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 5, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Firefighter Safety & Health, Learning Behavior, Philosophy, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "risk management", communications, Education, firefighter safety, Learning Behavior, Lessons Learned, safety

But We Train All The Time

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Dave LeBlanc looks into whether or not it is our training that is getting us in trouble.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on March 4, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Learning Behavior, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "standard operating procedures", communications, drill, Education, sizeup, sogs, sops, training

“Mayday, Mayday” Local Reporter Experiences New PGFEMS Mayday Simulator. Firefighter Receives Minor Injury During Training.

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WUSA’s Scott Broom reports on an in-training injury and goes through the new simulator.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 3, 2011 • Filed under: Uncategorized

February At Backstep Firefighter

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A monthly review of our popular postings.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 2, 2011 • Filed under: Commentary, Communication, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, News, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "standard operating procedures", "truck company", FDLiveIn, fdny, fire photography, Ray Pfiefer, training

P.G. Working, Again: Two Alarm Fire In Landover, Updated

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Another apartment fire, another two alarms.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 1, 2011 • Filed under: fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "PGFD", "PGFEMS", safety

Can You Hear Me Now? Staying Alive: Prince George’s County Fire, EMS Department Unveils Mobile Mayday Simulator

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New Technical Services Battalion uses department box truck to create a complex mayday classroom.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 1, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Learning Behavior, Rescues, Technology & Communications, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Vehicle Operations & Apparatus, Videos • Tagged: "PGFD", "PGFEMS", "rapid intervention", communicating, communications, Education, mayday, training

P.G. Working: Top Floor Fire In Capitol Heights, Updated

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Walker Mill Road apartment fire goes to two alarms.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 1, 2011 • Filed under: Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Uncategorized, Videos • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "apartment fire", "PGFD", "PGFEMS"

Public Safety’s Not Affected, A False Dichotomy. Shared Post From CMD-FD

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Gabriel Angemi shares how despite Camden’s cuts, firefighters can’t just hold back. Maybe.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 1, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Fires, News • Tagged: Camden, firefighter safety, politics, safety, union

Today Is The First Day

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CRS 42 begins the first day of the best vocation in the world.

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Posted by Bill Carey on March 1, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Education, Learning Behavior, News, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "PGFD", "PGFEMS", recruitment, training

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Boston Fire Photography Legend Takes Up

Breaking News From FDIC Regarding Brotherhood Instructors

Courage And Valor…Understated

Why We Search: Despite Owner’s Claim, Vacant Ohio Rental Home Was Occupied

More Truck Appreciation: Brooklyn Apartment Fire With Cops, Tortoise Trapped and P.G. Tower Crew Rescues Bird Stuck In Tree

Light Force 170. Rock On Dude

Eastie Fire Goes To Three Alarms

Caveman Paintings

Bailey and the Tinhelmet Evolution.

“It Just Wasn’t Our Day, I Guess”

Cavemen At The Ballroom

More ‘Bunkroom Articles’ From FDLiveIn.com

The Mule Kick

Fact: Safety Is Relative. How Do I Know?
I Spend Time With Folks Who Have Been Shot At.

But We Train All The Time

“Mayday, Mayday” Local Reporter Experiences New PGFEMS Mayday Simulator. Firefighter Receives Minor Injury During Training.

February At Backstep Firefighter

P.G. Working, Again: Two Alarm Fire In Landover, Updated

Can You Hear Me Now? Staying Alive: Prince George’s County Fire, EMS Department Unveils Mobile Mayday Simulator

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