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EVERY DAY IS A TRAINING DAY. No More Whiney Assed Excuses!

GOT WATER?

BE PREPARED!!


THE ABOVE HYDRANT IS AT A LARGE UNIVERSITY


THE ABOVE HYDRANT WAS FOUND & USED (luckily by a Veteran FF) AT A FATAL WORKING FIRE


WITHOUT A MARKER POLE-HOW WOULD YOU FIND THIS HYDRANT?

WHO is responsible to MAKE SURE
YOUR hydrants are accessible and that they actually FLOW WATER?
FIND OUT NOW....As far as WE are concerned?
FIREFIGHTERS are the ONLY ONES who can genuinely look out for FIREFIGHTERS...and without water, we are in trouble.
Check your hydrants and make sure they flow!

"Take it from me lady, BE PREPARED"

 



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News and related Updates
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FIREFIGHTERS BURNED IN MARYLAND - 1 SERIOUS AT DWELLING FIRE
Friday, November 21, 2008
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As per Prince Georges County (Maryland) Fire/EMS PIO Mark Brady, about 11:30 hours this morning, Prince George's County Firefighters were alerted to a house fire in the Riverdale Heights area.  Fire/EMS units arrived at 6318 57th Avenue and found a 1-story single family home with l...  [  more  ]  

 
   
   
PHILLY FIREFIGHTER REMAINS CRITICAL AFTER FALL THROUGH FIBERGLASS ROOF
Friday, November 21, 2008
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A Philadelphia FF remains in critical condition after surgery where doctors were treating him for soot inhalation, broken ribs and a broken arm, according to Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers. FF Raymond Rajchel, a 34-year veteran, and firefighter Robert Underwood, a 23-year veteran, f...  [  more  ]  

 
   
   
UPDATE: Fire apparatus being delivered strikes and kills man in PA.
   
Thursday, November 20, 2008
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As posted yesterday, to be clear, the incident yesterday in Pennsylvania involved a piece of apparatus being delivered-NOT an in service rig. The man was struck and killed by a New Jersey FD's brand new aerial ladder truck in Monroe County, PA. The circumsta...  [  more  ]  

 
PHILADELPHIA FIREFIGHTERS FALL THROUGH FIBERGLASS ROOF-1 FF WITH CRITICAL I NJURIES
   
Thursday, November 20, 2008
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Two firefighters fell through a roof while battling a one-alarm fire in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia last night. The fire broke out at an auto body shop at 9:11p.m. The fire, which didn't cause significant damage, was placed under control at 9:37p.m. When firefighters arrived at...  [  more  ]  

 
NEW ZEALAND FIRE REPORT: SIZE UP COULD HAVE PREVENTED INJURED FIREFIGHTERS
   
Thursday, November 20, 2008
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11-20-08-An internal report has found authorities underestimated the risks posed by a Victorian bushfire that injured a group of New Zealand firefighters in 2006.
Eleven fire fighters were injured and forced to run for their lives when they were caught in a flare up near Mansfield in no...  [  more  ]  

 
What's the status of THE SECRET LIST? Pssst-read below....
   
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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You may have noticed some delays or some nonexistent issues of the Secret List in the last month or so. That's because we have simply outgrown our older system-The Secret List had become too big.
However...the next issue you get of The Secret List is from the spank'n new...  [  more  ]  

 
REPORTED FLASHOVER BURNS INDIANA FIREFIGHTERS
Erin McCracken Pic
   Erin McCracken Pic
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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Two Evansville firefighters were injured - including one who was transported to a Louisville, Ky. hospital for burns to his hands and face - while fighting a structure fire early today on Southeast First Street.
Neither firefighter has been identified. The one with more serious burns wa...  [  more  ]  

 
ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTER LODD IN THE FIREHOUSE & NORTH CAROLINA FF LODD FOLLOWING SHIFT
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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It is with regret that we advise you that earlier today 37 year old Firefighter Steve "Tiny" Kline, who was on duty in Stone Park (IL) suffered a heart attack in the fire station.  Initial reports are that FF Klein got up from chair and dropped in cardiac...  [  more  ]  

 
   
   
2 OHIO FIREFIGHTERS TRANSPORTED FOLLOWING RE-KINDLE OF DWELLING FIRE
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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Two Firefighters were injured while attempting to extinguish the remains of a fire that flared up again Monday night, Nov. 17 in Butler County, OH. Emergency dispatchers summoned the Madison Twp. life squad to the scene of the fire 8:45 p.m. for a report of two firefighters down. The tw...  [  more  ]  

 
   
   
UPDATE: 21 Year Old Firefighter Charged In Cape Cod (MA) Apparatus Crash
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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Police have charged a Provincetown volunteer firefighter with speeding and operating a firetruck dangerously following an investigation into a Nov. 9 crash that totaled the town's only ladder truck.

Elias Martinez, 21, who joined the Provincetown volunteer fire department as a junior f...  [  more  ]  

 
   
   
MAINE FIREFIGHTER LINE OF DUTY DEATH: REPORTED HEART ATTACK AT THE SCENE OF A DWELLING FIRE
Monday, November 17, 2008
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It is with deep regret that we advise you that a Maine Firefighter died in the Line of Duty after collapsing while operating at a fire in the Somerset County town of Detroit.
Detroit, Pittsfield, Newport and Plymouth Firefighters responded to the dwelling fire around ...  [  more  ]  

 
   
   
UPDATE: DETROIT LODD FUNERAL DETAILS & "...I MISS MY HUBBY....."
   
Monday, November 17, 2008
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'I miss my hubby,' says wife of Detroit firefighter who died battling blaze--Vigil held as family prepares to bury man.  Syri Harris stood in the cavernous Community Christian Fellowship church Sunday afternoon, wearing her husband Walter's Detroit Fire Department jacket -- too big for he...  [  more  ]  

 
Detroit FF Walter Harris-LODD "...One STUPID FIRE...Gone Forever..."
Sunday, November 16, 2008
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Detroit firefighter. Husband. Father of six. Minister. Motorcyclist. Real estate agent. Mentor. Mediator. Engine-house cook. Walter Harris was a busy man, and his family and friends say those descriptions only begin to capture someone they remember wrapping his huge arms around them in loving ...  [  more  ]  

 
R.I.P.
   R.I.P.
   
DETROIT LODD COMMENTARY: One Less... Good Firefighter Standing (LODD # 100 for 2008)
Saturday, November 15, 2008
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With the operating conditions in Detroit, so many wondered what would eventually happen related to DFD, as far as their Firefighters being injured, or worse, killed in the line of duty. And when I heard about the comments so emotionally SCREAMED by a Detroit Fire Sgt to...  [  more  ]  

 
   
   
UPDATE: "WHAT A COMPLETE WASTE...HE DIED FOR WHAT?"....DETROIT FALLEN BELOVED FIREFIGHTER WALTER HARRIS Sr. WAS "THE GLUE" THAT HELD THE FIREHOUSE TOGETHER
Saturday, November 15, 2008
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The Detroit firefighter who was killed in the line of duty this morning (when the roof of an abandoned home collapsed on him) was one of THOSE Firefighters who was a leader...collar brass or not. "What a complete waste," screamed Sgt. Jimmy Montgomery, who served with Ha...  [  more  ]  

 
   
   
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