”…….We Marked RESPONDING….and next thing I knew I was laying in the street with severe back pain…….” AND THE RESULTS WERE: “…..If everything goes well, I should be back to work after 12 weeks in a turtle shell brace and 8 weeks of physical therapy…..” On 08/16/04, at approximately 1750 hours, E-321 was alerted for...Read More
As you know, CDF Firefighter Eva Schicke was tragically killed in the line of duty while fighting the Tuolumne Fire last month. Here is a LINK to the INFORMATIONAL GREEN SHEET regarding the fire-and the tragic loss of Firefighter Schicke.Read More
Courtesy of The Commercial Appeal October 22, 2004 Some Memphis firefighter recruits say the “Hell Night” exercise they endured — and that landed trainee James A. Coleman in a coma — was a far cry from the one Fire Department officials described. Director Richard Arwood said recruits had regular 15- to 20-minute breaks during the...Read More
Sun Sentinal July 25, 2004 Just days before a firefighter recruit died during a training exercise, he told his sister he was concerned about how the instructors were treating his class. The recruits had to wear their bunker gear all day, she recalled him saying. The instructors berated them and forced them to do push-ups...Read More
A firefighter drowned while trying to rescue a teenage boy from a lake because of “a catalogue of failures” by his brigade, a court has heard. 10-11-04-Sub-Officer Paul Metcalf died as he tried to save student Reyaz Ali from the lake in Holcombe Brook in Bury, Greater Manchester, in September 1999. Bolton Crown Court heard...Read More
“… she reached out and pulled out a pistol…” As most of our responses now are EMS related, I thought I would share an experience with you that confronted my 3 man engine company when we were dispatched to an “unknown medical”. It truly reinforced the fact that there is no such thing as a...Read More
