04/12/2005 - By Jaime Sarrio Staff Writer gwinnettdailypost.com LAWRENCEVILLE — A Gwinnett County firefighter who was injured when a beer bottle sailed through his windshield and struck him in the eye is thankful his injuries were not worse. Ryan Trott, 31, was driving an … [Read more...]
LATEST PHILLY POLICE/FIRE RADIO GLITCH IRKS FOP BOSS
By CATHERINE LUCEY The city's police and fire radio system suffered problems for several hours early yesterday morning, frustrating officers and the head of the FOP. "Let's get the radios out of the car and put the old ones in until you fix it," said Fraternal Order of … [Read more...]
A couple pictures are below from the HFD Equipment Maintence division. As the writer sent us and stated, viewers can see that the high pressure roll pins are working out. … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER TRAGEDY HITS HOME FOR LOCAL CHIEF
by Dustin Walker Wednesday April 06, 2005Jasper Booster — The tragic deaths of two Yellowknife firefighters hit home for members of every fire department in Canada - and especially for Jasper’s fire chief. Greg Van Tighem was asked to travel to Yellowknife on March 25 … [Read more...]
BY WILLIAM MURPHY NEWSDAY STAFF WRITER NIOSH VIEW REPORTApril 14, 2005 A federal report sharply criticizes Fire Department procedures in the death of a firefighter in a Manhattan mattress factory on Dec. 16, 2003. Among other things, the report said Firefighter Thomas Brick and … [Read more...]
TRAINING BURN: BUT WE WERE STILL INSIDE!
It was during a training of structure fire and I was inside the middle of doing the training when my partner passed out in the middle of searching part of our training.He was claustrophobic and forgot to tell me about it. So we"re in the middle of doing a search of a two … [Read more...]
SEAT BELTS…………AGAIN??!!!
We, the volunteer bunk crew on Monday and Wednesday nights from 11pm to 6am enjoy all your tips, suggestions, and we apply them asap! But one Monday night around 3am we were responding to automatic fire alarm at a local motel. A full crew was inside the engine. We … [Read more...]