All, The Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey 22 nd Annual Father’s Day “Forever Running" Memorial 5K Run/Walk and ¼ mile Kids Fun Run is coming up. It's focus: to keep the memory of Chief Downey and all the victims of Sept. 11 th alive. The 5k run will take place on … [Read more...]
Who’s Training The Fire Chiefs? (The Secret List)
All, Many many years ago I remember some specific Chief officers responding with us to fires. Chiefs who we never saw at training, but who arrived on scenes and "took command." Chief officers who rested on their history as Firefighters, didn't attend any training, but who … [Read more...]
All, We wanted to pass on as something to look at-and to keep handy as a guideline: Self-Care Tips After The Tough Calls As Firefighters and EMT's, we see some pretty tough stuff. Helping people on what is often their worst day can be rewarding, but it can also take a toll … [Read more...]
All, After reading what has been posted and said about James, it's clear that every department would love to have dozens of this kind of wonderful young man on their department, who loved being a Firefighter. He was one of those that-no matter what the run was-he would give it … [Read more...]
All, We want to share this video that was shared with us. “HE LOVED BEING A FIREFIGHTER, HE LOVED THE JOB...HE SHOWED & REPRESENTED TO US ALL JUST HOW BRIGHT THE FUTURE OF THE FIRE SERVICE REALLY IS” A sobering video from the best of the best-a Firefighter … [Read more...]
LODD Update Video…Unapologetically (The Secret List)
All, We want to share this video that was shared with us. “HE LOVED BEING A FIREFIGHTER, HE LOVED THE JOB...HE SHOWED & REPRESENTED TO US ALL JUST HOW BRIGHT THE FUTURE OF THE FIRE SERVICE REALLY IS” A sobering video from the best of the best-a Firefighter … [Read more...]
All, We regret to pass on that 1 of the 7 Firefighters who were taken to the hospital after the collapse of that apartment building fire in Columbia (South Carolina) earlier, has died in the Line of Duty. Firefighter James Muller from the Irmo Fire District, was part of the … [Read more...]