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HOW I LOWERED MY READING LEVEL WITH HEMMINGWAY…AND THAT’S ACTUALLY GOOD!
Posted on The Fire Pio Blog 3 hours ago
I recently came upon a great tool to guide me through my writing and keep me on the straight and narrow. The Hemmingway Editor is a $6.99 app for desktops that helps you in a number of ways. It keeps ...
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I recently came upon a great tool to guide me through my writing and keep me on the straight and narrow. The Hemmingway Editor is a $6.99 app for desktops that helps you in a number of ways. It keeps ...
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FBI shuts down ‘ambulance mafia’ – A bizarre tale of extortion, drugs & sex
Posted on Statter911 6 hours ago
Couple used ambulance, medevac & more to get $60,000 from victim
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Couple used ambulance, medevac & more to get $60,000 from victim
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Firefighter says car hit him at firehouse – Security cameras tell different story
Posted on Statter911 10 hours ago
Wallington, NJ firefighter Joseph Fehl has been charged with insurance fraud
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Wallington, NJ firefighter Joseph Fehl has been charged with insurance fraud
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St. Louis fire engine sinks into hole in street while responding
Ambulance Rollover Leaves Patient Dead
Posted on Fire Geezer 10 hours ago
The patient perished in the wreck and the paramedic in the back suffered serious injuries.
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The patient perished in the wreck and the paramedic in the back suffered serious injuries.
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The Cost Of Doing What Is Right
Posted on Leatherhead Mafia 11 hours ago
Almost every emergency service entity has questions in the interview process, about your belief in ethics, and doing the right thing. They like to ask about what your actions would be if you witnessed a co-worker stealing, or taking a bribe. They ask you if you would cheat on a test, or help a co-worker cheat. And yet, we have gleaming examples every day in the news about these same situations, in nearly every community. But generally, these ethical questions address issues only of criminal actions. Things get a little grayer when talking about the black and white of “right and wrong”.
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Almost every emergency service entity has questions in the interview process, about your belief in ethics, and doing the right thing. They like to ask about what your actions would be if you witnessed a co-worker stealing, or taking a bribe. They ask you if you would cheat on a test, or help a co-worker cheat. And yet, we have gleaming examples every day in the news about these same situations, in nearly every community. But generally, these ethical questions address issues only of criminal actions. Things get a little grayer when talking about the black and white of “right and wrong”.
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Still Looking For Them ….
Posted on Fire Geezer 11 hours ago
MADISONVILLE, OHIO, POLICE ARE STILL looking for a couple who fled from a car shortly after it crashed into a gas pump and started a fire.
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MADISONVILLE, OHIO, POLICE ARE STILL looking for a couple who fled from a car shortly after it crashed into a gas pump and started a fire.
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Three Homes Burns in Camden City 2nd Alarm Fire
Making Firefighter Safety Job #1
Posted on Fire & EMS Leader Pro 13 hours ago
Reducing firefighter deaths and injuries is, or should be, a top priority for all fire departments in the USA in 2014. The 16 Lifesafety Initiatives from Everyone Goes Home provide the framework for a department to develop strategies for making the job of a firefighter safer, more effective, and more efficient. This article takes a closer look.
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Reducing firefighter deaths and injuries is, or should be, a top priority for all fire departments in the USA in 2014. The 16 Lifesafety Initiatives from Everyone Goes Home provide the framework for a department to develop strategies for making the job of a firefighter safer, more effective, and more efficient. This article takes a closer look.
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Cheltenham Township Apartment Fire, One Firefighter Hurt [Photos]
Chicago Fire Faces Sexual Harassment Suit
Posted on Fire Law Blog 15 hours ago
The Chicago Fire Department is facing a sexual harassment suit that goes right to the top of the organization: former fire commissioner John Brooks. Former payroll auditor Deidre Green claims Commissioner Brooks pursued her sexually and then targeted her for a layoff when she refused his advances.
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The Chicago Fire Department is facing a sexual harassment suit that goes right to the top of the organization: former fire commissioner John Brooks. Former payroll auditor Deidre Green claims Commissioner Brooks pursued her sexually and then targeted her for a layoff when she refused his advances.
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Drugs.com launches new medication app
Posted on Fire Chief 16 hours ago
The free app includes an online database of drugs with the ability to search, personalize information, and check how drugs taken at the same time will interact
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The free app includes an online database of drugs with the ability to search, personalize information, and check how drugs taken at the same time will interact
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Tractor trailer strikes Kentucky fire truck; firefighter killed
Posted on Fire Truck Blog 16 hours ago
A Kentucky firefighter died and his mother, also a firefighter, was injured Wednesday after a tractor trailer struck the back of their fire truck. Jonathan French, 25, and his mother, Lisa French, had responded to a vehicle fire overnight when ...
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A Kentucky firefighter died and his mother, also a firefighter, was injured Wednesday after a tractor trailer struck the back of their fire truck. Jonathan French, 25, and his mother, Lisa French, had responded to a vehicle fire overnight when ...
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Vacant House Burns in North Philadelphia
Raw video: Firefighters make 2 visits in 5 hours for fire at a South St. Louis home
North Philly House Fire
Fire PIO Quick Tip # 2 – Request A Fact Check
Posted on The Fire Pio Blog 1 day ago
If you just finished working with a journalist on a story involving your department, you’re not done until you request a fact check. I learned years ago while working for United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau County that many journalists ...
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If you just finished working with a journalist on a story involving your department, you’re not done until you request a fact check. I learned years ago while working for United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau County that many journalists ...
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LODD in Kentucky – Passing Truck Strikes Pump Operator
Posted on Fire Geezer 1 day ago
A passing tractor-trailer rig struck the side of the pumper and killed the operator.
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A passing tractor-trailer rig struck the side of the pumper and killed the operator.
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Rumor: 15 EMTs/Paramedics in the US have contracted Ebola
Posted on Call the Cops 1 day ago
Concerns over a US based Ebola an outbreak has been heightened after two people with the virus were transported here. Now many unconfirmed reports are indicating that patients at various hospitals in the US are under quarantine
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Concerns over a US based Ebola an outbreak has been heightened after two people with the virus were transported here. Now many unconfirmed reports are indicating that patients at various hospitals in the US are under quarantine
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Helmet-cam: Roof ops at San Bernardino County, CA house fire
Two Firefighters Injured in Raleigh Apartment Fire
Posted on FireNewsNet 1 day ago
RALEIGH - Twenty people were displaced from their homes early Wednesday after fire damaged multiple units of a three-story condominium building in the 1300 block of Park Glen Drive in east Raleigh.
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RALEIGH - Twenty people were displaced from their homes early Wednesday after fire damaged multiple units of a three-story condominium building in the 1300 block of Park Glen Drive in east Raleigh.
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Caught on video (again): Another train-truck crash at same MD crossing as chem explosion
Posted on Statter911 1 day ago
This time the train traveling through Baltimore County carried beverages
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This time the train traveling through Baltimore County carried beverages
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Structure Fire in West Columbia
Posted on SConFire.com 1 day ago
SConFire.com CAD: Zoom 2014-08-06 09:22:00 | SC | LEXINGTON CO| WEST COLUMBIA | *STRUCTURE FIRE* | BATCHELOR ST | *0700* FIRE IN A ONE STORY SFD | SC-01 WISTV.com WEST COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - A portion of Jarvis Klapman Boulevard in West Columbia has reopened after a ...
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SConFire.com CAD: Zoom 2014-08-06 09:22:00 | SC | LEXINGTON CO| WEST COLUMBIA | *STRUCTURE FIRE* | BATCHELOR ST | *0700* FIRE IN A ONE STORY SFD | SC-01 WISTV.com WEST COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - A portion of Jarvis Klapman Boulevard in West Columbia has reopened after a ...
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Million Dollar Ideers
Posted on Ambulance Driver Files 1 day ago
For years, I’ve had a few ideas tossing around in my head, waiting for the day some generous venture capitalist would give me the money to implement them. He’d supply the money, I’d supply the design, EMS agencies and ambulance ...
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For years, I’ve had a few ideas tossing around in my head, waiting for the day some generous venture capitalist would give me the money to implement them. He’d supply the money, I’d supply the design, EMS agencies and ambulance ...
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One Firefighter Killed another Seriously Injured in Glendale, Kentucky Overnight
Posted on SConFire.com 1 day ago
ALERTPAGE CAD: *0330* GLENDALE, KY (HARDIN) *LODD* I-65SB @87MM | FF STRUCK WHILE BATTLING A CAR FIRE| 2ND FLOWN TO TRAUMA CENTER AP-01 WHAS11.com LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) — Kentucky State Police are working a fatal accident that has shut ...
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ALERTPAGE CAD: *0330* GLENDALE, KY (HARDIN) *LODD* I-65SB @87MM | FF STRUCK WHILE BATTLING A CAR FIRE| 2ND FLOWN TO TRAUMA CENTER AP-01 WHAS11.com LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) — Kentucky State Police are working a fatal accident that has shut ...
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Assistant Chief Dies in Overnight Fire in New Carlisle, Indiana
Posted on SConFire.com 1 day ago
SConFire.com CAD: Zoom 2014-08-06 02:11:00 | IN | LAPORTE | LODD | N 800 AT K-FEX | EXCAVATING | LG FIRE IN COMM BLDG W/ COLLAPSE | MAYDAY CALLED | 1 MEMBER HAS PERISHED | @ALERTPAGE | SC-62 WSBT-TV The LaPorte County sheriff tells ...
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SConFire.com CAD: Zoom 2014-08-06 02:11:00 | IN | LAPORTE | LODD | N 800 AT K-FEX | EXCAVATING | LG FIRE IN COMM BLDG W/ COLLAPSE | MAYDAY CALLED | 1 MEMBER HAS PERISHED | @ALERTPAGE | SC-62 WSBT-TV The LaPorte County sheriff tells ...
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From The Engineer’s Desk
Morning Lineup – August 6
Posted on Fire Geezer 1 day ago
So I've developed a new technique in restaurant visiting when I find that this is a participating, flimsy-napkin joint.
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So I've developed a new technique in restaurant visiting when I find that this is a participating, flimsy-napkin joint.
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New Carlisle, IN Asst. Chief Jamie Middlebrook killed in structural collapse at fire
Posted on Statter911 1 day ago
Second firefighter injured in the collapse at a commercial building fire
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Second firefighter injured in the collapse at a commercial building fire
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Breast pumping story is about dignity, not special treatment
Posted on Fire Chief 2 days ago
Firefighters are built to help, and we should be asking how we can help our fellow firefighters, not why do they want special treatment
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Firefighters are built to help, and we should be asking how we can help our fellow firefighters, not why do they want special treatment
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Ohio fire chiefs now subject to random drug tests
Posted on Fire Chief 2 days ago
Officials said there wasn't a particular reason for the new testing other than to hold chiefs to the same standards as their subordinates
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Officials said there wasn't a particular reason for the new testing other than to hold chiefs to the same standards as their subordinates
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LODD: Ind. asst. chief dies in building collapse
Posted on Fire Chief 2 days ago
Assistant Chief Jamie Middlebrook was trapped and killed after the roof of a business that was on fire partially collapsed
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Assistant Chief Jamie Middlebrook was trapped and killed after the roof of a business that was on fire partially collapsed
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Tucson Sued Over Breast Milk Accommodation
Posted on Fire Law Blog 2 days ago
A paramedic with the Tucson Fire Department has filed suit claiming the department has wrongfully refused her requests to be assigned to a fire station that could accommodate her need to express breast milk. The case raises a little known ...
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A paramedic with the Tucson Fire Department has filed suit claiming the department has wrongfully refused her requests to be assigned to a fire station that could accommodate her need to express breast milk. The case raises a little known ...
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VIDEO: Kentucky fire trucks destroyed in station blaze
Posted on Fire Truck Blog 2 days ago
Fire trucks inside their own station were destroyed Tuesday when flames burned down the building in Kentucky. “It really threw me to hear the tones go out and they are dispatching your firehouse is on fire,” Mount Eden Volunteer Fire ...
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Fire trucks inside their own station were destroyed Tuesday when flames burned down the building in Kentucky. “It really threw me to hear the tones go out and they are dispatching your firehouse is on fire,” Mount Eden Volunteer Fire ...
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Dramatic Video of Rescue in Las Vegas during flash flooding
Posted on SConFire.com 2 days ago
ABC3340.com LAS VEGAS (AP) — Amateur footage shot after an afternoon downpour in southern Nevada captures the power of flash floodwaters. Doug Bennett says he was about 30 miles north of Las Vegas on Monday afternoon when water started flowing ...
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ABC3340.com LAS VEGAS (AP) — Amateur footage shot after an afternoon downpour in southern Nevada captures the power of flash floodwaters. Doug Bennett says he was about 30 miles north of Las Vegas on Monday afternoon when water started flowing ...
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Surgery follow up appointment, all is OK I guess…
Posted on Rescue Humor 2 days ago
Followers of my blog should be aware that I had a little injury that needed surgery 2 weeks ago. Well today I had my post operation follow up appointment with the doctor.
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Followers of my blog should be aware that I had a little injury that needed surgery 2 weeks ago. Well today I had my post operation follow up appointment with the doctor.
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Youngsville House Fire
Posted on FireNewsNet 2 days ago
Video from Wake Forest News Article on the fire from Wake Forest News.
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Video from Wake Forest News Article on the fire from Wake Forest News.
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BREAKING- Standoff at Royal Lanes in Goose Creek has been resolved
Posted on SConFire.com 2 days ago
CAD.SConFire.com: Zoom 2014-08-05 18:40:00 | SC | BERKELEY CO| GOOSE CREEK | SWAT | CENTRAL AVE | POLICE O/L OF A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS REQ SWAT AND ASSISTANCE FROM CHAS CO SHERIFF OFF | SC-01 CHARLESTON CO SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR A ...
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CAD.SConFire.com: Zoom 2014-08-05 18:40:00 | SC | BERKELEY CO| GOOSE CREEK | SWAT | CENTRAL AVE | POLICE O/L OF A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS REQ SWAT AND ASSISTANCE FROM CHAS CO SHERIFF OFF | SC-01 CHARLESTON CO SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR A ...
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