Firefighternation.com has posted a video on the “Behind the scenes NFFF memorial service”
Here’s a reminder that Firehouse.com will have a Live Memorial Coverage
of the memorial here Oct 3rd at 6:00 pm EST Candlelight Vigil and October 4, 2009: 9:30 am EST of the NFFF Memorial Service. Used to be the only way you would see this was if you had a satellite dish.
Wow - Interesting Comparison
This is the most profound political analysis I have read in a while . . ..
THE COW AND THE ICE CREAM ONE OF THE BEST EXPLANATIONS OF WHY OBAMA WON THE ELECTION
(From a teacher in the Nashville area) "We are worried about "the cow" when it is all about the "Ice Cream"
The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade this year.The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest. I decided we would have an election for a class president.
We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote. To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members. We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have. We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot. The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids. I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support. I had never seen Olivia's mother.
The day arrived when they were to make their speeches. Jamie went first. He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better place. He ended by promising to do his very best. Everyone applauded and he sat down.Now it was Olivia's turn to speak.
Her speech was concise.
She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream." She sat down.
The class went wild. "Yes! Yes! We want ice cream." She surely would say more. She did not have to. A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream?She wasn't sure. Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it. She didn't know. The class really didn't care.All they were thinking about was ice cream.
Jamie was forgotten. Olivia won by a landslide.
Every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he offered ice cream and 52 percent of the people reacted like nine year olds. They want ice cream. The other 48 percent know they're going to have to feed the cow and clean up the mess." Remember, the government cannot give anything to anyone --- that they have not first taken away from someone else.
The news lately has been filled with very rude people, so this week Uncle Jay has become extremely civilized. He's just trying to set a good example. And as long as you don't watch the final ten seconds, you'll think he succeeds!
Republicans in the Massachusetts Senate temporarily blocked a bill allowing Patrick to name an interim appointment. "Public policy questions important to everyone in America shouldn't be decided by a tragedy of death or some other non-electoral factor," Frank said.
MONTEREY, Ky. --
A firefighter is dead after responding to a crash site in Owen County.
Officers said Terry Sharon, 60, was heading eastbound in a 1978 Ford F350 fire truck along Sawdridge Creek Road in response to a crash.
Police said the first crash happened at about 12:33 a.m. just south of Monterey at 340 Sawdridge Creek Road.
Investigators said that while driving to the scene, Sharon lost control of the truck, and skidded about 150 feet off the road before crashing into an unoccupied fifth-wheel camper trailer parked on the property neighboring the fire station.
Sharon was taken to New Horizons Medical Center by the Owen County EMS where he was later pronounced dead.
The Kentucky State Police is investigation the crash, along with the Owen County Sheriff Department, the Owen County Life Squad and Monterey Fire Department. Story by wlky.com
from USFA Firefighter Fatalities
Terry Sharon of the Monterey Fire Department in Owenton, KY has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2009-09-13 00:00:00.0.
Serene, ah? Not this week. And that wasn't the only racket in the news: everybody in Congress turned when Joe Wilson shouted "You lie!" because they each thought he was talking to them. Uncle Jay explains this and more!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
It is with deep regret that we advise you that a 58 year old Huntington Manor (Suffolk County, Long Island, New York) Firefighter died in the Line of Duty at the scene of a fire this morning. Initial reports are that this was a witnessed arrest and immediate life saving efforts were attempted. More details will be posted later. As always, our sincere condolences to all affected.
Here are some interesting links of 9-11 history. It’s near history in time, it’s what your grandkids will study. The effects of 9-11 will be felt personally for a few generations to come. Let us never forget that day and where you were when you heard. Do you remember what it was like after? I can still remember it being so quiet at night with no planes flying overhead, kind of weird. My first plane trip after 9-11 made me very apprehensive, and I kept looking at all the other passengers as if could they be another one?
Please remember the 343 firefighters that gave all on that date. There is plenty out there on this, books, video etc. May we never forget! I was at work at Caterpillar, and at almost the same time a close friend and co-worker was in a near fatal motorcycle accident on his way home that morning which happened at almost the same time.
Make history national 9-11 memorial
September 11: Bearing Witness to History - National Museum
YouTube September 11 2001
Fire Engine in the Hole A Los Angeles fire engine has been swallowed by a huge sinkhole caused by a new water main break in the San Fernando Valley. As the 42,000-pound engine was reversing, the roadway swallowed the vehicle nose-first. The break is only a few blocks from where a 64-inch steel water main broke Sunday, flooding a section of an LA neighborhood and washing away an important thoroughfare. (photo courtesy of KTLA)A fire truck on its way to the site of a water main break fell into a sinkhole Tuesday morning in Valley Village.
The truck's cab was submerged, but the crew members were able to escape before the truck fell into the hole.
A tow truck arrived at about 7 a.m. At about 12:30 p.m., crews pulled the vehicle from the hole.
City fire units and Department of Water and Power repair crews were at the scene of the water main break Tuesday morning. The water main gushed water near the intersection of Hartsook Street and Bellingham Avenue, located east of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and south of Magnolia Boulevard in North Hollywood, according to city fire Capt. Rick McClure.
Update: PA Aerial Ladder Collapse
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Two firefighters were hurt this morning when an aerial ladder collapsed during a commercial fire in Monongahela, Pennsylvania. WTAE-TV reports that a firefighter who fell from the ladder and the operator of the truck su... [ more ]
Investigators had determined that the Station Fire in Los Angeles County was started by arson. No other facts have been released. The fact that two firefighters died in an incendiary fire makes this act of arson a homicide. Because the fire Started in the Angeles National Forest, look for the USFS to lead the investigation, joined by CalFire and LACoFD. Because a homicide has occurred, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has primary jurisdiction.
164,000 acres burned, 38% containment
Fifteen-days for chief who slept through call: A Chicago battalion chief has received his punishment or sleeping through what became a two-alarm fire. Click here.
Firefighters shot at as they respond to house fire. Rigs hit. Suspect dead. Police officer wounded.
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The images on this page come from KVBC-TV. Click here for the station's video.
Firefighters responding to a house fire in West Las Vegas just after noon on Wednesday were met by a man with a shotgun. That man opened fire striking two fire engines and narrowly missing the firefighters. Police exchanged gunfire with the man, killing him. A police officer was wounded.
Investigators say the fire was deliberately set in the bedroom of the home. The fire destroyed the home as firefighters were forced to keep their distance.
The rigs struck were Engine 3 and Engine 203. The most detailed account comes from Billy Goldfeder at FirefighterCloseCalls.com. Here are excerpts from his report:
As Engine 3 pulled up in front of the house, flames and smoke was showing. As the captain radioed in his report, a male adult came from around the house with a gun and fired two times at the engine hitting it, one shot broke out the right rear cab window where two firefighters sit. The captain ordered the engine to take off and leave the area and he radioed that the crew was being shot at. At the same time Engine 203 pulled up and saw the man with a gun and proceeded to leave the area behind Engine 3, but not before that engine was also shot. It was hit just under the captain’s door window and once in a window on the right rear where the two firefighters sit. Windows in both cabs were shot out. The two engines left the scene, no one was injured.
Still going at 91: Check out this interesting story Allentown, PA's The Morning Call. It is about Firefighter Anthony DiPierro who was at the 100th anniversary of Roseto's Columbia Fire Company No. 1. It begins this way - He is 91, has been a firefighter for 72 years and has driven and maintained every vehicle the department has ever owned. In his house is a framed series of photographs demonstrating this, including a black-and-white snapshot from 1959 when the department celebrated its 50th anniversary and DiPierro led the way behind the wheel of a 1928 Hahn truck.
from USFA Firefighter Fatalities
Tedmund "Ted" Hall Hall of the Los Angeles County Fire Department in Los Angeles, CA has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2009-08-30 00:00:00.0.
from USFA Firefighter Fatalities
Kenneth Frizzell Jr. of the Charleston Volunteer Fire Department in East Charleston, VT has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2009-08-30 00:00:00.0.
from USFA Firefighter Fatalities
Arnaldo "Arnie" Quinones of the Los Angeles County Fire Department in Los Angeles, CA has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2009-08-30 00:00:00.0.
