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Kent Calhoun

What's Your "Get Out!" Signal?

In our department 3 blast of the air horn ( 2 short 1 long) is to get out of the building, curious as to what your department uses.

Started by Kent Calhoun in General Firefighting & Rescue DiscussionLatest Reply

Joshua Murdock

RIT/FAST Teams

I was reading an article today about the Kansas City Fire Department RIT Team.  It talked about how they had lost a chief during a large ar…

Started by Joshua Murdock in General Firefighting & Rescue DiscussionLatest Reply

M.J. 6821

Opticom system (traffic light managers) do you have them and do you like them?

I know a lot of the bigger cities are using them but do you like them or do you see a lot of problems with the opticom system?

Started by M.J. 6821 in General Firefighting & Rescue DiscussionLatest Reply

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capcityff

Two Four-Alarm Fires in Baltimore City

It's rare that large cities use mutual aide, but we actually sent Engines 16 and 10, Truck 13, BFC 4, and the Fire Chief to Baltimore City…

Started by capcityff in General Firefighting & Rescue Discussion

1 22 minutes ago
Reply by EngineLadder
Mark Hannah

Class A Uniforms and Badges

  Hello everyone,     Any  fire departments that wish to purchase badges, dress shirts, patches, and Class A uniforms?   I've talked to so…

Started by Mark Hannah in General Firefighting & Rescue Discussion

0 39 minutes ago
Brad MacMillan

Are You Afraid Of The Dark?

We're all scared of something. Myself? Like Indian Jones, I'm petrified of snakes! I had one start chewing on my arm when I was about 13 an…

Started by Brad MacMillan in The Fire's Out - Non Duty Forums

35 1 hour ago
Reply by Heather B
Kent Calhoun

What's Your "Get Out!" Signal?

In our department 3 blast of the air horn ( 2 short 1 long) is to get out of the building, curious as to what your department uses.

Started by Kent Calhoun in General Firefighting & Rescue Discussion

20 2 hours ago
Reply by lutan1
Tony P

"Emergent" or "Emergency"?

I'm pretty sure that I'm a member of an emergency organisation, not an emergent organisation...   According to my dictionary:   emergency  …

Started by Tony P in The Fire's Out - Non Duty Forums

21 2 hours ago
Reply by Heather B
Jack Curles

How many times have you faced certain death only to have God say nope not today?

A house fire from long ago stays on my mind regularly for some reason. Is it God just reminding me of what he did for me or what? My Lieute…

Started by Jack Curles in General Firefighting & Rescue Discussion

36 2 hours ago
Reply by John Crabbe
John Ambrusch

NFPA Regs and Apparatus Cost

With the NFPA guidance and regulations regarding compliance with new safety laws and matters of that sort, there are quite a few problems d…

Started by John Ambrusch in Apparatus & Vehicle Discussions

6 3 hours ago
Reply by John Ambrusch
FFN WebTeam

FDNY Firefighters Battle 6-Alarm Brush Fires on Staten Island

Editor's note: FDNY officials at the scene indicate that there are two six-alarm brush fires and more than 200 firefighters and EMTs are on…

Started by FFN WebTeam in Fire/Rescue News

7 4 hours ago
Reply by Tony P
FireFighter 13-51

Weirdest Thing Found At A Fire

Well the weirdest thing ive ever found was at a structure fire in a vacant house it had been vacant for about 10 years and i found a really…

Started by FireFighter 13-51 in General Firefighting & Rescue Discussion

129 4 hours ago
Reply by Heather B
Brittany Deweese

drop a word, add a word-- rescue style!

the object is to drop the first word and add another to the last word!   for ex..- bed time             time out      but this is rescue st…

Started by Brittany Deweese in The Fire's Out - Non Duty Forums

214 4 hours ago
Reply by Chief Ron King

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