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CHIEF NORMAN's Discussions
Getting Back to Basics: Nozzles & Hose Streams
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Getting Back to Basics: Nozzles & Hose Streams
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Getting Back to Basics: Nozzles & Hose Streams
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This is still improper. Nozzle man needs to get that line out in front of him for better movement and ease of control. Otherwise he is just fighting the hose and not letting the hose work.
We have many chimney fires in New Hampshire due to our rapidly changing seasons. Today 11/20 beautiful in the high 50's tonight down in the 20's. Everyone is now starting their wood stoves or fireplaces to take off the chill.
The baggie bomb has ...
The other thing to consider when using dry powder is the mess. May not sound like a big deal, but you've never seen a P.O-ed homeowner until you've seen one standing in the living room looking at the coating of B-C powder over the entire house.
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wow I knew about not cooling the chimney down to quick but the baggie bomb thats a new one
The thing to be careful of with chimney fires and water is the rate of application. Chimney flues, especially cement or clay tile flues, are prone to cracking if too much water is introduced too quickly. The pencil-shaped nozzles pictured are desi...
Haven't seen these before. Thanks!
Your right coolidge...
if it is training should practice like you play for real. practice makes perfect.
Profile Information
- Hometown:
- AMBER
- I Live: (City, State)
- AMBER
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 17
- Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
- WELL I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD GOD PUT US HERE FOR A REASON AND WHEN YOU LISTEN TO AMAZING GRACE PLAYED WITH BAG PIPES AND IT REMINDS YOU OF ALL THOSE BROTHERS & SISTERS WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THE LINE OF DUTY THEN YOU WILL TRULY KNOW Y THIS CHIEF BECOME A FIREFIGHTER, THEY ARE THE TRUE HEROES MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONES LIFE ON DAY TO DAY BASES.
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- AMBER FIRE DEPT
- Department Type:
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer, EMS/Rescue Squad - Volunteer
- Rank/Role There:
- Fire Chief / Chief of Department, Training Officer, Safety Officer, Fire / Arson Investigator, Firefighter / EMT-Basic, First Responder, Hazardous Materials Team Member, Emergency Management Coordinator/Staff, Auxiliary/On Scene Support, Administrative Staff / Team Member, Driver / Engineer
- Years With This Department/Agency
- 17
- Day Job:
- APPARATUS SPEC WRITER / ENGINEER
- Side Jobs or Other Organizations:
- E-ONE APPARATUS SALES AND SERVICE
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- Personal Site/Profile:
- http://www.chieffire-safety.com
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- WHEN PEOPLE SEE REDS OR BLUES THAT MEANS SLOW DOWN NOT SPEED UP, GIVE US A BREAK: I MEAN LITERALLY.
A FIREMAN
A FIREMAN IS A PERSON WITH A HEART OF GOLD....
WILLING TO RISK THERE LIFE TO SAVE ONES SOUL....
WE DANCE IN A PLACE MOST WONT GO......
OUR WEAPON OF CHOICE IS NONTHING BUT A HOSE.....
WE WORK IN TEAMS, TEAMS OF TWO....
THAT'S THE LAW WE LIVE BY THRU AND THRU.....
SO NO MATTER WHAT IN YOUR TIME OF NEED....
YOU CAN COUNT ON US WE'RE A SPECIAL BREED.....
CHIEF NORMAN..........
VOL. FIREMAN
AS THE PAGE GO'S OUT WE HURRY TO OUR FEET, NO MATTER WHAT TIME WE KNOW WHERE TO MEET......
WE GET ON THE TRUCKS AND TURN ON THE LIGHTS, AND AWAY WE GO INTO THE DARKENED NIGHTS.....
WE DONT ASK FOR MUCH AND DONT GET PAID A DIME, THE ONLY THING WE GAIN IS SAVING A LIFE....
AS WE ARRIVE ON SCENE WE ACT AS ONE, WE WORK TOGETHER TO GET THE JOB DONE....
WHEN THE FIRE IS OUT AND EVERYONES SAFE, ITS TIME TO GO HOME AND BLESS THIS DAY....
AS WE PULL INTO THE STATION AND TURN OFF THE LIGHTS, WE WAIT FOR THAT PAGE FOR ANOTHER NIGHT....
SOME PEOPLE QUESTION A VOL'S PLACE, BUT WITH THIS HERE POEM I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY....
THERE IS NONTHING LARGER THEN A VOL'S HEART, AND YOUR FAMILY MAY COME DRIVING THRU THIS HERE PART....
AND IF SO IN THERE TIME OF NEED, ANGELS ARE WITH US WERE VOL'S YOU SEE....
CHIEF NORMAN....
FIREHOUSE
I STAND TALL IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN....
MY WALLS ARE TIN AND INSULATED AROUND...
MY ROOF IS STRONG THAT KEEPS MY GUYS SAFE...
MY DOORS ROLL UP WITH A ROPE AT ITS BASE....
AT NIGHT I SLEEP UNTIL THE PAGE GO'S OUT...
THEN I COME ALIVE WITH ALL THE LIGHTS ABOUT...
MY FLOOR IS HARD, HARD AS A ROCK....
TWELVE INCHES THICK AND STRONG AS AN OX...
I HOUSE THE EQUIPMENT THAT SAVES ONE'S LIFE...
I KEEP IT ALL WARM AND KEEP IT ALL DRY....
I MAY HAVE A BUMP AND A SCRAPE HERE & THERE...
BUT YOU CAN NEVER MISS ME WITHIN MY TOWN SQUARE...
IM NOT HARD TO FIND WITH THE HERO'S WITHIN...
THEY ALWAYS COME BACK WHERE IT ALWAYS BEGINS...
SO NEVER FORGET..... THAT SIREN SOUND....
JUST REMEMBER IT'S ME...
THE FIREHOUSE IN TOWN....
CHIEF NORMAN
A STORY TO TELL...
I WAS A YOUNG MAN AND I CAN REMEMBER WHEN....
I WAS COMING FROM SCHOOL JUST ONCE AGAIN....
WE COME AROUND A CURVE AND LOST CONTROL....
JUST MY COUSIN AND I WITH NO SEAT BELT TO HOLD...
THE IMPACT WAS GREAT AS I WENT FLYING THRU THE AIR...
HEAD FIRST THRU THE WINDSHIELD WITH SUCH A BLANK STARE....
AS THE METAL CAME TO, TO A SCREECHING HALT...
I FOUND MYSELF LYING IN A DITCH OR A HOLE...
I CLOSED MY EYES THANKING, THIS MUST BE A DREAM...
THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER WAS A FIREMAN ON SCENE....
HE WAS MY GUARDIAN ANGEL THAT KEPT ME ALIVE....
A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN THAT DONT GET PAID A DIME...
HE STAYED THERE WITH ME, UNTIL I WAS TAKEN AWAY....
AND I CAN STILL REMEMBER, HIS FIRST AND LAST NAME....
FROM THAT POINT ON, I KNEW WHAT I WOULD BE....
I STAND HERE TODAY A FIREMAN YOU SEE.....
THIS IS A TRUE STORY THAT HAPPEN TO ME!!!!!!!
CHIEF NORMAN....
The last call
Today is a day a brother has fallen...
We are side by side within a column...
No one looks forward to a day like this...
As our arms are straight and end with a fist.
We stand at attention dressed in blues...
As the bag pipes are played thru and thru....
You cant help but thank of the people he's saved...
As a tear rolls down our saddened face...
It makes you reflect on the job we do....
But no matter what we see them all thru...
As you read these words...... On your screen....
Say a prayer.... For that final ring....
My brothers gone home.... To his final place...
He lies in heavin.... With a smile on his face...
As we get on those trucks and roll out of sight....
He will not be forgotten...
He's a brother for life...
Chief Norman..
Fireman’s Dream...
As he closes his eyes and starts to dream....
He fly’s away from that forbidding scene...
He goes to a place far away...
Where no one gets hurt...Not any day...
He walks along on clouds of faith...
His soul as pure, as any race...
The day will come when he's replaced...
He's done his job upon this place...
But for now he begins to wake...
As the tones go off at heavens gates...
God replies and sends him back...
To save a life...
With just his axe....
Chief Norman
A FIREMAN IS A PERSON WITH A HEART OF GOLD....
WILLING TO RISK THERE LIFE TO SAVE ONES SOUL....
WE DANCE IN A PLACE MOST WONT GO......
OUR WEAPON OF CHOICE IS NONTHING BUT A HOSE.....
WE WORK IN TEAMS, TEAMS OF TWO....
THAT'S THE LAW WE LIVE BY THRU AND THRU.....
SO NO MATTER WHAT IN YOUR TIME OF NEED....
YOU CAN COUNT ON US WE'RE A SPECIAL BREED.....
CHIEF NORMAN..........
VOL. FIREMAN
AS THE PAGE GO'S OUT WE HURRY TO OUR FEET, NO MATTER WHAT TIME WE KNOW WHERE TO MEET......
WE GET ON THE TRUCKS AND TURN ON THE LIGHTS, AND AWAY WE GO INTO THE DARKENED NIGHTS.....
WE DONT ASK FOR MUCH AND DONT GET PAID A DIME, THE ONLY THING WE GAIN IS SAVING A LIFE....
AS WE ARRIVE ON SCENE WE ACT AS ONE, WE WORK TOGETHER TO GET THE JOB DONE....
WHEN THE FIRE IS OUT AND EVERYONES SAFE, ITS TIME TO GO HOME AND BLESS THIS DAY....
AS WE PULL INTO THE STATION AND TURN OFF THE LIGHTS, WE WAIT FOR THAT PAGE FOR ANOTHER NIGHT....
SOME PEOPLE QUESTION A VOL'S PLACE, BUT WITH THIS HERE POEM I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY....
THERE IS NONTHING LARGER THEN A VOL'S HEART, AND YOUR FAMILY MAY COME DRIVING THRU THIS HERE PART....
AND IF SO IN THERE TIME OF NEED, ANGELS ARE WITH US WERE VOL'S YOU SEE....
CHIEF NORMAN....
FIREHOUSE
I STAND TALL IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN....
MY WALLS ARE TIN AND INSULATED AROUND...
MY ROOF IS STRONG THAT KEEPS MY GUYS SAFE...
MY DOORS ROLL UP WITH A ROPE AT ITS BASE....
AT NIGHT I SLEEP UNTIL THE PAGE GO'S OUT...
THEN I COME ALIVE WITH ALL THE LIGHTS ABOUT...
MY FLOOR IS HARD, HARD AS A ROCK....
TWELVE INCHES THICK AND STRONG AS AN OX...
I HOUSE THE EQUIPMENT THAT SAVES ONE'S LIFE...
I KEEP IT ALL WARM AND KEEP IT ALL DRY....
I MAY HAVE A BUMP AND A SCRAPE HERE & THERE...
BUT YOU CAN NEVER MISS ME WITHIN MY TOWN SQUARE...
IM NOT HARD TO FIND WITH THE HERO'S WITHIN...
THEY ALWAYS COME BACK WHERE IT ALWAYS BEGINS...
SO NEVER FORGET..... THAT SIREN SOUND....
JUST REMEMBER IT'S ME...
THE FIREHOUSE IN TOWN....
CHIEF NORMAN
A STORY TO TELL...
I WAS A YOUNG MAN AND I CAN REMEMBER WHEN....
I WAS COMING FROM SCHOOL JUST ONCE AGAIN....
WE COME AROUND A CURVE AND LOST CONTROL....
JUST MY COUSIN AND I WITH NO SEAT BELT TO HOLD...
THE IMPACT WAS GREAT AS I WENT FLYING THRU THE AIR...
HEAD FIRST THRU THE WINDSHIELD WITH SUCH A BLANK STARE....
AS THE METAL CAME TO, TO A SCREECHING HALT...
I FOUND MYSELF LYING IN A DITCH OR A HOLE...
I CLOSED MY EYES THANKING, THIS MUST BE A DREAM...
THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER WAS A FIREMAN ON SCENE....
HE WAS MY GUARDIAN ANGEL THAT KEPT ME ALIVE....
A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN THAT DONT GET PAID A DIME...
HE STAYED THERE WITH ME, UNTIL I WAS TAKEN AWAY....
AND I CAN STILL REMEMBER, HIS FIRST AND LAST NAME....
FROM THAT POINT ON, I KNEW WHAT I WOULD BE....
I STAND HERE TODAY A FIREMAN YOU SEE.....
THIS IS A TRUE STORY THAT HAPPEN TO ME!!!!!!!
CHIEF NORMAN....
The last call
Today is a day a brother has fallen...
We are side by side within a column...
No one looks forward to a day like this...
As our arms are straight and end with a fist.
We stand at attention dressed in blues...
As the bag pipes are played thru and thru....
You cant help but thank of the people he's saved...
As a tear rolls down our saddened face...
It makes you reflect on the job we do....
But no matter what we see them all thru...
As you read these words...... On your screen....
Say a prayer.... For that final ring....
My brothers gone home.... To his final place...
He lies in heavin.... With a smile on his face...
As we get on those trucks and roll out of sight....
He will not be forgotten...
He's a brother for life...
Chief Norman..
Fireman’s Dream...
As he closes his eyes and starts to dream....
He fly’s away from that forbidding scene...
He goes to a place far away...
Where no one gets hurt...Not any day...
He walks along on clouds of faith...
His soul as pure, as any race...
The day will come when he's replaced...
He's done his job upon this place...
But for now he begins to wake...
As the tones go off at heavens gates...
God replies and sends him back...
To save a life...
With just his axe....
Chief Norman
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Aware of Surroundings
How many of you emergency personal can actually say when you walk into a building and notice right off the bat where the fire exits are and if the building is sprinkled or even as much as if they have fire extinguishers and if there up to code? Now I know allot of us live and breath this stuff on day to day bases but do we leave what we know at the office, or does it go right along with us when we have our most prized positions like our husbands, wife’s or even our children.... When let’s say ;(… Continue
Posted on October 15, 2009 at 3:30pm — 9 Comments
Give me a break!
Its funny with the business I’m in I talk to allot of departments all across this great nation we live in and just here recent I had a department Chief ask me if I had the answers to the NIMS 300 and 400...The only thing I could do was laugh....Now I know most of the departments out there complain about all these NIMS courses and when is it ever going to stop and the famous I wont ever need this crap...Well folks all I can say is its here and its here to stay until something comes up that’s bett… Continue
Posted on October 14, 2009 at 2:29pm — 11 Comments
Rough Night...
There is nonthing worse then a full moon and being short handed....It seems like every time when the moon above is bright in the night sky you better get ready for being sleep deprived and heavy call volume...Our busy day started at 6:00pm Thursday evening and didnt end till 6:15am Friday morning... We had Four (4) calls, One right after the other, from a sick call non responsive to a grass fire then to a sick call non responsive and not breathing to a MVA roll-over...I'm surprised the goverment… Continue
Posted on October 2, 2009 at 11:06am — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (24 comments)
- At 6:28pm on November 19, 2009,
Station10Capt106 said… - Just wanted to stop by and let you know that I have been enjoying your informative posts & discussions. Keep up the great work!
- At 3:15pm on November 12, 2009,
Streetking said… - Hey Chief! just dropping by to say hello, hope all is well buddy, for sure miss your discussions!
- At 11:53am on November 11, 2009,
Mandy said… - lol so true..How are u today? Hope ur having a great day!
- At 5:12pm on November 10, 2009,
Misty Cummings said… - Hey. Class is going good. Making good grades..just trying to balance class, work and kids, but I'm making it. How ae you?
- At 11:12pm on November 9, 2009,
Dottie Garrett said… - Chief - I enjoy your poems. This business can be very depressingly sad if you let it get to
you
- At 11:23am on November 4, 2009,
KEN COLLINS said… - thank you and you to, make sure everyone goes home...
- At 7:14am on October 30, 2009,
Chief Mike France said… - Thanks Chief, i will try it
- At 2:32pm on October 29, 2009,
Chief Mike France said…
- Hey Chief , i am looking for some team Building Skills for my members, got any ideas
- At 4:05pm on October 27, 2009,
AirLifeKaren said… - Hey!!! Thx for the kick ass graphic!
- At 12:19pm on October 21, 2009,
Rick K. said… - Back at you sir !!! Have a good one !
- At 11:46am on October 21, 2009,
Rick K. said…
- Thank you sir ! Have a safe day!!
- At 11:16pm on October 12, 2009,
GREG HARMON, FIRE CHIEF said… - I do know Danny, and his brother-in-law Michael (Katherines husband) is on my department. Will have to do some reqruiting. Good to hear from you, stay safe!
- At 11:05pm on October 7, 2009,
Chief Mike France said…
- Back at you Chief
- At 5:20pm on October 7, 2009,
NativeAmerEMT said… - Hiya Chief.... Thx for the add hon... Stay safe...
- At 12:40pm on October 2, 2009,
Chief Mike France said…
- Thanks Chief
- At 3:04pm on September 28, 2009,
lori allen said… - hey cheif,
Guess What!! I just got a federal Pell grant to go take my EMT course
. HURRAYYY
- At 4:11pm on July 16, 2009,
John said… - I hate that when we jinx ourself's. I'd like to see a call sometime's, but NOT when it over 95 out. Be safe, rain is on the way, but I think that is going to be a long fire season for both of us this year.
- At 9:41am on June 28, 2009,
John said…
- We got called to a moble home fire on Friday. It was 101 w/ heat index of 109. It was in Dist 8 area, but Dist's 3,4 and city fire all went. EMS was about 20 miles away going back from bartlesville. Got hot real fast. Home was total lost. Hope to have some pics soon. So, how about you, any fire's?
- At 2:32pm on June 25, 2009,
Dani said… - Thanks Chief..! I'm tilting my helmet back at ya !
- At 8:24pm on June 13, 2009,
Steve H. said…
keep up the good work out there and BE SAFE! thanks for the add
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"The only problem with this job is that there's no place to hide. It's not like having a bad day selling log cabins. You have a bad day here, somebody dies, and that's not f*****g good enough."
(Sorry, just had to add that)
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