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All Blog Posts Tagged 'station' (6)

Tiger Schmittendorf There’s at least Four Cs in NBFC

Earlier today I had the pleasure of joining lots of other folks who participating in the dedication of a new fire station for the North Boston Volunteer Fire Company in the Town of Boston, NY. As I was sitting here remembering the ground breaking ceremony they held lasContinue

Added by Tiger Schmittendorf on July 22, 2009 at 9:31am — 1 Comment

Capt.Alex Arnold I applaud Boston FD's members

I, like most of us here, received an email from the secret list (www.secretlist.com). It was discussing the brown-out situation in Boston. The following is a portion of the e-mail I received - But it's a whole lot different now in Boston, MA. Not surprisingly, defiant off-duty BFD Firefighters are intentionally disobeying BFD orders and voluntarily staffing 3 Boston fire companies that were closed this week as part of a new "brown out" policy aimed at reducing overtime spending. "It's the peop… Continue

Added by Capt.Alex Arnold on July 2, 2009 at 1:33pm — 3 Comments

Shannon Pieper, FireRescue Magazine Final Stimulus Package: $210 million for fire station construction

The full text of the compromise stimulus bill was finally released today, and the House has already passed it; Senate voting starts at 5:30 eastern and the bill is expected to pass. As reported by the IAFC, the compromise bill includes several items of interest to the fire service: • $210 million for fire station construction via the firefighter assistance grants program, with no grant exceeding $15 million. This was a co… Continue

Added by Shannon Pieper, FireRescue Magazine on February 13, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Bruce C Ziebarth Japanes Fire Station Burns

Taken from KCMQ.com. A Japanese fire station burned to the ground after a firefigher forgot to turn off the stove before responding to an emergency call. Ten trucks from other stations were called to put out the fire. A fire department official said “since we should be in a position to educate people about fire, we are are extremely sorry that such an incident happened.” Other links to this story: Japanese Firs Story #1Continue

Added by Bruce C Ziebarth on February 2, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Georgios Savvidis The way we work in my station

My station is the 1st Fire Station of Athens (1ος Πυροσβεστικός Σταθμός Αθηνών). It can easily be found b… Continue

Added by Georgios Savvidis on January 21, 2009 at 5:49am — 10 Comments

Denise M. Broesler Notes from a Rookie Firefighter

Last night I cooked dinner for our firehouse and Morristown NJ softball game. Our company won the game, but that's not really what the event was about. It was about participation on a team, and working together for a common goal which is what the fire department is all about. While I was setting up for the game, I was with the old timers, whom I spend every afternoon with at Station 4. No matter what problem you have, or question you have, the old timers have a good and sometimes funny answer f… Continue

Added by Denise M. Broesler on June 6, 2008 at 7:00am — No Comments

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