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Best of the Rest – Never Ask The Dead, Accomack Arson Spree, Paramedic David Lee Roth, Eagle Scout Project, and much more!

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Best of the Rest

Backstep Firefighter has a several must read articles.

Bill Carey writes about the need to discuss Line of Duty Deaths and how to do it respectfully. The topic is taboo to many of us, but we must not fail to learn from the loss of our Brother and Sister Firefighters. Read “Never Ask The Dead”.
Dave LeBlanc also writes on the topic in a piece titled “You Can’t Handle The Truth”
Both pieces speak of Line of Duty Deaths. Backstep Firefighter recently ran a piece on the topic describing some differences in reporting Line of Duty Deaths titled “On Duty & Line of Duty: What is the Difference?“

Firehouse Zen discusses the recent events at Miami-Dade, Florida in his post titled “Listen to What You Are Saying“. He provides links to the whole story if you haven’t heard about it yet.

Dave Statter looks at a video of a mobile home fire that claims the Fire Department didn’t respond in Bradley, WV. Read about it here.

Speaking of Dave Statter, am I the only one who wishes Ellerbe would resign just so we can stop seeing his name on STATter911.com?

Thanks to Jeff at FireNews.net for the heads up. This appeared in the March issue of Fire Rescue Magazine. Very cool! Thanks

Virginia Firefighters converged in Albemarle County for a Truck School. View more about it here.

Perkins Firefighter Brian Hackenburg is racing to raise money and support for the National Firefighters Endowment. Read about it here.

Accomack County, VA has had 73 arsons since November 2012. VAFireNews.com has a detailed report on the fires and what the community is doing about it. Read the report here.

CALLING ALL COLORADO FIREFIGHTERS!!! You have one week to submit your applications for a chance to be in the 2014 calendar! Go to our web site and complete the online application submission form: http://cofirefightercalendar.org/THECALENDAR.php (from the Colorado Firefighter Calendar FB page)

First Due Tackle has an article on underwater entanglements. They used the Fire Cam for video which is quite impressive. Check it out here.

David Lee Roth of Van Halen is now a New York City Paramedic. Read more about that here.

Medic 22 is back on the scene with an article about ANOTHER EMS blogger, this one in Virginia. Medic 22 doesn’t like what he read and told the blogger about it…as well as Virginia EMS. Read about it here

Speaking of EMS…Dave Statter has the story on the Crybaby Anti-Semite FDNY EMS Lt. Timothy Dluhos who ranted on twitter about his boss (Mayor Bloomberg). When confronted by two female reporters about his tweets…you guessed it, Dluhos cried like a baby. WHAT A BITCH! Read it all here.

FireNews.net has a great story about a Junior Firefighter who built a heli-pad at his firehouse for his Eagle Scout project. The helipad was quickly put to use for an emergency! Read bout it here

Posted by The Fire Critic on March 26, 2013 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Best of the Rest, Command & Leadership, EMS Topics, Fire Dispatch, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News • Tagged: Accomack County, Arson, Backstep Firefighter, Brian Hackenburg, Chief Ellerbe, Colorado Firefighters Calendar, Dave Statter, David Lee Roth, Eagle Scout Project, EMS, Facebook, FDNY, FDNY EMS, Fire, Fire Blogs, Fire Critic, Fire Department, Fire Service, FireCritic.com, Firefighter, Firefighting, Firehouse Zen, Firenews.net, First Due Tackle, IronFiremen.com, Junior Firefighter, Medic 22, Perkins Fire Department, Rhett Fleitz, Social Media, STATter911.com, VAFireNews.com, Van Halen, Virginia, Willie Wines Jr.

Audio: Tulsa Firefighter James P. O’Neal Brought Back To Life After MAYDAY at House Fire

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A similar occurrence happened to a firefighter in my department. He went down in a fire, was revived on scene, in the ambulance, and again at the hospital. He is back on duty and works at my station on another shift. We are happy to have gotten him back.

The exact details to what happened to this Tulsa Firefighter haven’t been disclosed. Read below and then listen to the audio.

NewsOn6.com:

TULSA, Oklahoma -

A Tulsa firefighter was brought back to life following a house fire Saturday night. The fire was deliberately set, according to an update by the Tulsa Fire Department.

James P. O’Neal, 35, is a 14-year TFD veteran. He is recovering from his injuries on Sunday.

O’Neal was responding to a house fire in the 4900 block of North Elwood Avenue at about 7:30 p.m. He was assigned to fire attack on a home that was showing heavy smoke and flames.

http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?S=16425316

Posted by The Fire Critic on January 1, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Close Call, Command & Leadership, Dispatch & Communications, Emergency Communications, Fire Dispatch, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: Arson, Audio, Close Call, EMS, Fire, Fire Critic, Fire Department, Fire Service, FireCritic.com, Firefighter, Fireground Video, House Fire, IronFiremen.com, James P. O'Neal, North Elwood Avenue, Rhett Fleitz, Social Media, Tulsa Fire Department, Video, Willie Wines Jr.

The Fire Critic is Back With Fires, Fires, and more Fires!

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Here is several fires via youtube from the past several days as I have been running the Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year Contest.

Norco Fire Company (PA)
Here is an interesting tactic…using a platform to put out a fire in the chimney structure of a house. I don’t have the full story here, but a ground ladder, pike pole, and an 1 3/4″ line would probably be my pick if we rolled up on this. Then again, I work on an engine company.Norco Fire Company web site here

San Francisco
Three fires kept San Francisco busy in the Castro area. Fire Officials say an Arsonist set three fires between 4:30 and 5:30 am in a two block radius. The fires included two 2 alarm fires. Two videos below and news here, here, here, and here.

House Fire in Waipukurau New Zealand
News on the fire here

2 Videos from a house fire in Minneapolis

A vacant house at 2031 Queen Ave. N. in Minneapolis was destroyed by fire on February 2, 2011, at about 10 PM. Two males were seen running from the house and getting into a late model truck, according to a high ranking police source. Neighbors on the scene said squatters had periodically occupied the house. An equally vacant house in close proximity was saved only by the quick and skillful work of Minneapolis firefighters.

Posted by The Fire Critic on February 3, 2011 • Filed under: Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, News, Videos • Tagged: Apartment Fire, Arson, Castro, Fire Critic, FireCritic.com, House Fire, Minneapolis, New Zealand, Norco, Rhett Fleitz, San Francisco, San Francisco Fire Department, Waipukurau

Ex-Wife Admits to Starting Fire that has Killed 43 in Kuwait City

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FireGeezer originally posted this story here. 43 women and children have died and 90 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Kuwait City. The party was held for women and children, the men hold a separate party. Both parties were held in tents. The ex-wife of the groom has admitted to pouring gasoline on the tent and lighting the fire.

Firefighters said that the blaze took less than three minutes to rip through the marquee, in which as many as 180 women and children were celebrating the wedding party. Many of those who died were killed in the stampede for the sole exit.

The original story is here on FoxNews.com

People gather around the burnt debris after a fire broke out at a wedding tent on Saturday night Aug. 15, 2009 in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The fire at a wedding tent in Kuwait that killed 41 women and children consumed the the structure in a blazing inferno lasting just three minutes, the fire department chief said Sunday (AP Photo)

Photo from story here

Posted by The Fire Critic on August 17, 2009 • Filed under: News • Tagged: Arson, Fire Death, Kuwait City

Saturday Hotshot – Cowan Mill Fire

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This weeks Saturday Hotshot is a video rather than an image. I make the rules, I can change them anytime I want! Actually, I never said it had to be an image. For decent coverage of the fire with all the links you want to reports, video, and photos check out Statter911.com here.

A massive 19th century mill burst into flames Wednesday afternoon in Lewiston, Maine. There is a partial collapse at 1:14 in the video above. Police are looking for teenagers who may be behind the fire. Embers started fires in other buildings.