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California Forcing you to Put Fire Sprinklers in Your Home
I am here to put the spotlight on the new (2010) California Residential Building Code for the people who are unaware of it and do not see the issues associated with it. I write to you not only as a...
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Be Prepared to Say No
Being a firefighter, it is your job to respond to people in distress. People are in need for either themselves, loved ones or even their pets. We always want to help them with the best possible service...
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Studying Abroad and Seeing the Fire Service in New Ways
I may have the privilege (if all my ducks line up) to spend my last semester of college in Germany. In a city called Ingolstadt, north of Munich by 30 miles. One thing I look forward to is traveling...
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Is your Department Receiving Its fair Share of the Tax Money?
Do you know how your department collects its taxes? Some fire districts collect their own. Others have the county collect and take care of it as it is simpler on the department. Either way the tax...
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At What Point
At what point will you no longer ask your firefighters to respond in a catastrophic situation. When do you decide that they are better off going home to protect and be with their families. I hope this...
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Don’t Let Your Rig Get Stolen!
I was at a wedding this weekend and came across a gentleman that I had met as a kid. We caught up with one another’s lives. Doing so, we got on the subject of firefighting and a growing problem he is...
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Volunteer The Series
This is a series that Dropping Plates Studio has recently come out with. If your a firefighter and are active on the web, you probably have already come across this. I wanted to post this to help show...
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2012 California Preliminary Seasonal Outlook
North •Precipitation since October 2011 has been mostly between 55-90% of normal. Drought conditions diminished in March-April, but continue in the East and South. •As of early April, snowpack ranged...
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MO | Tanker Burnover at Grass Fire
Reblogged from Backroads Responder: The tanker, post-incident (photo by the Marshall Democrat-News) A tanker apparatus of the Arrow Rock Community Fire Department (ARCFD), Saline County, Missouri was...
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Beautiful Emergency Landing
Hands off to the pilot in this firefighting aircraft for sticking this landing and having minimum damage/carnage. Recent Footage of a Lockheed P-2V fire bomber air tanker number 55 has made a...
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