Tag Archives: ARFF

Not too bad for "hell week" ….

It's too bad that many of the Brothers and Sisters here don't (can't or wont) see the benefit in that (as well as exactly what and why we do what we do). It's sad (and I know why it happens) but, more times than not; we're often the butt of jokes and/or smart ass comments here at home.

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Bringing in the "big guns"

In my experiences, planes rarely crash on airport property and that can work out to be good or bad. Personally, I'd rather they crash off site so I can get to it. Despite being in a big red fire truck, it takes an act of congress for us to get out onto airport property.

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2nd alarm in the "Noke"… 1st arriving pics and more.

Wow … what a day!  I think I’m a “poop magnet” when I  “ride the car”  because I always end up having days like this. It’s been busy busy ALL DAY LONG. Meetings, more meetings, paper work, classes, routine calls and then a 2 banger. I’ll start with some of the classes. Lt. Jim Hylton and Firefighter Todd Releigh put ...

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It's YELLOW fire truck day!

It seems as though we’ve been surrounded by yellow rigs today. I’ll get to that in a minute or twenty but there are a few other topics / headlines I want to hit first. Line of Duty Deaths (LODD’s) and serious injuries. Outside the United States, Geezer reported on a double LODD in Spain. Here in the U.S. we’ve been ...

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