More quick takes
Meeting and greeting: Spent some time Wednesday afternoon at Firehouse Expo booth #743 with FireGeezer Bill Schumm and FossilMedic Mike Ward. It was fun talking to a lot of STATter 911 and FireGeezer readers. Of course, while I am talking, Bill is in the back of the booth, blogging away and scooping me on the CT fire truck heist. There is apparently a method to this old man’s madness.
We are together again at this afternoon at the booth. Also, you can see us at noon in room 310 for Chief Billy Goldfeder’s Through the Smoke. Come join the audience for a discussion of fire and EMS blogs.
There were probably be fewer posts over the next two days due to our schedule in Baltimore.
Rich Findley memorial ride: The Beltsville VFD is joining forces with FOP Lodge 89 to help raise money for the family of Rich Findley, volunteer firefighter and police officer, who was murdered earlier this month. Click here for more info.
Land swap and timetable announced for new Cherrydale Station in Arlington, VA: For years there has been much talk about about a new Station 3 for Arlington. If the press release from the Arlington County Board proves accurate, that new station will be in operation in late 2010. Read the timetable and see more details.
Chief profile: A look at the fire chief for Minneapolis, Alex Jackson. Click here.
Stafford changes: One of the first stories to draw a lot of comment on STATter 911 occurred about two weeks after we opened up shop. It had to do with problems between career and volunteer forces at a house fire in Stafford County, VA. Now, more than a year later, The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star looks at some changes in the department in response to that fire and the report that followed. Click here.
No workers’ comp insurance and other things prompt FD shut down: In West Virginia the Summit Park VFD of Harrison County has agreed to stop responding to calls while the state FM investigates its finances. Read more.
Arson charges dropped against assistant chief and FF: In California prosecutors now say there is insufficient evidence for arson charges against Assistant Chief Christopher Furtado and FF Teddy Lee of the Laton VFD. Read the latest.
Budget cuts could do in fire academy: That is what is being considered by state’s university regents in Nevada. Read more about the problems for the Fire Science Academy near Carlin.
