Quick takes
You won’t believe what you will see and hear Through the Smoke: Clearly the people behind Firehouse.com have lost their minds. Friday’s edition of Chief Billy Goldfeder’s Through the Smoke podcast will be coming to you from Firehouse Expo at Baltimore’s Convention Center and will feature Bill Schumm and Dave Statter. Yes, FireGeezer and STATter 911 get to move up from the lounge to the main room. A live audience is welcomed for this event. It’s in room 310 at noon.
Hands on pictures: Some shots yesterday at Firehouse Expo training in Montgomery County.
Hands off my camera: With cameras everywhere now, have you ever ordered a member of the public or the press to stop shooting video or pictures? A video from Chicago has STATter 911 asking some questions. Click here.
The Lawrence Woltz: Click here for Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department Chief Spokesman Mark Brady’s pictures and account from yesterday’s dedication of Fire Boat 858. Click here for a look back at the career of the first PGFD chief.
Prince William County’s 911 issues: From Virginia, The Washington Post tells us Fire Chief Kevin McGee has outlined problems with Verizon that caused four 911 outages in two months:
During those times, people tried to reach 911 and could not get through, McGee said. In May, residents watched fire engulf a neighbor’s home. One morning, 16 calls went unanswered. On another day, a man needing an ambulance drove himself to a hospital in a neighboring county after trying to call for help from a home telephone and on his cellphone, McGee said.
Bodybuilder isn’t coming back until doctor says so: That’s the response from Boston FF Albert Arroyo’s lawyer after Arroyo was ordered to return to work this past Monday. The latest on this controversial disability retirement.
Two CA FFs arrested on arson charges: 29-year-old Christopher Furtado and 23-year-old Teddy Lee, were volunteer firefighters with the Laton Volunteer Fire Department. Now the two men have been charged in connection with 30 different fires in both Fresno and Kings Counties. Read more. Watch story.
We’re No Heroes: FossilMedic Mike Ward discusses one of my favorite documentaries about the fire service. It is called We’re No Heroes and it was filmed by Paul and Holly Fine, who were then working at Channel 7. It follows the firefighters at DCFD’s Engine 16 and Truck 3. Mike also has interesting observations about some more recent photography inside a firehouse. Click here.
