Monday, January 30, 2012
Help the Brothers out! Last day!!!
Brother Willie Wines at Iron Firemen.com has written a post about the last day of the special offer to help out the FDNY Rescue 2 Mayday Fund. Firefox - MN8 products will donate 50% of web sales to the FDNY Rescue 2 Mayday Fund. Check out the post here.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
This week...Technical Rescue Training "Get in the hole!"
An other fun week on the East Side winds down. Other than the usual EMS runs and fire alarms, this week the crews from the 2 House and Salem Fire Department Technical Rescue Team, participated with the Brothers from Roanoke City Fire-EMS in the quarterly Division 6 technical rescue training.
The topic for this quarter, Confined Space Rescue.
The Division 6 Technical Rescue Team met up at the Salem Civic Center for the training, and you could not have asked for any better weather. The scenario had the team members entering in a 23 foot vertical ventilation shaft to rescue a worker that become unresponsive, inside the ventilation shaft there was a second victim hanging from a tripod that has collapsed at the entrance of the ventilation shaft.
The first day of training brought brothers from Salem A Shift and Roanoke City B shift.
The second day of the drill brought together the brothers of C Shift from both localities, and even a cameo appearance by Captain Willie Wines Jr from the blog Iron Firemen.
The last day of training was held in Southeast Roanoke City in the industrial park, where the team had access to an old warehouse that had a below grade ventilation system. This last day brought together the brothers of Salem B Shift and Roanoke City A Shift. The next couple of pictures were shot with a cellphone camera and available lighting, so they are a bit blurry.
A good three days of training and brotherhood for the 2 House crew and the brothers from Roanoke City, and a big thanks to all that participated in the drill.
Until next time...Train hard, and stay safe!
FTM-PTB
The topic for this quarter, Confined Space Rescue.
The Division 6 Technical Rescue Team met up at the Salem Civic Center for the training, and you could not have asked for any better weather. The scenario had the team members entering in a 23 foot vertical ventilation shaft to rescue a worker that become unresponsive, inside the ventilation shaft there was a second victim hanging from a tripod that has collapsed at the entrance of the ventilation shaft.
The first day of training brought brothers from Salem A Shift and Roanoke City B shift.
The second day of the drill brought together the brothers of C Shift from both localities, and even a cameo appearance by Captain Willie Wines Jr from the blog Iron Firemen.
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| Captain Willie Wines Jr from Iron Firemen.com |
The last day of training was held in Southeast Roanoke City in the industrial park, where the team had access to an old warehouse that had a below grade ventilation system. This last day brought together the brothers of Salem B Shift and Roanoke City A Shift. The next couple of pictures were shot with a cellphone camera and available lighting, so they are a bit blurry.
A good three days of training and brotherhood for the 2 House crew and the brothers from Roanoke City, and a big thanks to all that participated in the drill.
Until next time...Train hard, and stay safe!
FTM-PTB
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Pride and Ownership Seminar in Lynchburg VA
Boy have I been a slacker about putting up post about all of the things that have been happening on the East Side. Sometimes it just takes running into the right person that says the right thing to get a person motivated again. I found out that there are people out there that actually read the blog post, so I am going to make a better effort this year to document the day to day of the firehouse.
Friday the thirteenth, members of the 2 House, joined by Deputy Chief John Prillaman,, traveled to Lynchburg to check out Chief Rick Lasky's Pride and Ownership seminar. From start to finish, this was a good day. You could see the people that "get it", you could see the people that just needed to recharge their passion about the job. By the end of day you could see the ones that had an awakening. It is hard to describe the energy that filled the room at the end of the day, but I'm positive there are going to be a lot of people that will take that energy back to their departments and make some good things happen.
The diversity, and experience in the room ranged from fire cadets from Hanover County, to the Battalion Chief that has 3 months left on the job, and everybody in between. If you have to pick one word that sums up the whole day, that word would be "Refreshing". If ever get the chance to see Chief Lasky speak do not miss this opportunity.
The turnout for the seminar was great, and a good day of networking, brotherhood, and seeing old friends and acquaintances. Be safe and train hard.
FTM - PTB
Friday the thirteenth, members of the 2 House, joined by Deputy Chief John Prillaman,, traveled to Lynchburg to check out Chief Rick Lasky's Pride and Ownership seminar. From start to finish, this was a good day. You could see the people that "get it", you could see the people that just needed to recharge their passion about the job. By the end of day you could see the ones that had an awakening. It is hard to describe the energy that filled the room at the end of the day, but I'm positive there are going to be a lot of people that will take that energy back to their departments and make some good things happen.
The diversity, and experience in the room ranged from fire cadets from Hanover County, to the Battalion Chief that has 3 months left on the job, and everybody in between. If you have to pick one word that sums up the whole day, that word would be "Refreshing". If ever get the chance to see Chief Lasky speak do not miss this opportunity.
The turnout for the seminar was great, and a good day of networking, brotherhood, and seeing old friends and acquaintances. Be safe and train hard.
FTM - PTB
Friday, December 23, 2011
LODD Peabody MA
December has been a rough month for the fire service.
Condolences and prayers to the family and coworkers of the Peabody Massachusetts firefighter killed in the line of duty this afternoon on a working fire.
Please continue to pray for the brothers from FDNY and thier families that were injured earlier this week in Brooklyn.
God bless us.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Structural Collapse School and Rope Rescue Training
The previous week, two members of the departments Technical Rescue Team participated in the Structural Collapse Technician course in VA Beach, VA. Captain Eddie Hite and Senior FF Hunter Weikle spent 8 days learning the basics of shoring, lifting and moving, and breaching breaking and burning. A good hard week of training, networking, with some shenanigans thrown in for good measure.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
The Week in Review
This past week proved to be a busy one for the 2 House Crew and the Tech Rescue Team members. Monday was a B Shift day, and also the first day for Swiftwater Rescue Tech I class. Class was stopped for a bit for a house fire, then it was back to getting our learn on. Tuesday and Wednesday, the class to a field trip to McCoy Falls for the practical portion of the class, the water was a bit low but everybody had a good time.
Some instructions and word of wisdom from Lt Tracy Coe.
Clownin' for the camera
Thursday, several people attended the 4th Annual Officer Seminar. The guest speaker this year was Retired Deputy Chief James P. Smith of the Philadelphia Fire Department, and the topic presented was "Strategic and Tactical Considerations on the Fire Ground".
Friday was just one of those uneventful kinda days. "And you know this, maaaan!"
Until next time, stay safe and train hard!
Some instructions and word of wisdom from Lt Tracy Coe.
Clownin' for the camera
Thursday, several people attended the 4th Annual Officer Seminar. The guest speaker this year was Retired Deputy Chief James P. Smith of the Philadelphia Fire Department, and the topic presented was "Strategic and Tactical Considerations on the Fire Ground".
Friday was just one of those uneventful kinda days. "And you know this, maaaan!"
Until next time, stay safe and train hard!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Just a note
I received a couple of messages from some people that read the blog, and they asked why nothing was posted about the 10 year anniversary of Sept 11th.
I would feel safe in saying that most people that this read blog, do not have to be told "Never Forget", "Remember 343", and all of that stuff, it is a part of us. After all of the fanfare, pomp and circumstance we are all still chauffeurs, engineers, DPO's, firefighters, firemen, probies, rookies, officers, and bosses. The best way that we can honor those that lost their lives on that tragic day:
Do Your Job!
Honor them and those that have gone on before us. Honor your department, and yourself by learning your job, knowing your job, and taking pride in the work that we do.
I would feel safe in saying that most people that this read blog, do not have to be told "Never Forget", "Remember 343", and all of that stuff, it is a part of us. After all of the fanfare, pomp and circumstance we are all still chauffeurs, engineers, DPO's, firefighters, firemen, probies, rookies, officers, and bosses. The best way that we can honor those that lost their lives on that tragic day:
Do Your Job!
Honor them and those that have gone on before us. Honor your department, and yourself by learning your job, knowing your job, and taking pride in the work that we do.
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