Region 5 Course Update

This is a brief update on some of the upcoming catalog courses in Region 5:

·         2147-13-501, NIMS ICS, scheduled to start 8/8 at Summerville Fire Dept has been cancelled
·         3310-13-504, Rope Rescue, scheduled to start 8/10 at Hilton Head Island Fire/Rescue will go
·         2144-13-501, IC: High Rise, scheduled to start 8/11 at City of Charleston Fire Dept will go---this class is now free through grant funding
·         1153-13-501, FFI, scheduled to start 8/13 at Summerville Fire Dept will go
·         2153-13-502, I-300, scheduled to start 8/14 at St. John’s Fire Dept will go
·         1221-13-501, Pump Ops II, scheduled to start 8/18 at Awendaw Fire Dept will go
·         3330-13-502, Auto Extrication, scheduled to start 8/18 at Berkeley Co ESTC will go---this class is full
·         2155-13-501, Command Sim, scheduled to start 8/21 at James Island Fire Dept will go
·         2148-13-501, Unified Command, scheduled to start 8/30 at City of Charleston Fire Dept will go
·         1176-13-501, Pipeline, scheduled to start 8/31 at Beaufort Fire Dept will go
·         2118-13-502, PICO, scheduled to start 9/6 at North Charleston Fire Dept will go---this class is now free through grant funding

The Real Meaning of Brotherhood

BY FRED CROSBY

From www.fireengineering.com

THE CONCEPT OF BROTHERHOOD IS DEEPLY ROOTED in the common experience of those in the American fire service; yet, from my experience, it seems that few of us remember or fully understand the implications of such a concept.
My high school English teacher taught us that the strength of the English language is that it is a living and evolving language-the meanings of words evolve within the context in which they are used. Brotherhood may just be one of those evolving words. In the larger world today, brotherhood has come to be a term used by any group sharing a goal, no matter how nefarious the purpose. A simple Google search of the Internet returns more than 10,000 “hits” on the term brotherhood.

Region 5 Course Update

This is a brief update on some of the upcoming catalog courses in Region 5:

·     2153-13-501, I-300, scheduled to start 7/30 at Hilton Head Island Fire/Rescue has been cancelled
·         2171-13-502, Leadership I, scheduled to start 8/4 at Sheldon Fire Dept will go---this class is free through grant funding
·         1250-13-501, Aerial Ops, scheduled to start 8/6 at North Charleston Fire Dept will go—this class is full
·         1152-13-501, Fund of FF, scheduled to start 8/7 at Jasper Co Fire Dept will go
·         3310-13-504, Rope Rescue, scheduled to start 8/10 at Hilton Head Island Fire/Rescue will go
·         2144-13-501, IC: High Rise, scheduled to start 8/11 at City of Charleston Fire Dept will go---this class is now free through grant funding

The following classes are in danger of cancelling (low enrollment):

·         2150-13-501, ISO, scheduled to start 8/1 at Hilton Head Island Fire/Rescue (need 6 more students)
·         2150-13-502, ISO, scheduled to start 8/4 at Ashley River Fire Dept (need 5 more students)
·         8118-13-501, PPV, scheduled to start 8/4 at Berkley Co ESTC (need 4 more students)
·         2147-13-501, NIMS ICS, scheduled to start 8/8 at Summerville Fire Dept (need 4 more students)
·         1153-13-501, FFI, scheduled to start 8/13 at Summerville Fire Dept (need 2 more students)
·         2151-13-501, HSO, scheduled to start 8/16 at the Region 5 Office (need 2 more students)
·         1177-13-502, Utilities, scheduled to start 8/18 at Beaufort Fire Dept (need 2 more students)
·         2121-13-501, DMICO, scheduled to start 8/25 at Caromi Fire Dept (need 4 more students)
·         2130-13-501, Bldg Const: N/C, scheduled to start 8/25 at Bluffton Fire Dept (need 2 more students)

Challenging the Traditional Meaning of Aggressive Fire Attack

By Author(s): Shannon Pieper [3]
Published Wednesday, August 1, 2012 on www.firefighternation.com

In 2009, FDNY Lt. Ray McCormack roiled the fire service with a passionate keynote address at FDIC about the “culture of safety” that was developing in the fire service—and why he didn’t like it. One of the often-quoted lines from his presentation: “Too much safety makes Johnny a poor leader and a terrible rescuer.”

Many firefighters objected to Lt. McCormack’s presentation, arguing that his comments were inappropriate for a national presentation and could too easily be taken out of context and used to justify unsafe tactics. But just as many, if not more, felt that McCormack was simply putting voice to what they’d felt for some time now—that a continuing emphasis on preventing firefighter injury and death was threatening firefighters’ ability to do their job.

Ohio Firefighter Pinned Between Apparatus Loses Legs

http://www.firehouse.com/news/10738566/ohio-firefighter-pinned-between-apparatus-loses-legs