Pain Remains 25 Years after Columbus Line of Duty Death

THEODORE DECKER, The Columbus Dispatch Published Wednesday, August 15, 2012

He remembers every bit of that hot, miserable summer night.

He remembers the chaos on the radios, the blinding smoke, and the hole in the floor that may as well have been bottomless.

He remembers the crushing acceptance, as bricks rained into the alley around him and the Mithoff Building started to come down, that they had failed and his friend was dead.

Twenty-five years later, and the memories are as sharp as razors.

Region 5 Course Update

This is an update on some of the upcoming catalog classes in Region 5:

·         2121-13-501, DMICO, scheduled to start 8/25 at Caromi Fire Dept has been cancelled
·         2130-13-501, Bldg Const: N/C, scheduled to start 8/25 at Bluffton Fire Dept has been cancelled
·         2148-13-501, Unified Command, scheduled to start 8/30 at City of Charleston Fire Dept will go---this class is free through grant funding
·         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 free through grant funding
·         1154-13-501, FFII, scheduled to start 9/10 at Colleton Co Fire/Rescue will go
·         1152-13-502, Fund of FF, scheduled to start 9/11 at Berkeley Co ESTC will go---this class is full
·         2119-13-501, STICO, scheduled to start 9/15 at Ashley River Fire Dept will go
·         2172-13-501, Leadership II, scheduled to start 9/15 at Sheldon Fire Dept will go
·         2117-13-501, Volunteer Emerg Svcs Mgmt, scheduled to start 9/29 at Goose Creek Rural Fire Dept will go
·         1210-13-503, EVDT, scheduled to start 10/1 at Summerville Fire Dept will go
·         2147-13-502, NIMS ICS, scheduled to start 10/6 at Bluffton Fire Dept will go
·         2173-13-501, Leadership III, scheduled to start 10/13 at Sheldon Fire Dept will go
·         2113-13-501, FSS: Personal, scheduled to start 10/20 at Awendaw Fire Dept will go
·         2176-13-501, Shaping the Future, scheduled to start 10/20 at City of Charleston Fire Dept will go
·         4165-13-501, Fire & Life Safety Educator, scheduled to start 10/22 at Bluffton Fire Dept will go
·         2172-13-502, Leadership II, scheduled to start 11/3 at City of Charleston Fire Dept will go
·         2173-13-502, Leadership III, scheduled to start 11/8 at Isle of Palms Fire Dept will go
·         1250-13-503, Aerial Ops, scheduled to start 11/13 at Summerville Fire Dept will go
·         1160-13-504, Truck Co, scheduled to start 11/17 at Goose Creek Rural Fire Dept will go
·         2100-13-503, Fire Officer, scheduled to start 12/3 at City of Charleston Fire Dept will go
·         2121-13-504, DMICO, scheduled to start 12/15 at City of Charleston Fire Dept will go

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


·         1177-13-503, Utilities, scheduled to start 9/8 at Awendaw Fire Dept (need 8 more students)
·         2130-13-502, Bldg Const: N/C, scheduled to start 9/8 at Caromi Fire Dept (need 3 more students)
·         2155-13-502, Command Sim, scheduled to start 9/11 at Colleton Co Fire/Rescue (need 2 more students)
·         1160-13-502, Truck Co, scheduled to start 9/12 at James Island Fire Dept (need 5 more students)
·         2153-13-503, I-300, scheduled to start 9/12 at Ashley River Fire Dept (need 4 more students)

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