Fire Blogs firegeezer on 19 Jul 2008 01:48 pm
Around The Fire Web
* Best Firefighter Video at FirefighterSpot has some fresh “hot ones” and a couple of close-call videos for you to check out. You should be checking his site every day HERE.
* VAFireNews has an interesting story about an Honor Guard school. The National Honor Guard Academy is teaming up with the City of Fairfax FRD to run a week-long school for existing honor guards to improve their skills. You can read about it HERE.
* EMS1 is carrying a story about a North Carolina rescue squad (non-ambulance) that has been suspended from operating until an investigation of their operating standards and practices can be completed. Too many horror stories have surface recently and they are covered HERE.
* The International Assoc. of Fire Chiefs recently announced that they have received a Federal grant of $989,000 to continue managing and expanding the National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System. Read the full details HERE.
* Wildfire Today is reporting on a Hawaiian firefighter of 17 yrs. who was recently fired being suspected of setting grass fires. Besides the latest in wildland fire news, keep scrolling on down to catch his articles on bears and Calif. condors being saved in the California fires HERE.
