* The IAFF is spreading the word about Capitol Records’ attempt to squelch a recording that benefits a charity devoted to assisting police and firefighters who suffer personally from local disasters. Capitol’s reasoning is petty and does nothing but increase the animosity that the big studios have already generated. Read what’s going on HERE.
* In May of last year Firegeezer reported on a terrible firetruck crash which happened when a Massillon, Ohio, man pulled out of a side street into the path of a responding Quint (see article HERE). The resulting crash killed the man driving the van and his passenger, a young boy. Chief Billy Goldfeder is reporting at Firefighter Close Calls that the man’s widow has filed a civil suit against both the quint driver and the OIC for reasons that he talks about HERE.
* Grant has the SConFire back in full operation now with all the LATEST in South Carolina F & R news HERE.
* STATter911 has a sad story this morning about one of those freaky murder-suicides where Dad goes around the house killing the whole family before he does himself in. This time one of the children was a junior member of the local VFD. He’s got it HERE.
* FireDaily is talking about still one more thing that has to be crammed into the pumper’s cabinets, the Dirty Bomb Emergency Kit HERE.
* FD’s in my part of the world call it “Fill-ins.” The Happy Medic’s co-workers call it “Covering-in” and he’s reviewing the basic rules for the fill-in companies HERE. This is an especially good article for newer members to be assigned to read.
* A quiet Sunday morning is the perfect time to sit back and read Chief Reason Art’s lesson on how to turn a setback into something positive. You’ll find it HERE.
Moving to or filling in to another station is revered to as a “Move-Up” in many areas of the Midwest.
We call it a cover assignment here in the Northeast.