Quick Takes: July 5, 2011.
Man with camera has the command & thinks it's the Fourth of July: It is just a car fire, but I love the direction the videographer is giving the firefighters. But if you are going to be in command you need to know the difference between burning fireworks and the magnesium that's part of the car.
Quite the video: If you haven't yet seen the video of the bomb tech in Thailand being blown back as the car he was standing over explodes, you will want to do so. Thanks to his PPE the man was able to get up and walk away. Dramatic video that was caught by three different cameras. Click here to see it.
More on last month's mayday in Milwaukee that was caught on camera: We have posted an interesting video on the bail out from the attic at a June 3 house fire by two firefighters. Check it out.
Is burning your neighbor's house down an inalienable right?: The idiot who runs this blog must be some liberal do-gooder who want us all to live in a nanny state. He is trying to make the case that living in a world where you can shoot the biggest, baddest fireworks in your neighborhood and build homes on top of each other without sprinklers or fire resistive barriers is not about freedom. In fact, if you read his comments, Dave believes the fireworks and home building lobbies like to stir up the masses with this freedom talk to disguise their own greed. As usual, Statter has it backwards and we should be banning sprinklers (and Statter) and putting fireworks in the hands of everyone. But I do admit that he has some pretty cool videos to illustrate his Commie dribble. Here it is.
Dave talks evolution: More evidence of Statter's political leanings. Now Dave thinks he's Charles Darwin in his rant about a man with a garden hose in one hand and a video camera in the other. Read this, if you must
Unlike Dave, FireTruckBlog.com captures the real spirit of the holiday weekend: Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com has some nice video from Walpole, Massachusetts' 53rd Annual Night Before The Fourth Fire Engine Parade and an international fire truck give-away.
Collapse caught on video sends firefighters scrambling: Dave Hernandez and our friends at PhillyFireNews.com have the video from a three-alarm fire in Camden, New Jersey where the was a bit of a close-call when a wall collapsed. Watch the video.
Fire department hit & run?: That's what some are claiming after two children on bicycles were hit in Richmond, Virginia last night. A police statement says, "Investigators are looking into reports that the RFD vehicle, traveling through the intersection responding to a call, may have come into contact with the bicyclists". Read details.
Suspicious package forces fire station evacuation: The package was left by the flag pole forcing the Central Fire Station in Manchester, New Hampshire to empty out. Here's more.
No confidence vote for fire chief: Turmoil in Huntington, West Virginia as the City Council tries to sort out the battles between the chief and his firefighters. Read the story.
Charges dropped against New Mexico fire chief: A judge in northern New Mexico didn't even have to hear Eddie Velarde's defense and told the Velarde Fire Department chief he was free to go after his arrest earlier this year while in command of a fire. Here's more.
Join us in Baltimore: Firegeezer Bill has been doing a much better job than I have of promoting our joint venture at Firehouse Expo. But, then again, if it wasn't for Schumm our collection of misfits wouldn't all be together in one spot on the convention floor. I can assure you that Booth 743 will be unlike any other you visit. It is kind of like Gilligan's Island meets Barnum and Bailey. This year, in addition to FossilMedic, Fireboy, Fireboy's father and Fireboy's weird uncle & business partner, we have a real live fireman from Texas selling books. Will Wyatt has lost his mind (if someone finds it please return it) and will be hawking his wonderful book, And a Paycheck, Too!. Some in that booth probably have never read a book, much less written one. And if all of that is not enough to entice you, come see the panel I am part of called, Social Media: An Opportunity, a Curse, or Both? on Saturday, July 23 between 8:30 and 10:00 AM. I will be joining Bill Delaney, Pete Piringer and Curt Varone. And BTW, make sure you get your free convention floor pass by clicking here and putting in promo code EX 79.
