QuickTakes: November 28, 2011.
Helmet-cam in Cypress, California house fire: Orange County Fire Authority Video of extensive interior operations as firefighters pull ceilings trying to reach fire in the attic of a house fire on October 25. Click here for Part 2.
That's my boy: Thank you all for your support, even those who are trying to save me, after learning about my past during my tearful Thanksgiving Day confession. I hope it clears the air once and for all about my relationship with the website FireCritic.com. Click here in case you missed it (I think you will really like the touching family photos). Don't forget to check in with FireCritic.com and IronFiremen.com to see how they spin the story (if they had seen any of my classes they would know spin is dead). And for more proof to back up some of what I have been saying, check this out. Two websites, one challenge coin/brotherhood chip. Buy one so you can see for yourself.
Restaurant fire in PA: Newsworking's Bill Rohrer on the scene of a multi-alarm fire in North Manheim.
It's too late it's gone: Sorry if you missed the video of one of the more elaborate rookie pranks that we've seen on YouTube since the fake gun episode in Georgia. It was up for almost 24-hours before someone took to heart my question about why it was on YouTube at all. A still picture of the human cocoon still exists and it will give you an idea of what it was all about. And there are more than a few comments.
She needs to practice her swing: A good lesson for all when you set up the next dedication ceremony for a new rig. Make sure whoever is swinging the champagne bottle can handle the task. Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com has the video from East Haven, CT.
Table talk: Firegeezer Bill Schumm is encroaching on The Fire Critic's beat with his feature on a new kitchen table at a Fairfax County, Virginia firehouse. Check it out.
Promoted from lieutenant to fire chief is causing controversy: The decision by the mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts to promote a lieutenant who was union president to fire chief is not sitting well. Especially since, three-years-ago, the new chief fought the change in the law that now allows the mayor to make such an appointment. There is quite an extensive story on this issue in The Herald News.
Thanksgiving Day fire in Freehold, NJ: Click here for the video.
First due at the North Pole: A lot of praise in the comments section for the handling of a house fire by Alaska's North Star Fire Department. Watch the video (but don't do so without your long johns on).
House burns twice: Same house, same videographer. A house burns two nights in a row in Scottsdale, Arizona. Click here.
Water leak sparks assault on firefighter: In Boston a man slugged a firefighter and then tried to hit a second one with a glass bottle at the scene of a water leak. Here's the story.
Ring around the …. : It has been a while since we have seen one of these stories. London firefighters were called to a local hospital to remove a ring that could not be disengaged. I think you may have figured out the rest of this story. If not, here it is.
