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Four Firefighters Rescued (Documentary, A Year Later)
January 24, 2015 | administration-leadership, command-leadership, Dispatch & Communications, Emergency Communications, EMS Dispatch, ems-health-safety, ems-topics, Fire Dispatch, Fire Safety, fire-prevention-education, fire-rescue-topics, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, fires, funding-staffing, in-the-line-of-duty, line-of-duty, major-incidents, news, patient-management, rescues, special-operations, technology-communications, Training, training-development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Uncategorized, videos | Eric Stroud | 3 Comments
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On January 30th of 2014, Greensboro Fire Department, NC responded to a working car fire at a auto repair shop. While the crew of Engine 11 were getting dressed in their PPE, they were notified the car was inside of the shop currently on fire. As crews were working to extinguish the fire, the unthinkable […]

Firefighter’s Life saved by the Last Chance Rescue Filter
December 16, 2013 | administration-leadership, command-leadership, Dispatch & Communications, Emergency Communications, EMS Dispatch, ems-health-safety, ems-topics, Fire Dispatch, Fire Safety, fire-prevention-education, fire-rescue-topics, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, fires, funding-staffing, hazmat, in-the-line-of-duty, Kill the flashover, line-of-duty, major-incidents, mass-casualty-incident, news, patient-management, rescues, special-operations, technology-communications, technology-communications-ems-topics, Training, training-development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Uncategorized, videos | Eric Stroud | No Comments
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The incident occurred on October 8th 2013 with the LA City Fire Department. A Firefighter became trapped when the second floor he was on collapsed to the first floor. The firefighter became trapped under fallen debris. When the firefighter ran out of air he was forced to use his Last Chance Rescue Filter. After putting […]

Confined Space Training On USS North Carolina
July 14, 2013 | administration-leadership, command-leadership, Confined Space Training, Dispatch & Communications, Emergency Communications, EMS Dispatch, ems-health-safety, ems-topics, Fire Dispatch, Fire Safety, fire-prevention-education, fire-rescue-topics, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, fires, funding-staffing, hazmat, in-the-line-of-duty, Kill the flashover, line-of-duty, major-incidents, mass-casualty-incident, news, patient-management, rescues, special-operations, technology-communications, technology-communications-ems-topics, Training, training-development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Uncategorized, vehicle-operation-ambulances, vehicle-operations-apparatus, videos, wildland | Eric Stroud | No Comments
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It is that time of year again to sigh up for a rare opportunity to train on the most decorated Battleship in all of World War II, the USS North Carolina located in beautiful Wilmington North Carolina. While taking this program you will get a chance to put your skills to the test and have […]

To Go… or Not To Go… (That is the question)
March 5, 2013 | administration-leadership, command-leadership, ems-health-safety, Fire Dispatch, fire-prevention-education, fire-rescue-topics, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, fires, Kill the flashover, major-incidents, mass-casualty-incident, news, rescues, special-operations, technology-communications, Training, training-development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Uncategorized | Eric Stroud | No Comments
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  During my recent trip to the S.C. Fire Academy for the 2013 Kill the Flashover research fires, I came away with one aspect as to the importance of thermal imaging and the fire attack that rocked my paradigm. It is referred as the GO..NO TEST. This is worthy of reading brothers so don’t stop […]

Have we forgotten Tradition in the fire service ?!?!?
January 25, 2013 | administration-leadership, command-leadership, ems-health-safety, ems-topics, Fire Dispatch, Fire Safety, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, funding-staffing, hazmat, in-the-line-of-duty, line-of-duty, major-incidents, mass-casualty-incident, news, patient-management, rescues, special-operations, technology-communications, technology-communications-ems-topics, Uncategorized | Eric Stroud | 5 Comments
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First off let me start off by apologizing if this blog offends anyone. If you feel like you are easily offended , please do not read. Other than that, you have been warned. I decided to write this post in response to a Facebook post I saw just moments ago (I plan to keep this […]

The Creation of a Firefighter
November 28, 2012 | administration-leadership, command-leadership, Dispatch & Communications, Emergency Communications, EMS Dispatch, ems-health-safety, ems-topics, Fire Dispatch, fire-prevention-education, fire-rescue-topics, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, fires, funding-staffing, hazmat, in-the-line-of-duty, line-of-duty, major-incidents, mass-casualty-incident, news, patient-management, rescues, special-operations, technology-communications, Training, training-development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Uncategorized, vehicle-operation-ambulances, vehicle-operations-apparatus, videos, wildland | Eric Stroud | 1 Comment

When the Lord was creating Firefighters, he was into his sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared and said, “Your doing a lot of fiddling around on this one.” And the Lord said “Have you read the specification on this person? Firefighters have to be able to go for hours fighting fires or tending […]

Out of Air Emergency (Last Chance Rescue Filter)
January 12, 2012 | administration-leadership, command-leadership, Dispatch & Communications, Emergency Communications, EMS Dispatch, ems-health-safety, ems-topics, Fire Dispatch, Fire Safety, fire-rescue-topics, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, fires, funding-staffing, in-the-line-of-duty, line-of-duty, major-incidents, mass-casualty-incident, patient-management, rescues, special-operations, technology-communications, technology-communications-ems-topics, Training, training-development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Uncategorized, vehicle-operations-apparatus, videos | Eric Stroud | No Comments
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You are in a dark, heat, smoke filled room, and you are taking your last breath. You think to yourself now what?. Your mind quickly goes to a check list of things to do. During this check list, your family comes to mind. Is this it? I’m never going to see them again. The nervousness […]

2011 Higgins & Langley Memorial Awards in Swiftwater Rescue Announced
May 16, 2011 | administration-leadership, ems-health-safety, ems-topics, fire-rescue-topics, firefighter-safety-health, funding-staffing, news, patient-management, rescues, special-operations, technology-communications-ems-topics, training-development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Uncategorized | Eric Stroud | No Comments
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ASHEVILLE, NC. April 3, 2011—The Higgins & Langley Memorial and Education Fund Awards Committee is proud to announce the 2011 Higgins & Langley Memorial Awards in Swiftwater Rescue, which recognize excellence in the field of flood and swiftwater rescue. The awards will be presented on Friday, June 3, 2011, at 7:30 PM, at the annual […]

Harness Induced Pathology
April 22, 2011 | Confined Space Training, ems-health-safety, ems-topics, fire-rescue-topics, major-incidents, patient-management, rescues, special-operations, training-development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Uncategorized | Eric Stroud | 2 Comments
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Harness Induced Pathology is a silent killer in High Angle Rope Rescue, it can also be known as Harness hanging syndrome, Suspension Trauma, Suspension Induced Shock, and Etc. Whatever the title may be, it still poses a problem for rescuers and patients.

Confined Space Rescue Training
December 10, 2010 | administration-leadership, Confined Space Training, ems-health-safety, fire-rescue-topics, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, hazmat, major-incidents, rescues, special-operations, technology-communications, training-development, training-fire-rescue-topics | Eric Stroud | No Comments
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A Great opportunity for Confined Space Training on a WWII Battleship