Archive for June2014

Is This the Dumbing Down of the Fire Service?
June 22, 2014 | Uncategorized | anchorpoint1 | 7 Comments
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As I watch car commercials I am always struck by the new and better ways car manufacturers come up with to get us from point “A” to point “B”. All the bells and whistles add up to is more bells and whistles on wheels, but they don’t change the fact that we just need to […]

What the Spartanburg Burns Really Mean
June 17, 2014 | Education/Training, fire-rescue-topics, firefighter-safety-health, firefighting-operations, Thoughts, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos | firestudent1 | No Comments
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I will admit when the Spartanburg burns first started my first thought were they were trying to create and ” Outstanding ” Fire Service and I don’t mean Striving for Excellence. I felt as if there was a group of people trying to reinvent the fire service and make themselves the New Age Fire Service. […]

Blanket Rules Vs Training
June 15, 2014 | Education/Training, Thoughts, training-fire-rescue-topics | anchorpoint1 | 1 Comment

Firefighter Basics just finished our first of what promises to be many HOT classes as “Firefighter Basics”. One of the things we do is ask the students “How does your department do it? How does it work?”. The reason for the question is to show the other students the variety of ways to get the […]