MUST SEE VIDEO ALERT!!!: The video above is not the must see one, but it is interesting. It's the raw video from the interview Brian Wilson of Fox News did last week with Creek Nation Paramedic Maurice White Jr. about his May 24 confrontation with Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Daniel Martin. Since that interview, the dash-cam from Trooper Martin's car has been released by OHP. Now that you have been able to see both videos, watch the interviews with the EMS crew, and read the written accounts from all parties, including witnesses, what do you think? Our discussion is continuing. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE DASH-CAM VIDEO, FIND LINKS TO ALL THE MATERIAL AND TO COMMENT.
More fire & police interaction with video of a cop blocking traffic and the plug: This is another version of the June 4 house fire in Lodi, NJ that prompted more than a few comments. This video gives some earlier views and different angles on the fire. One of the most interesting shots is of one engine company responding and preparing to drop some LDH at the hydrant. But a black & white is not only blocking the plug but the pathway to the fire and the officer is nowhere to be found. Check it out.
The LACK of fire & police interaction is the subject of this story: In Alexandria, Virginia, a man, worried about his pregnant wife failing to show for a doctor's appointment, calls for help. Police responded to the apartment to check on the wife, but according to the man, refused his pleas to break down the door. The wife, the toddler son and a newborn girl were all on the floor of the apartment when the husband arrived home four-hours later. From our calls, police are now investigating if proper procedures were followed on the initial dispatch, which only had a police response. This story came from a tip generated through STATter911.com and more than ably handled by 9NEWS NOW reporter Gary Nurenberg. Click to read and watch for the story.
Join in on the safety roundtable: Some old hands in the fire service get to meet the new media in Emmitsburg this afternoon. USFA has brought this group together for a Firefighter/EMS Health and Safety Roundtable. Firehouse.com's Susan Nicol Kyle will be blogging about it and there are other Internet components, including a podcast. You can also send in your own questions. Click here for the details.
Court rules against firefighter terminated over issues surrounding her MySpace page: Tiffany Marshall's image once promoted diversity in the Savannah Fire Department. But when that picture appeared on her MySpace page alongside ones of Firefighter Marshall with almost nothing on it set the wheels in motion that resulted in her firing. Tiffany Marshall took her case to court and lost on all counts including discrimination and freedom of speech. Read more.
Two dead in Maryland fire: It happened around 9:30 Sunday evening. Dead in the two-alarm house fire on Arizona Circle in Bethesda are a 74-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman. Click here for more.
Close call in Columbus: Two firefighters were burned in Columbus, Ohio at a fire at 135 Wisconsin Avenue early Sunday morning. One of the firefighters had fallen through a floor of the burning home. News coverage is here. A couple of aftermath pictures are available from our friends at Box 15.
As time goes by: An interesting story from The Washington Post about a 50-year veteran of the fire service in Loudoun County, Virginia. James Goss of the Lucketts VFD compares the old with the new. Check out the article.
I'm busy watching the air show at Ocean City & Firegeezer is working his butt off: Trying to spend a few moments away from the computer with my son watching the great air show (including the USAF Thunderbirds) at Ocean City, MD (site of this week's Maryland State Firemen's Association Convention) and I get back to find Firegeezer has all of the good stories. Just click here and scroll down to find items including, a fiery wreck involving an ammo laden triple-trailer rig in Utah, a furniture store fire at a Mississippi strip mall, an update on the deadly Slim Jim explosion and fire and an interesting dress code for a Florida town. Also, he had a good story the day before (that I failed to run, despite a STATter911.com reader sending me the goods) about a lane blocking policy in North Carolina that really paid off. Click here for that one.
Firehouse Zen on credentialing: One of my biggest regrets these days is that I am not spending enough time reading some of the other great fire service blogs and websites. Just not enough hours in the day. But always near the top of my blog scanning is Firehouse Zen. Mick Mayers has lately been focusing on credentialing and has some interesting stories to tell. Click here.
Update on the mass termination of volunteers in Owego, NY: It turns out some of the termination letters were sent in mistake and there is a dispute over the actual numbers of letters that went out. Is it 315 or 149? Click here on the latest in this story we first told you about a week ago.
New rules: By now I am sure you are aware of the story from Providence, Rhode Island where the labor problems with firefighters has put a crimp in the get-together for the US Conference of Mayors. But have you read the rules that came out Thursday to prevent on-duty firefighters from supporting those who are picketing. Click here.
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