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Common Sense Firefighting
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Start Water
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HONOR THEIR SACRIFICES
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Rescuing the Rescuers
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Tradition, TRADITION!
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Marty Mayes's Discussions
Snake In The Grass
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Snake In The Grass
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Patti, no offense taken. Now I'm sorry you mis-took what I said as being offended. It is the one problem I have with post, you simply cannot hear voice inflection or read body language, which serves as much better forms of communication. I truly e...
Ok Patti, You have me thinking but I'm not sure what your poem means at the end of my day. I feel there is always room for me to improve my style of management. It is interesting that when I showed this particular rookie the pic,I was merely handi...
Marques,
One of the ideas I put in place for guys is, Habitat for Humanity. We take on a house once or twice a year and build it. It serves to satisfy several training objectives I am looking for, including building construction. Granted it reall...
Paul,
Let me give you a huge compliment! When I showed a rookie riding my engine, he gave me a seven letter two word response to your toon. We stood eye to eye for a minute or so, then he added,"captain...... sir"
I told him if he can get as much...
Stephanie,
If I can offer any words to you let me tell you a story. A few years back I was still a FF in my city. I held a senior position on an engine company. It is a four person engine, so I was the lead FF. We toned out on a house fire on a S...
Thanks for adding this photo. My district has many houses with metal roofs, added on top of the shingle roof.
Marty
Profile Information
- Residence.
- River Oaks Texas
- Department:
- River Oaks Fire Department
- Title/rank:
- Captain
- Years of public service:
- 22
- Agency structure:
- Volunteer fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- Providing progressive training, while gaining valuable experience among new firefighters.
- Professional Qualifications:
- 22 years service in all facets of public service. I have been on my fire department for the entire time but worked ten years as a police officer as well. I am a level 2 instructor for the State of Texas and hold an advanced certification.
- Topics you provide training for:
- Fire ground risk management, a realistic and practical approach.All firefighting duties and activities provided by my department.
- Areas of expertise:
- Fire service risk management. Structural fire fighting. Training program design and implementation.
- Bio:
- I am a proud father of two. The oldest just came on the job this past month. I am engaged to a beautiful and supportive lady. I own a risk management company, that specializes in public service organizations. I also am the operations manager for a fire service ladder testing company.
- Web site:
- http://visiononegroup.com
Marty Mayes's Blog
The Precious Faith fire, ten years later.
As I sit to write this post, I am overwhelmed with many emotions. For the past ten years, I have found myself torn between celebrating the love of valentine's day and the memory of my three lost brothers. The events of Feb. 15, 1999 came on the heels of romance and love for all of us at station 13. We all started that day, the 15th, satisfied we had passed yet another milestone of roses and thoughtfully written cards. Our respective spouses willingly allowed us to run to the morning tone of stru… Continue
Posted on February 9, 2009 at 11:20pm — 1 Comment
The eyes of my grandfather
I had occasion the other day to spend a considerable amount of time with one of today's youth. I was interested to speak with him due to all the discussion nowdays about the state of today's younger generation. I know it seems to be a topic the fire service is finding more and more worth while to address. I see this issue raise in the specific areas of training and management of new firefighters. So on to my meeting, I hope you find it as eye opening as I did.
I was taking an afternoon to mysel… Continue
I was taking an afternoon to mysel… Continue
Posted on November 24, 2008 at 4:27pm — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (18 comments)
- At 1:50pm on May 23, 2009,
Todd McKee said…
- Dear Friend,
Please allow me to invite you to the group called HazMat Placards to Success. This group will allow firefighters to discuss a step by step process for a Hazardous Materials response. From the firefighter to the hazmat technician. The first step has been posted in the group, with many more steps to come.
Thank you!
Todd McKee
- At 10:17pm on February 12, 2009,
Aaron Marquez said… - Yeah we have step up in the World and started to use buckets as well!!!
- At 2:23pm on February 12, 2009,
Brent Sanger said… - Marty, I will handle it. I have the ability to pull offensive or inapproproate postings and ban inappropriate members. Let me give it a look see. Thanks for the heads up.
- At 3:22pm on January 27, 2009,
John Barrett said… - Hey Marty,
Ijust saw your comment about college station...i went down there to meet with Ron Siarnicki...
Anyway, when you called me alittle bit ago I was in the middle of an apparatus project and didn't even realize what you were talking about...I'm going to try to get out there for those funerals on thursday and friday as well. Are you riding with someone? Want to ride together?
Let me know
John
- At 10:23pm on January 15, 2009,
John Barrett said…
- I will be going to College Station again on Tuesday...should get back late afternoon...if then would work, let me know...if not wednesday or friday would be best for me
- At 1:22pm on January 15, 2009,
John Barrett said…
- Hey Marty,
When would be a good time next week to go get some coffee?
- At 10:29am on January 12, 2009,
Les Stephens said… - Sorry for the delay in getting back with you. I have been out of town and I needed to check with Roger. He said he is willing to do the class again we just need to pick a C-shift day so he and I are both off. Call me at 817-929-1108 and we can pick a couple of days to look at.
Thanks
Les
- At 7:07am on January 9, 2009,
Jay Lowry said… - Sounds good.
- At 11:59am on December 28, 2008,
Dave LeBlanc said… - The link was more as an answer to the first question.
- At 6:34pm on December 23, 2008,
Brent Sanger said…
- I see the same thing. Foreign persons joining the community and spamming the members. Unfortunately it is something that is hard to weed out, all we can do is delete them as soon as we see them. If you come across anyone you think warrants a further look, by all means let me know.
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