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Robert Homman
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starting a honor guard from scratch
Ok you have paper. Do you have any of your members former military? They can be of great assistance to you. Half of our honor guard is former military, me being one of them. We have a few minor dif...
Replied Sep 8
Holding the Attack Line
I feel that pistol grips are a hindrance to hose deployment. While they can help to move the hose most firefighters forget to let go and get that nozzle out in front of them when it comes down to c...
Replied Aug 28
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Ok you have paper. Do you have any of your members former military? They can be of great assistance to you. Half of our honor guard is former military, me being one of them. We have a few minor differences in how and what we do but we work it out ...
We do not do residential lock-outs as a general rule. If we do get a call out for a residential lock-out we will first try to verify ownership. If we feel they are credible we will try to do the least amount of damage possible. We check every wind...
I feel that pistol grips are a hindrance to hose deployment. While they can help to move the hose most firefighters forget to let go and get that nozzle out in front of them when it comes down to crunch time. While training is helpful, we cannot d...
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- Department:
- Whitehall Division of Fire
- Title/rank:
- Firefighter / Paramedic
- Years of public service:
- 20+
- Agency structure:
- Paid fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- Outside training, Management, Day to Day Operations being consistent.
- Professional Qualifications:
- Professional firefighter, paramedic, fire investigator with OPOTA certification, instructor, inspector, HAZMAT entry certified, rescue tech.
- Topics you provide training for:
- Basic firefighting, EMT basic, firefighter safety,
- Bio:
- I have 20+ years experience. I have worked as a volunteer, a part-time, and a full-time union firefighter. I have taught for local JVS adult education programs and am a certified instructor through the Ohio State Fire Academy. Unofficially I was a company medic in Desert Storm and worked in a Evac Hospital.
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