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At 11:03am on October 7, 2009, Rick Fritz said…: The new Basics book looks great!

At 4:40pm on September 15, 2009, Noel Marti said…: There is a written component to the exam which accounts for 40% of your overall score and there is also a practical scenario where they give you a fire scenario and you have to hit certain benchmarks in allotted time (12 min?). The practical portion is 60% of the overall grade.

At 4:15pm on September 15, 2009, Noel Marti said…: Any suggestions for practical scenarios?

At 4:14pm on September 15, 2009, Noel Marti said…: It's for a promotional exam that I am taking and I studied it last year. This year they are using your new 2nd edition and I'd hate to read it all over again since I had already made note cards. Not to say that I don't like reading your books...LOL but it would save a lot of time if I just knew the changes.

From Miramar Florida. Thank you very much for you rapid response Chief. Excellent book. look forward to attending one of your seminars in the near future. Once again....thank you!

At 11:51am on September 15, 2009, Noel Marti said…: Chief,

Wanted to know if there is any way we can look up the changes from the 1st edition to the 2nd edition of the Fireground Strategies book?

Thanks,

Lt. Marti

At 1:48pm on August 6, 2009, Walter D. Patterson said…: Chief,

Hope you enjoyed your vacation. I really enjoyed your seminar at the Expo recently. Thanks again! Walter

At 2:59pm on August 4, 2009, Michael Swiman said…: Chief,
Wake Forest is a community just outside of Raleigh NC. Wake Forest University did start out here but moved to Winston Salem back in the 50's. We still to this day get people asking about WF University here in town. The college campus now is home to Southeastern Baptist Seminary.

Thanks for the add, and look forward to the info you provide.
"KTF-EGH"

Swiman

At 2:23pm on August 4, 2009, John B Renner IV said…: hey!
thanks for the welcome, I wish I knew about this site earlier on. the training videos on here are really good. Duck is not near Durham, but you're right about the outer banks. stay safe brother!

John

At 8:57pm on April 29, 2009, Matt Thomson said…: Found the Terra Haute video, thanks!

At 10:15am on April 29, 2009, Matt Thomson said…: Thanks again Chief.

At 10:28am on April 28, 2009, Nick Morgan said…: Hi Chief,
No, the book is not used here, though I wish it were. I used John Norman's book in the past to help prepare me for the assessment center; and if I have to go through it again I'll use yours too. It can't hurt!

Stay safe!

At 11:19pm on April 26, 2009, Nick Morgan said…: Hey Chief,

Sorry I missed your class at FDIC. I heard it was great. Too many good classes to choose from this year. LOL! Your book is great, lot's of good info that will apply here in St Louis.

Stay safe!

Nick

At 4:04pm on April 25, 2009, Shane Furuta said…: Chief,

It was a pleasure meeting you... Thanks again on a fantastic class. I'll let you know as soon as I get through that giant text you just wrote. Keep up the great work you are doing for the fire service. Aloha Brother- Shane

At 1:11am on April 12, 2009, Don Huneke said…: Chief. Great topic you posted about Freelancing. I got on my soap box on that one. I hope my response sparked as much thought as your topic did. Stay Safe (EGH)

At 8:44pm on March 5, 2009, Phil Jose said…: Chief,

Just sent you a friend request. We met when you were here in Seattle and had lunch together talking about vert vent of a truss construction.

I wanted to reach out and see if you have some insight into differences in construction feature that can help identify whether a flat roof building has a cockloft/attic space and/or when there is no space but just ceiling/insulation in the rafter space/and roof deck.

We have a lot of buildings with both types of construction and we recently had a top floor fire with a mis-identification of a cockloft where there was none. Significant difference in fire spread potential and resource allocation. No harm done but I would like to train the crews on how to quickly differentiate between the two.

Thanks a bunch.

Phil Jose

At 1:21pm on March 5, 2009, Scott Thompson said…: Hey Bro. just checking in and saying hello. Look forward to seeing you in Indy. Hope all is well.

Scott

At 2:14pm on February 28, 2009, P.J. Norwood said…: Chief, I attended your lecture yesterday at the CT Fire Academy. Excellant job, thank you very much. My shift today will be wearing their chin strap!

I never did hear from Andrew Scott but I am not going anywhere so if you ned anything please let me know.

Thanks agian.

P.J. Norwood

At 4:09pm on January 26, 2009, Will Stolc said…: Hey Chief
I have some pics from our recent training activities. If you want give me your e-mail and ill send you them.

At 9:45pm on January 21, 2009, Jay Lowry said…: I'll let you know when it's up Chief.

At 10:57am on January 21, 2009, Jay Lowry said…: Thanks Chief. We will get a review up once it's arrived.

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