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Ben Fleagle: Male
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

Residence.: Fairbanks, Alaska

Department:: University Fire Department

Title/rank:: Captain

Years of public service:: 17

Agency structure:: Paid fire department

Top issues in your department:: Manpower. We are a paid department, but our firefighters from drivers to probies are paid college students. They are hard working, motivated and dedicated to the profession, but the times are changing and how to help the department adapt to change is a tough issue. Do we need to make the move to paid permenant drivers and so on...difficult questions.

Professional Qualifications:: AAS degree in Muncipal Fire Control.
Alaska State and IFSAC FFI, II, Driver/Oper.,Officer I, Instr. I, and RIT Tech., Swiftwater Tech I and II, Ice Rescue, Low to High Angle Rope and Confined Space Technician.
Calif. State FF I and Heavy Rescue I.
I have been teaching in the public and private sector since 1997.

Topics you provide training for:: Have been a member of the Rescue Co., formerly of Fairbanks Alaska, since 1997, teaching Swiftwater, Ice Rescue, Confined Space and Rope Rescue.
Currently teach Building Construction for Fire Protection, Advanced Rescue Practices and Rapid Intervention Company Operations for Tanana Valley Community College.

I offer a lecture on career developement and devotion to the profession called "ON THE JOB", which covers getting hired into the fire service, maintaining a job in the fire service and how to give back to the service.

I co-lead a class developed from the Alaska State RIT guidelines and the R.I.C.O. concept. Focus goes beyond the basics of RIT technician and into officer performance, company teamwork and skills for needed for reaching and extricating downed firefighters. Throughout the class firefighters are pushed to their limits as they work in company sized teams to achieve a rescue or complete survival objectives.

Areas of expertise:: Focus is on Leadership, Building Construction and Rapid Intervention.
Well versed in Technical Rescue.

Bio:: Joined the fire service in 1991 in Southern California as a Paid Call Firefighter in Orange County Fire Authority. Entered career service in 1994 through the Federal Fire Service, re-entering the municpal sector in 2001 as a Captain at the University Fire Dept. Have spent the past ten years teaching technical rescue, building construction, leadership and rapid intervention.

Awards: Recieved the Fairbanks Lions Club Community Service Award, the Alaska Interior Fire Chiefs Company Officer of the Year.

Currently President of the Fartherst North FOOLS, a Chapter of the Fraternal Order of Leatherheads Society and the 2007 recipients of the John Mickel Award for Brotherhood.

Web site:: www.farthestnorthfools.org

Ben Fleagle's Groups

Rescuing the Rescuers: (71 members)
Created by J. Scott Loftis

“Pride and Ownership”: (221 members)
Created by Rick Lasky

Tradition, TRADITION!: (116 members)
Created by Glenn Corbett

Mentoring: (48 members)
Created by Scott Thompson

Truck Company Operations: (159 members)
Created by Christopher A. Barry, Sr.

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What have you given?

Added a reply Jun 26

Greg and Ben We make a difference everyday. For one, everyone knows we're there. I tell my guys over and over that we are the last of the really good guys in this country. We don't kill, we don't ... Read More »

Motivating Firefighters to train

Added a post May 8

Hey Brother: Small rural dept? I'm in Alaska. I know your pain. I'm not the training officer. We don't have one. But I am one of the officers that pushes hard to make the training come about right... Read More »

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At 1:41pm on July 3rd, 2008, Brandon Roark said…: hey capn',
sorry for the drunk dialing during Lancione's wedding, we were hoping to get some probie to answer the phone, but it is obivious that you are still faster than the youngest new punk kids in the firehouse. I hope, at the very least, some pushups were in order:) I have to admit though your voice is more sobering than 30 cups of java.

I had a good time though. Got to meet one of your former men, Josh. Good kid. Speaks highly of you.

So we had a good time, its amazing to see Lancione so....fatherly. something that is still hard to imagine.

Swan took over 1200 photos and she will post them when she gets them all sorted and photoshopped... I will pass the link on to you when they are up.

we have got to get together SOON!!

At 12:11am on July 3rd, 2008, Chad Berg said…: Fair enough!

No, the carts are two wheel drive, you will have to adjust without having a "MOOSE RACK" mounted on the front hood!
The weather has been 80-90 for the last 4-5 days. We placed the weather order back in November!

At 9:45pm on July 2nd, 2008, Ben Marler said…: Hey, Ben. I just read about your department using college students. I went to Auburn University and went through a similar program. About 85% of the dept. is in school at AU. It does present problems, turnover especially. I know what your talking about. Take care. TN Ben

At 9:09pm on June 29th, 2008, Ben Marler said…: Hey Ben. Good to meet you. Thanks for your reply. Sorry to say I can't make it to the convention this year. Sounds like a good one (watch out for team pissbrick). Yall have fun and drink one for me. I just noticed you're from Alaska. Man, I bet that creates some unique problems for fighting fire. Take care and stay low. Ben. FTM-PTB

At 6:20am on June 25th, 2008, Ellen Brown said…: Hi Ben,

Unfortunately, Dick and I won't be able to make it to Seattle for the Convention. We were going to drive out (I hate airplanes), and with fuel prices the way they are it's just going to make it way too expensive. I truly wanted to finally meet you too; we're real disappointed that we won't be there.

At 9:46pm on June 24th, 2008, Tod Chambers said…: Hey pal, I got my registration done. We're going to have a grand time.

At 11:37pm on June 23rd, 2008, Rob Fisher said…: Hey brother...are you excited for the convention? It's only a few weeks away.

See ya soon!

At 11:03am on June 6th, 2008, Greg Wild said…: Ben,
Do you have a email address I can get from you?
Thanks,
Greg

At 12:14pm on June 5th, 2008, Chad Berg said…: Ladder co. 72 made a "grab" the other day just after midnight on Saturday night. We had a reported person trapped. We arrived first, forced the front door to have fire in the stairwell going up and the stairwell going down. It was consumed in fire, as we ran up the stairs. Visibility was about 12" and we started an "oriented search". I found him within 2 minutes..combative for a few seconds then uncounscious. I met up with my irons truckman and he grabbed the legs with me on the torso. I radiod command (who just arrived) that L72 had a victim and we were coming out the front door. We had to go back through the stairwell with fire and then got him out to the lawn. He regained consc. within a bit, and was swearing, smoking cigarrettes and scratching his #^*$ within a 1/2 hour.
Everyone on the scene felt pretty damn good about how it all went down. I was acting Lt. that night (Fisher was in Hawaii), Ekse was the D/O, and my Truckman has only been off probation for 5 months.

TRAINING! TRAINING! TRAINING! TRAINING! TRAINING! TRAINING! TRAINING! TRAINING!

At 6:45pm on May 8th, 2008, Chad Berg said…: Excellent! Thanks Brother, and of course you are welcome. Thank You!

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