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March 2013 Blog Posts (9)

Rarified Air

A few days ago on March 27th, we were reminded of the 6th anniversary of the Firegeezer blog. It’s crazy, but I thought they had been around longer than that. It sure seems like it.

When I say “they”; of course I am referring to Bill Schumm and Perfesser Mike Ward. They complement each other very well. Bill is soft-spoken and a student of the history of the fire service and Mike Ward is an academian who can fire off…

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Added by Art "Chief Reason" Goodrich on March 29, 2013 at 3:34pm — No Comments

Healthy Eating Rules for the Firehouse

What do you need for survival?  I’m not talking about your phone, technology or a certain person; I mean what does your body need to survive?  If you said food you would be correct… the single most important thing you need to focus on at that point is what to eat.…

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Added by Aaron Zamzow on March 28, 2013 at 6:33pm — No Comments

Goggles

http://headsupfirefighting.blogspot.com/2013/03/goggles.html

Do you know what you're looking at?

Added by Dave Werner on March 27, 2013 at 3:50pm — No Comments

PUT FIRE OUT - GET GIRLS!

Report: The first recorded history of fire attack exposes the true motivation for the engine company!





Click link below to see more of Paul's work or to order prints:…

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Added by Paul Combs on March 25, 2013 at 9:30am — 4 Comments

CHARGE BEFORE YOU CHARGE - March Fire Engineering Mag Cartoon

Added by Paul Combs on March 19, 2013 at 8:43am — No Comments

New prop!

http://headsupfirefighting.blogspot.com/p/props.html

Added by Dave Werner on March 18, 2013 at 4:39pm — No Comments

ARMED AND DANGEROUS SITUATION



First, let me say that I am a supporter of the Second Amendment and our constitutional right as citizens to bear arms - so, calm down now before you read any further, I don't want your guns! That being said, I am not a supporter of any hypothesis where firefighters and first-responders are armed. I am not a cop, nor do I want to be! Law-enforcement is a highly…

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Added by Paul Combs on March 11, 2013 at 3:00pm — 12 Comments

What Do You Weigh?

As we all know, our job isn’t all about sitting around and reading novels, it can place us at an extraordinary cardiovascular level at a moments notice.  Due to this fact, we must prepare our bodies and our minds to overcome this demand to allow us to perform at an elite level.

We have all seen the firefighters who are in excellent physical condition who struggle to perform well at fire incidents, and many wonder why.  These firefighters train day in and day out to be able to increase…

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Added by Jonah Smith on March 7, 2013 at 7:15am — No Comments

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