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Featured Blog Posts – July 2012 Archive (5)

VILLAINOUS PLOT

Hollywood movie plots can be so far removed from reality that the viewer has to wonder which planet the protagonist and antagonist are actually playing out their epic conflicts. Mega-bombs, apocalyptic super viruses, shoot-outs were no one runs out of ammunition, or an insane high speed chase through congested city streets. All so extravagant in their role playing…

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Added by Paul Combs on July 30, 2012 at 2:16pm — 3 Comments

BUBBLE WRAP

From time to time I get asked if I ever worry about inuring my hand or eyes fighting fires. My answer is always a swift and confident "no"! My explanation sometimes leaves people puzzled, but I try and explain that if I think about injury, injury will most certainly happen. It's much like an athlete who throws their body into stressful situations with little regard…

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Added by Paul Combs on July 23, 2012 at 12:57pm — 7 Comments

NIMS and Chaos

For some truly unfortunate reason there seems to have been a number of chaotic events in my state over the last few months. Wildfires, two Police LODDs and most recently the devastating mass murder and assault in an Aurora movie theater that left over 70 injured and 12 dead at the time of writing this.

Regarding the Aurora shooting specifically my neighbor asked me yesterday, “How can you even prepare for something like that?” I provided a stock answer of MCI drills, multi-agency…

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Added by Brian Brush on July 22, 2012 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

JULY MAGAZINE EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION

Buy a print of this illustration, visit:
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Added by Paul Combs on July 10, 2012 at 9:00am — 5 Comments

Keep Your Eyes Open

While carrying out perhaps my favorite fatherly duty of reading a bedtime story to my young son, I read a line that sparked a flurry of thoughts in my head.  The line came from Dr. Suess's book I Can Read with My Eyes Shut.  As with most Dr. Suess books, there isn't really a plot to follow just some good rhymes.  However, one line struck me that I related to the fire service, here it is: "There are so many things you can learn about, but you'll miss the best things if…

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Added by Jonah Smith on July 1, 2012 at 7:00pm — No Comments

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