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David Rhodes's Blog – February 2014 Archive (3)

Hump Day SOS - Wind Driven PPV

I was watching the wind driven fire research and recognized a bit of irony. During the wind driven fire study a large PPV fan was used to create the wind for the study. A fire curtain was deployed to block the wind from the fan in order to control the wind driven…

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Added by David Rhodes on February 27, 2014 at 4:10pm — No Comments

Hump Day SOS - Technology Dependence

Technology is great and it allows us to operate with speeds only imagined just a decade ago. It also make us somewhat vulnerable as we rely on it and become a little complacent in the fundamental basics. For many, GPS and Google maps = not learning territory, TICs = not training on room orientation and wall…

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Added by David Rhodes on February 12, 2014 at 8:00am — No Comments

Hump Day SOS - Holy Toledo

After LODD’s there are systematic and somewhat impersonal bureaucratic events that take place. These policy reviews, OSHA investigations, independent panels last for months while those who were there are mourning the loss of…

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Added by David Rhodes on February 5, 2014 at 7:30am — No Comments

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