While many of you may have heard about I.S.O., or Insurance Services Office — the agency that evaluates most public fire protection services in the United States — what do your really know about I.S.O.?
Chief Billy Goldfeder finishes up his chat with Chief Dave Paulison, our FEMA Director who is getting ready to retire from his post. Clearly, there have been many emergency situations under President Bush's administration and initially, FEMA had many noted leadership issues and problems. Those problems very much came to light when Hurricane Katrina struck and following that, The president made the right decision to appoint a firefighter to the position of FEMA director and that is Chief Dave Paulison.
In this episode of Through the Smoke, Chief Billy Goldfeder talks to Chief Dave Paulison, our FEMA Director who is getting ready to retire from his post. Clearly, there have been many emergency situations under President Bush's administration and initially, FEMA had many noted leadership issues and problems. Those problems very much came to light when Hurricane Katrina struck....and following that, The President made the right decision to appoint a firefighter to the position of FEMA director and that is Chief Dave Paulison.
So much has happened since the tragic loss of nine brave firefighters in Charleston, SC. There have been changes on a national level and most critically, locally within Charleston. One of the most significant changes was the retirement of theFire Chief Rusty Thomas leaving open the very critical "head coach" position within the Charleston Fire Department (CFD).
Chief Billy Goldfeder talks with the men behind two of the hottest blog sites in the fire service world.
The blogs are STATter911 and Firegeezer. Be it the latest fire news, fire controversy or fire opinion, these two bloggers usually have it well covered.
But who are the people behind these two blogs and what got them started? What is their history and background with the fire service and why have they poked at those who may need poking and what keeps them going?
One year ago, on June 18, nine firefighters from the Charleston, SC, Fire Department (CFD) were tragically killed in the line of duty in a commercial building fire.
As you know, in June of last year, nine brave firefighters from the Charleston, SC, Fire Department (CFD) were tragically killed in a commercial building fire. These men, Captain William "Billy" Hutchinson, Captain Mike Benke, Captain Louis Mulkey, Engineer Mark Kelsey, Engineer Bradford "Brad" Baity, Assistant Engineer Michael French, Firefighter James "Earl" Drayton, Firefighter Brandon Thompson and Firefighter Melvin Champaign all gave their lives in the horrific fire.
Technician (Firefighter) Kyle Wilson of the Prince William County, VA, Department of Fire & Rescue was killed in the line of duty when he heroically gave his life at a single-family dwelling fire on April 16, 2007. In this episode of Through the Smoke, host Billy Goldfeder welcomes Prince William County Chief Kevin McGee and Battalion Chief Jennie Collins to discuss what happened, how it happened, what lessons were learned so far and what we can do at our departments so we don't repeat history. Critical Note
Are you one of those young "gamer" or "online" generation firefighters? Find it a challenge to communicate with the older firefighters? Why? Just because they don't answer your text messages? They don't know what MySpace or a Facebook is? They actually read books versus Googling something?
In June of this year, nine brave firefighters from the Charleston, SC, Fire Department (CFD) were tragically killed in a commercial building fire. These men, Captain William "Billy" Hutchinson, Captain Mike Benke, Captain Louis Mulkey, Engineer Mark Kelsey, Engineer Bradford "Brad" Baity, Asst. Engineer Michael French; Firefighter James "Earl" Drayton, Firefighter Brandon Thompson and Firefighter Melvin Champaign.
