ex-commish

Thank you for your service and may God look over you and bring you and all the troops home.

So tell us ALS...when do the counseling sessions start....LOL

I could not agree more.

Many more Barry...

Brother I share your concerns but we don't need the media to give us a black eye. We have those within our ranks who have sucessfully given us the black eye as well as the stereotype that the taxpayer you quoted stated to the newspaper.

Very happy to hear this.

May he rest in peace.

Are there any regulations on how trailers are built? Do they conform with state and local building codes or are they even considered a building?

Very sad. May they rest in peace.

From a personal experience I can tell you not wearing your gear properly can cause you weeks of pain and grief.

Done

Always

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think having confidence in what you are doing along with staying calm and proficency in wearing your mask helps alot. This all comes with training and experience.

May he rest in peace.

Why not labor camps? Barrack style facilities under close supervision where they have to work all day. No programs. They don't work. Feed them c-rations. Our troops have to eat them in the field and they are protecting our freedom. If Joe Arpaio can feed inmates at an estimated cost of $2.00 per inmate per day why can't the rest of the country follow suit?

May they all rest in peace.

Rest in peace.

While the technology and training is better than 20 years ago I have seen a shift in attitude. There was a time when you joined a department and you thrived to be accepted and you did so by keeping your mouth shut and did what you were told. You would never dream of answering back to a senior member. You didnt have to be told to pack hose or clean tools. You just did it. You didnt join for the perks. A simple thank you was enough. There was a also sense of brotherhood and any issue was handled in house and wasn't leaked to the media or another department. We handled our own. What happened???

There is no case foe courtesy lights. They are useless.

Good choice. I worked with these guys at the fire training center and know first hand thier professionalism and deidcation to training. Thanks to Chiefhac for hiring me.

Tragic. May he rest in peace.

Would work great if every CEO was honest. Just like our elected officials I don't trust any of them.

I personaly feel the whole bailout plan is dangerous. We are allowing politicians who can't be trusted and are one part of the problem to give billions to CEO's who also cant be trusted and are the other part of the problem. I believe it would of been better to temporaly cut income taxes that would allow people to spend money and maybe boost the economy.

I usually don't engage in discussions about lights but I have a question. Are rear facing red lights that flash illegal on a POV? I saw a car recently with blue lights in the front and red lights in the rear that were flashing.