Blog Profile / Deaf Firefighter's Blog
| URL : | http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Public Safety / Fire Protection | |
| Posts on Regator: | 20 | |
| Posts / Week: | 0.1 | |
| Archived Since: | March 3, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
An open letter to Apple’s iPhone Accessibility Folks
A few weeks ago, my blackberry decided life was no longer worth living and decided to bite the dust. Since I was running the TDI conference, I needed to have a pager to manage the volunteers and staff. So I ran across the street from the hotel to the AT&T store and after some haggling, [...]
Interesting: DCFD identifies Gallaudet as needing “special attention” due to hydrant issues in area
Been a while, but let’s get back in the swing of things. Reading Dave Statter’s blog over at www.statter911.com, I almost overlooked this posting. Last week, a mansion in northwest DC burned down because firefighters weren’t able to get a reliable water supply from the local hydrants. This has been a recurring battle [...]
Deaf Man becomes Fire Chief in PA
A week or so ago, I was contacted by Jennifer Reeger, a reporter with the Tribune-Review out of Westmoreland County, PA (south and east of Pittsburgh) with a bit of news that absolutely floored me.
A deaf man was elected Fire Chief of his department. Not house manager, not go-fer-in-charge, or any other position that I’ve [...]
Emergency Preparedness & Response Videos (captioned)
As a responder, training is often a necessary evil. We don’t necessarily like to do it but it’s required by both law and departments. As a training professional, I know how difficult it is to fit training in with all the other demands on time so that’s why I really like having the opportunity to [...]
A unique situation involving Deaf FFs coming out of Prince William County, VA.
Been a while since I wrote last. Happy new year to all of you guys. I’ve enjoyed reading many of your comments and emails over the past several months. In Prince William County, there’s been an interesting situation concering the Gainesville District Volunteer Fire Department. The County’s Board of Supervisors essentially dissolved the fire department [...]
Fire Safety PSA from the UK
Thanks to Bill Creswell for captioning this. UK Fire Safety Video I’ll admit it was the first time I’ve seen the suggestion to use a wet cloth rather than a lid but then I realized that not everyone HAS a lid for their various pots and pans. I’m a big lover of Alton Brown’s Good Eats program. [...]
Whither The Deaf Megacommunity
I usually have to travel a fair bit for my work as Program Director for CEPIN. Usually, most of those travels deal with administrative things or find me attending/speaking at conferences. Wednesday was no different. I was schedul...
You’d think a Deaf Firefighter would write about “Fire”…
… and admittedly, I haven’t. That doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy lately. Here’s a brief recap along with what I did at those fires. 12/16/07: Single Family Dwelling Kitchen Fire: Arriving on the Ladder truck, I started to...
“We have met the enemy and he is us”
The title comes from Walt Kelly’s comic strip Pogo and it references our tendency to be our own worst enemy. Courtesy of this blog, I received the following communique from another deaf firefighter. Identifying details have been r...
Check your Email Six
“Check your six” started out as a cry from pilot-to-pilot to have them take a look behind and see if they had any enemy fighters on their tail. I think most of us who work for deaf agencies use email. I would say 99% o...
Father’s Day… through deaf eyes
First off, I know most people use Father’s Day to take a moment and thank their own father for a job well done. I’m no different. My father has always given me the love and support that helped me grow into who I am to...
Flashover Video - With subtitles
Since October and Fire Safety Month is almost upon us, I think this is as good a time as any to post this video of how quickly a small fire can become deadly. This video starts off with french (?) but it switches over to english su...
Let’s get this out in the open - Deaf people as firefighters
In some of the media articles that have covered deaf firefighters, I’ve always been pretty annoyed at how the reporters completely sidestep the issue of firefighter safety and survival especially as it relates to having a deaf...
A plea for rationality.
I want to make a confession first of all: I don’t read deafread anymore. No, wait, let me revise that. I still look at deafread occasionally but it’s become some kind of bandwagon lately, what with the “deficit t...
Innovation (and Punishment) in VRS
There’s been a lot of excitement surrounding the recent unveiling of Viable’s VPAD wireless VRS device. Right now, there’s a lot of questions that people have that need to be answered. The best questions I’...
Tag, Who’s It?
My good friend, Sandman, tagged me the other day as being a “Thinking Blogger”. I’m sure my wife would disagree with that notion that I am capable of “thinking” but I certainly do appreciate the honor...
Stuck in a Moment We Can’t Get Out Of?
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I love music and my iPod. One of the interesting trends I’ve noticed for myself recently, is how I usually hate a song at first but after hearing it a few times on the iPod’s s...
Don’t you hate it when…
As much as my job requires me to have a fairly decent grasp of English and putting words together to coherently express a thought I may be having, I still have those moments of “Aww, I shoulda said…” You know thos...
Some brief updates:
Thanks, Karen for a great article: http://deafhhcareers.blogspot.com/2008/01/neil-mcdevitt-firefighter.html Also: In my previous entry, I talked about “Whammo” moments. That article was published last Thursday by the...
Deaf Parents, Hearing Children : Share your funny stories
I know many of us deaf parents have funny stories relating to their hearing kids. Heck, all you gotta do is watch the Olson Brothers to see the other side of that equation. So in the comments section below (or your own blog postin...