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Written by Jennifer Mabee
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Feb. 2, 2012 – It’s no secret that anyone involved in emergency services
has to be the type of person who likes to help others. It’s what
drives us to do things that normal people wouldn’t necessarily do.
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Editor's blog |
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Written by Laura King
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Jan. 30, 2012 – Some of you have asked about the December and January issues of our magazines. We’ve switched to a new mailing system and this has caused some glitches, along with some time-of-year issues, so please bear with us. The January issue – with the amazing photo on the cover of the fire at the White Point Beach Resort in Nova Scotia – will arrive any day now!
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Written by Jennifer Mabee
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Jan. 27, 2012 – After lunch, we were back at the in-water site to practise our skills at entering the water and bringing the victim back to shore using the RDC (rapid deploy craft . . . I think that’s what RDC stands for. If not, I blame it on the frozen brain and offer my apologies to my instructors!), the floating stokes basket and the rescue line.
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Written by Jennifer Mabee
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Jan. 26, 2012 – Day 2 started at 8 a.m. at the fire hall so we could go
over a few more things before we went to the site to suit up and start
our in-water evolutions. I made sure to pack a change of clothes just in
case my gumby suit leaked, and an extra really warm snugly sweater . . .
can't help it, I'm a girl . . . I get cold easily.
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Beebewitz's Blog |
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Written by Tim Beebe
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Jan. 25, 2012 – I frequently am asked, "What exactly are you doing now?" For 15
years, my answer to that question was a fairly straightforward, "I'm a
fire chief," except that I always had to add, "of a microscopic village
in Northwestern Ontario . . . oh, and I'm also the training officer, the
inspector, the investigator, the public-relations officer, the janitor,
the secretary, the maintenance man, Head of Security, Chief of
Technical Support (ha ha), Head Mechanic (rolling on the floor in
hilarious laughter now), The Guy Who is Supposed to Know Everything, and
the Guy Responsible if Anything Goes Wrong at Anytime (not funny at
all) . . ."
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Written by Jennifer Mabee
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Jan. 24, 2012 – The first part of our course began Friday night with a
group of 12 victims, (oops – I mean learners) and two instructors in
attendance. This was the theory portion of our training and it involved
watching a PowerPoint presentation (I can hear you all groaning, but it
wasn’t that bad) and practising all of the required knots (that beloved
family of figure eight knots and then some . . . 12 in total, if I
remember correctly. Or maybe it was only 11 – the 12th one was probably
just the one in my stomach over not really knowing what I had gotten
myself in to!).
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Editor's blog |
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Written by Laura King
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Jan. 23, 2012 – Two fires. Two fatalities (one confirmed, one presumed). Two elderly occupants. Within spitting distance of each other in southwestern Ontario this weekend: Friday night in Halton Hills, and Sunday morning in Mono Mills.
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Written by Jennifer Mabee
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Jan. 17, 2012 – Swim test? Oh, OK, no problem. I can do a swim test. After all, I was
known to be a bit of a fish back in the day. (Meaning that I used to
swim like a fish, not drink like one . . . ) How hard can the swim test
be? Fifteen minutes of treading water and a 100-metre swim with a
personal flotation device (PFD). Got it. This is a requirement of the
OFC Ice Water Rescue course, which I’m doing this weekend through a
joint training initiative.
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