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Written by Tim Beebe
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Tim Beebe is the fire chief in Upsala, Ont. He can be reached at
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Fixers and fakers
Oct. 1, 2008
“Are you okay down there?” I
squinted through falling snowflakes into the snarl of metal, wheels and engine
parts. I could just see the corner of the trucker’s face about five feet away,
deep in the bowels of the wreck. He may as well have been on the other side of
the continent.
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Written by Tim Beebe
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Tim Beebe is the fire chief in Upsala, Ont. He can be reached at
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Sept. 3, 2008
The recruit gripped the scaffold rail, knuckles white, eyes darting anywhere but at the ground 10 feet below. His free hand wrestled a tangle of rope, as an instructor tried to coax him through the final twists and turns of the rescue knot. It was a tough go. Lowering a mannequin isn’t rocket science but it does require two hands.
“Is he afraid of heights?” another firefighter asked.
“Him?” I replied, glancing up at my terrorized recruit.
“He doesn’t mind them as long as he can keep one foot on the ground."
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Written by Tim Beebe
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Aug. 6, 2008
Tim Beebe is the fire chief in Upsala, Ont. He can be reached at
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"What do you mean, my laptop
screen isn’t covered?” I sputtered, gripping the phone, blood pressure rising.
“I have extended warranty!”
My mind flashed back to the salesman who sold me the
computer. What was it he said . . . something about the warranty covering
“everything.” Or was it “nearly everything.” Either way, you’d think a laptop
screen would fit in there somewhere.
A voice brought me back to earth.
“They said the screen isn’t covered,” the service person repeated. My face grew
hot and the room began to spin. The next two minutes were a blur, but I vaguely
remember threatening to call the manager, the owner, the bank that held their
mortgage, the Prime Minister, Alan Brunacini, and the Queen of England. The
old, “be-nice-or-I’ll-tell-mom” tactic. The service person meekly said he would
see what he could do, and hung up.
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| Captain Boomer and the Company of Ys |
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Written by Lou Wilde
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Aug. 6, 2008
I taught a fire officer class for some 25-plus year veterans a while back and while discussing the
generation gap between officers and junior firefighters, a 28-year officer told me it was my job as a fire administrator to hire generation Y firefighters who think
like baby boomers. Clearly, this exemplifies how some boomers are not particularly willing to adapt or change at this stage
of their lives. Where on Earth are we going to find 20-somethings who think like baby boomers?
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Written by Brad Lawrence
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July 21, 2008
Want to bulk up?
Personal trainer Brad Lawrence looks at five-by-five mass training in his fitness column and,
in his nutrition column, benefits of tea.
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