Archive for March, 2008

You’d think a Deaf Firefighter would write about “Fire”…

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

… 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 open up all exterior doors as requested by the officer of Ladder [...]

Whither The Deaf Megacommunity

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

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 scheduled to attend a Summit on Emergency Preparedness and Special Needs Populations and then a gala reception [...]

Check your Email Six

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

“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% of us who do, also use a signature at the tail-end of [...]