http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter Thoughts, ideas, and narratives from a deaf firefighter Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:03:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/10/20/fire-safety-psa-from-the-uk/ 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 removed to protect the innocent & guilty alike: "I'm from a volunteer station.  Since they ... http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/04/21/we-have-met-the-enemy-and-he-is-us/ ... 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 ... http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/03/12/youd-think-a-deaf-firefighter-would-write-about-fire/ 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 ... http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/03/09/whither-the-deaf-megacommunity/ "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 ... http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/03/05/check-your-email-six/ 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 posting), why don't you share your funny ... http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/02/15/deaf-parents-hearing-children-share-your-funny-stories/ 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 City Paper. You can read it here: http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2008/01/31/buzz-worthy http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/02/05/article-re-myself-in-jobs-careers-and-callings/ 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 those moments?  Moments when you're just doing something completely different and ... http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/23/dont-you-hate-it-when/ 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 shuffle feature, I really start to ... http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/15/stuck-in-a-moment-we-cant-get-out-of/ 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. Apparently, part of the rules require me to tag 5 other people ... http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/10/tag-whos-it/