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Bailout during Houston apartment fire, firerescue1.com/mayday/watch-b… (Houston Fire Station 69/Facebook)

Texas union points to current data to counter 5-year-old study, to prevent closing of engine company. As your response are changes, so does your data. firerescue1.com/labor-and-unio…

Vent, Enter, Attack in Chesapeake, Va. firerescue1.com/off-duty/off-d… (@ChesapeakeFire photo) @suffolkvafire

Wagon spotting

Wagon spotting.

Here’s the deal with social media: If you know someone currently deployed: no you don’t If your friend’s dad told you something about their kid: no he didn’t. If your friend contacted you just to chat: nope. Didn’t happen. Everyone on social media wants to have more information than everyone else so they can get engagement. Don’t get people killed for likes.

Fire Service, AI is convenient but what does it say when you use AI for promoting your FD, and you don’t use photos of your own people? Chat might be fast but if you can’t even use a photo of your people, what message are you telling them? ‘The Connoisseur’ Norman Rockwell.

1/ Wouldn't usually bite on something the Orange man says, but this time he's gone too far. 'Staying a little off from the frontlines' - remember that. January 2007, Operation Glacier. On Jan 15th 2007, 200 Royal Marine personnel from 45 Commando began an assault on the...

'I served there. I made lifelong friends there. And I lost friends there. The United Kingdom alone had 457 service personnel killed' Prince Harry, who served in Afghanistan, has released a statement in response to Donald Trump's remarks that Nato soldiers - including British troops - stayed back from the front line during the war bbc.co.uk/news/live/cdxj…

Rescues from the third floor rear in Michigan, firerescue1.com/search-rescue/…

10 Years of Interior LODD Data: A Critical, Data-Driven Perspective for the Fire Service data-not-drama.com/2026/01/04/10-…

“What’s the point?” The point is this: Most firefighter deaths don’t happen where social media says they do. Data > drama. data-not-drama.com/2026/01/03/if-…

Want a fire service New Year's resolution? Stop riding in the petty position. You do you. firerescue1.com/social-media-f…

I'm obsessed with cognitive biases. A "cognitive bias" is a systematic error in thinking that destroys decision-making. 11 most powerful (and dangerous) cognitive biases I've found: 🧵 1. Survivorship Bias:

@GregRedmondstl @LondonFire @PompiersParis @mcfrs For occupants.

@FFBehavior @LondonFire @PompiersParis @mcfrs Maybe I missed something, but are they for the firefighters or for the public? Only time I’ve seen one of those used was on a flight from Dublin. Light haze of smoke in the cabin, airline attendants donned one. I got up, walked over, unplugged the faulty monitor.

Common in the @LondonFire and @PompiersParis, smoke hoods go into service in @mcfrs firerescue1.com/personal-prote…

Truck 1, Ambulance 1, & our admin team had a great time bringing Santa to the Town of University Park’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting last night. Thank you for inviting us & for your continued partnership and support! Wishing everyone a great start to the holiday season. #hv1fd

Wagon spotting.

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