February 2010
Battalion Viewers,
Tonight is the last installment of our Rescue Mini-Series.
We end this series with the rescue of a man trapped in his vehicle. The crew of Engine 12 try to use an older rescue tool system that fails and San Diegos Rescue team arrives on scene with their Amkus System to quickly and saftly remove thier patient.
Next week; we begin our three week training mini series with mandatory daily training with San Diego Fire Rescue, very few on this department are out of shape...
Be safe.
Sincerely,
DRF
I would like to welcome all the new Tweeters, the new Battalion Members and our new Facebook members to our weekly Series.
...Read more Dear Battalion Viewers,
The real webisode #28 is now ready for your viewing on both PCs and Apples. Once again, our "ISP had problems that we could not resolve.
This webisode is the first of three that focus on Rescue...next week you will see San Diego Fire Rescue at work...
We are thinking about changing webisode release nights to Fridays or Mondays. A day during the week when we can contact our ISP and make sure that we are on time on the day that we announce the release of each webisode.
This has been a problem for months and we are also looking for a new ISP with 24/7 service.
Most networks that do a weekly only deliver ten or twelve shows, we do a weekly and have now delivered almost 100 shows "webisodes" so I think we are doing pretty good. ...Read more
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Dear Battalion Viewers,
This week, we will be starting our Rescue mini-seres. This series will run for the next three weeks. This Saturday night will be Heavy-Rescue with Washington D.C. Fire and EMS.
Next week; San Diego Fire Rescue.
Be safe.
Sincerely,
DRF
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Dear Battalion Viewers.
- Webisode #27: This is one of the biggest fires I have filmed since I started in 2003 with the San Francisco Fire Department.
Webisode #27 is the Hayes Street Fire with Washington D.C. Fire and EMS and it is now availible. I was keeping this show and the next show in reserve in case we got a television deal and it seems that will not happen.
I still find it amazing that the Discovery Channel will not to a series about Firefighters in any way, shape, or form; and we have met with them on three occasions...amazing and sad. ...Read more
Dear Battalion Viewer,
This is the picture of firefighter from Ladder Truck 9 at the fire at 2:30AM, Engine 30 was also on-scene and you will see photos of them later and you will see them all in an upcoming webisdoe.
Be safe.
Sincerely,
DRF
Dear Battalion Viewers,
I have only been filming for two days and caught two fires. This photo is from a Milwaukee Fire from Truck 9 on the roof of a residential fire that has been listed as possible arson.
Engine 30 was on-scene at both fires and I am currently with Engine 30 for the next 24/7.
Last night was the first live feed. I was with Air Supply from Engine 3/Dive Team, Air Supply in the Downtown area and we supplied air bottles for the firefighters on scene.
More to come...we just got a call.
Be safe...
Sincerely,
DRF
Where training actually occurs.
Chicago FD rescue squad, at the Squad 51 event.
I feel a little out of place here, because I'm not a firefighter -- although I have served my country in the Army.
One has to be of a certain age to remember the TV show "Emergency!", and there is no way of knowing just how many people went into firefighting and/or paramedic careers because of this show. In May of 2000, I had the pleasure to see one of the actual "Squad 51" vehicles at the City of Chicago's Firefighting Academy, as it was on its way to being donated to the Smithsonian. I have a handful of pictures of the squad, the Academy, and some of the CFD apparatus that was there. Here's a pic of the squad...
