A Week Isn’t Enough
Oct 06How are you celebrating? I was asked several times this week what I was doing to “celebrate” fire prevention week. I replied, “nothing.” Of course, this reply often raises eyebrows and suspicions as to my professionalism. I find it exhausting to explain my philosophy each time the question is asked, but I do feel that my story needs telling. First of all, fire...
Knight Blaze Found on YouTube
Aug 17I had a Google alert come through my email this weekend while I was gone. It pointed me to a video that had been posted from someone at the Clark County Sheriff’s Office in Springfield, Ohio. This was a performance that we had done for the area fifth grade students that had recently completed the DARE program. One of my opportunities to rock it as a guitarist (and not acoustic) instead of...
Fire Burns Portions of Universal Back Lot
Jun 02Universal Studios fire Apparently a fire broke out in the back lot of the Universal Studios properties in Los Angeles yesterday morning. I was out of touch with much of mainstream media throughout the day, so I happened upon the reports this morning. Some movie sets burned The Associated Press reports show that the fire destroyed a set from “Back to the Future,” the King Kong exhibit...
Safety at the Gas Pump
May 29Since there has been discussion about Gas Pump Safety over at the new Gas Pump Game introduced by Utterz http://www.utterz.com/…NQ/utt.php, I thought I would offer a new topic. I didn’t want to distract from the fun and intended purposes of that post! Cell phones have not been shown to be the cause of fires at gas pumps. Several agencies (including the Petroleum Equipment...
Interesting Campaign by USFA
May 02I can appreciate this campaign by the United States Fire Administration. I think it can become easy for people to forget that the public service workers in their community are also "real" people with families and lives outside of their duties. They have issued this campaign with a similar video talking about "my mom". There are also Spanish language versions available. ...
Direct Selling Your Safety
Apr 25This audio is almost eight minutes of concern about a company that is direct selling safety products. Overall their products look good. Their research seems accurate (to a degree). My concern is their approach and their level of expertise. The persons "presenting" the safety demonstration are not qualified and educated safety personnel. Most have no experience in safety at all. Know...
