Parade today in Jamestown North Dakota.

Left side – trucks from the Jamestown Fire Dept.
Right side – trucks from the Jamestown Rural Fire Dept.

(I’m with JRFD)

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Firetrucks on Parade BW

Looking down the market

Originally uploaded by Olorinpc

Just found out that this picture has been selected to be included in the “Schmap Seattle Eighth Edition,” an online guide to locations.

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Looking down the market

• Garden of the Gods 20
  Posted on Sunday, June 28th, 2009 in Uncategorized – Comments: (0)
  Garden of the Gods 20Originally uploaded by OlorinpcAwesome pic I got while visiting Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs while visiting the Goodrich office there for work.

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Awesome pic I got while visiting Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs while visiting the Goodrich office there for work.

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• Someone said it is Spring now
  Posted on Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 in Edelet – Comments: (0)
  Well rumor has it that it is Spring now.  As everyone is aware we are certainly getting the water up here – though still have snow slated for the weekend.  Oh well – nature really doesn’t seem to care what our calendar says.It has been a pretty busy last couple of months for me.  I have been digging out literally (snow drifts) and figuratively (workload).

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• Fireschool 2009
  Posted on Monday, March 2nd, 2009 in Uncategorized – Comments: (2)
  Well things have been a little quiet around here.  Mostly due to just being super busy, so haven’t really been keeping up on the blogging.  This past weekend I was offline the whole weekend, but it was well worth it.We had our annual NDFA State Fireschool in Bismarck, ND.  We had 5 Firefighters from the Jamestown Rural Fire Department attending.  (The Jamestown Fire Department had a few guys in attendance as well.

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We had our annual NDFA State Fireschool in Bismarck, ND.  We had 5 Firefighters from the Jamestown Rural Fire Department attending.  (The Jamestown Fire Department had a few guys in attendance as well.) Fireschool is just an awesome time.  You learn a lot, meet ton of other firefighters from around the state, and get to know your guys better.

I was able to attend a number of great classes this year.  (Haven’t had a bad class yet really.) Air Management, in which we really got to know our SCBA’s and exactly how long we could stretch our air supply.  Building Construction/Fire Behavior/Firefighter Safety, learned current trends in construction and how fire acts in a structure.  Primary Search, this was probably my favorite class of the weekend.  (Even though it was Saturday morning and we were having, er well a slow start.) Some classroom time followed by 2 person teams being sent into a smoked up trailer to search.  This was followed by an after action report of what you could have done better, what you did right, etc.  Next I had Fire Streams and Fire Control, which was a more external approach to structure fires.  By looking at the outside what does it tell you about how you should approach the fire, potential of people inside, safety of the firefighters, etc.  The final class I had on Sunday morning was Pump Operations and Maintenance.  Knowing a bit more about how a pumper works inside really helped with understanding how to run one.

So a huge info dump with plenty of experiance and information to bring back to the guys on my own department.  It was my second year attending and can’t wait till next year!

[tags]Fire Dept, Firefighter Training, Fireschool, Jamestown Rural Fire Dept, JRFD, Jamestown ND[tags]

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• Train Turntable Video
  Posted on Thursday, February 5th, 2009 in Uncategorized – Comments: (0)
  Cross Post from Modeltrainrookie.comI have been a little quiet, but have managed to get a little work done. I have now finished wiring everything and gotten the turntable working.I took a short video tonight to show the layout and turntable operation.

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I have been a little quiet, but have managed to get a little work done. I have now finished wiring everything and gotten the turntable working.

I took a short video tonight to show the layout and turntable operation.

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• Holidays are over but it was fun.
  Posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 in Olo-News – Comments: (0)
  Well over the holiday break is over.  I am now back to work and over my self imposed break from the internet as well.  (The net is fun of course and I love blogging, but the week I was off from my regular job, I also took off from blogging.)  The trip home was busy of course.  4 families in 2 days etc.
• Why we don’t need more stimulus bills
  Posted on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 in Politics – Comments: (0)
  I read an editorial this morning that really put a number to why I think this whole stimulus concept we are getting from our elected officials is crap… and much worse the whole “New New Deal” thing Obama is pushing.From IBDeditorials.com:When a private employer offers a job and the offer is accepted, the welfare of both the employer and employee is improved.

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