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Failure is Good
August 17, 2016 | brotherhood, fire department, fire departments | rpennington | No Comments
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Good morning from the Jumpseat, well not really anymore, but it sounds good. Good morning from the training office is the new location where the Jumpseat Training Blog will be coming from.  Transitioning from a jumpseat riding firefighter into a full-time educator has been a challenging task.  Challenging, but not impossible!  Along the way, there have been […]

Jumpseat Radio 046 Interview with the Swedish Fire Nerd Lars Ã…gerstrand
September 2, 2015 | fire, fire departments, fire rescue, firefighter | rpennington | 1 Comment
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In this weeks episode host Ryan Pennington sits down with Lars Ã…gerstrand from the Varnamo Fire and Rescue Service Sweden.  Lars travels the globe training firefighters on fire dynamics.  His science based approach to fire is a must see in the fire service!  Topics Covered History of fire training in Sweden Swedish Container Fire Training […]

Have you mastered the Large Streams?
July 14, 2012 | engine, fire, fire attack, fire department, fire departments, fire training, firefighter, firefighters, Firefighters. Jumpseat. EMS. Firefighting, firefighting, firefighting fire training, firehouse, hoarding fire dangers, jumpseat views, jumpseatready, ryan pennington, size up, staffing, structure fire, truck companies, Uncategorized, vacant structures, views from the jumpseat, west virginia | rpennington | No Comments

Good afternoon from the New and Improved “Views from the Jumpseat” site. We appreciate your patient as we build a new and improved jumpseat site.  As we build this site reflecting the views of all the street level firefighters it seems like we all have seen an increase in the amount of defensive attacks made on […]

Summertime Funk!
June 22, 2012 | fire departments, firefighter, firefighting, firefighting in hot weather. hydration, hot weather, summertime | rpennington | No Comments

Good hot afternoon from the jumpseat.  I apologize for the lack of blogs and articles being produced from  the jumpseat.  It seems like every year the summer funk hits.  Whether it is the kids being home from school, constant hotter than heck temperatures, or the increased call volume. Something always seems to slow down the […]

Hoarder Survey Results
June 4, 2012 | clutter, cluttered house, colliers mansion, fire departments, fire safety, firefighters, firefighting, hoarder fires, hoarders, Hoarding, safety, survey | rpennington | No Comments

  Here are the results of the recent Hoarder fire survey sent out by the Chamber of Hoarders Staff.  Huge “thank you” to the USFA for sharing survey with the fire service community.  The response was overwhelming. 1.       Have you ever responded to a fire with Hoarder Conditions: Yes: 100%             No   0.00% 2.       How long did […]