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Dave Stacy's Discussions
What do I need to do?
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EMS Volunteer Response
Replied Aug 28
Driver's Log Book SOG
Replied Aug 27
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- Department:
- College Park Fire Department
- Title/rank:
- Firefighter/EMT
- Years of public service:
- 5
- Agency structure:
- Combination fire department
- Bio:
- Dave Stacy is currently a member of the College Park Volunteer Fire Department in College Park, MD where he is a student live-in Firefighter/EMT and is the Fire Marshal for the CPVFD. He is attending the University of Maryland where he is studying Fire Protection Engineering. Previously, he was a member of Company 9 in Branford, CT. Dave is also currently an intern for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Building & Fire Research Lab.
- Web site:
- http://www.cpvfd.org
Dave Stacy's Blog
6/8/2009
1st Due Working Basement Fire
At around 9:10 AM, Monday, June 8, 2009, a fire erupted in the basement of a 2-story Cape Cod single family home in College Park . Contract workers were using a hand-held blow torch fueled by a small acetylene tank to remove old adhesive material fr… Continue
At around 9:10 AM, Monday, June 8, 2009, a fire erupted in the basement of a 2-story Cape Cod single family home in College Park . Contract workers were using a hand-held blow torch fueled by a small acetylene tank to remove old adhesive material fr… Continue
Posted on June 8, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment
Water "Pushing" Fire
Recently there's been a lot of talk about water "pushing" fire. I want to know people's opinions and personal experiences of this phenomena. For instance, consider the following scenario:
-First in engine
-driver/officer on engine only
-Heavy fire showing from side alpha (side c allows access inside)
With a limited crew do you try to knock some of the fire down by stretching to side alpha and hitting it quickly from the exterior until additional crews arrive. Whether you would or not, do you b… Continue
-First in engine
-driver/officer on engine only
-Heavy fire showing from side alpha (side c allows access inside)
With a limited crew do you try to knock some of the fire down by stretching to side alpha and hitting it quickly from the exterior until additional crews arrive. Whether you would or not, do you b… Continue
Posted on March 18, 2009 at 8:30am — 10 Comments
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look into student-firefighter live in programs. Several colleges/departments offer them across the U.S. and it is an awesome opportunity that lets you continue your academics during the day and go to fires at night.
www.cpvfd.org
thats great! Yeah I mean the only thing to do would be to poll the members then and see how they all feel about shifts on weekends
We simply have a binder with all of our apparatus in it. Each apparatus has an excel styled sheet set up with everyday of the month and equipment that we identify as needing to be checked everyday, usually at 3 p.m. when the career staffing leaves a…
My personal opinion, even if staffing is down, I'm going to get the apparatus out whether it jeopardizes my personal time or not. Granted, my department very rarely has staffing problems. Are you proposing that you not staff the ambulance certain da…
If you would rather want to show how to use PPV correctly you should look into the PPV research NIST did, DVD's are available for free!
Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics, Branigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service, know your department's general orders and area like the back of your hand
I've also seen nearly the opposite where these modulars come through with plywood behind interior wall sheetrock for trailering without cracking. This could be an issue if you expect to pull a through the wall maneuver.
On the lack of exterior sheat…
thanks adam
One frustrating point of manufacturered homes, at least in our state, is the fact that they do not have to meet local code requirements as they meet a federal standard. This of course currently means no sprinklers in compliance with the last two edi…
I'm referring to neither modular or mobile. The true definition of a manfactured home is a home that is built off site but delivered fully assembled. Besides that, the other big difference is that manafactured homes are regulated by the federal gove…
By manufactured homes are you referring to modular homes or mobile homes? Each has similar problems, but mobile homes have more. Mobile homes, by design, are lightweight. They generally use 1/4" sheetrock throughout, unless the homeowner upgraded th…
got a little scared when I saw that PPV being walked up at the end...would like to see the next 10 min
Writing a paper for a product liability class on fire safety in manafactured homes. Looking for fire experiences in such structures and the most common problem that we see in them. My focus right now is primarily the truss roof construction but I wa…
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Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 1:43pm on April 21, 2009,
Tom Platt said… - Thanks Dave!
- At 1:38pm on April 21, 2009,
Tom Platt said…
- Check it out on our site ihvfc.com, the pics weren't that good because it was dark out
- At 1:44pm on March 20, 2009,
Tom Platt said…
- Hi Dave!
- At 10:44am on March 18, 2009,
Ray McCormack said… - Hi Dave
If you allow comments on the blog portion of your question as well as for the Start Water thread they will be in two places and I don't think they can be moved.
Ray,
- At 2:33pm on March 5, 2009,
Bill Stacy Sr. said…
- Dave, How are things going down there. Bill
- At 1:22pm on March 3, 2009,
Brad Hoff said… - Sweet video and Welcome to the site too!!!
- At 11:43am on March 3, 2009,
Frank Ricci said… - Dave check out and sign up for our group Tactical Building Block. Search groups by most members we are listed at the top.
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