Fire
Service Articles and Stories From Other Sources
1898
Story from the Dallas Daily
Times Herald about a fire fighter's death.
(Sent to us by Bob McGorkic.)
"Kids
Behaving Badly" by Nick
Brunacini -A
funny and informative article about what motivates
us.
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Articles
by By Mica Calfee
"Dress
Blues" - Article about choosing uniforms for fire departments.
Published in Fire Chief Magazine in 2005. Note:
This is a link to the magazine's, online, archives.
"The
Brussels Sprout Incident" - Humorous
Story about a medical call. Originally published
in In The Line of Duty.
"Was
it a Cow Or a Meteorite?" -
Article about the Chicago and Peshtigo Fires
of 1871. Originally
printed in Meteorite Magazine and
later excerpted in Firehouse Magazine.
"Lightheaded"-
Humorous story originally printed in In
The Line of Duty.
"Delta
Flight 191" - Personal account
of response to airplane crash at DFW airport in
1985.
Published in various newspapers. Capt. Calfee has appeared on television several
times to talk about this incident.
"The
'Maltese Cross' and the Fire Service." Have
you ever wondered about the story behind the popular
fire service emblem? Have you heard the story?
This might surprise you!
"Helping
Hands" Using non-verbal communication on the emergency
scene. Published in Fire
Rescue Magazine in January, 2007.
Look
for Mica's article on Leadership in the April 2008
issue of Fire
Engineering Magazine.When
it becomes available on their website, we will
provide a link to the article.
Mica
also has an upcoming article for FireRescue
Magazine,
online, scheduled for August 2008.
