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EMS Tips – FD Harassment – Learn Leadership – Emotional Support Animals

1. There was supposed to be change at Fairfax County Fire and Rescue  Investigations, reports and training programs were supposed to change and improve the culture at the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department after the suicide death of FF/Paramedic Nicole Mittendorff. Instead a Female battalion chief in charge of gender issues resigns in protest. Chief Kathleen Stanley was […]

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Book Review: Thunder Dog

Thunder Dog: the true story of a blind man, his guide dog, and the triumph of trust at Ground Zero. [amazon-product text=”Thunder Dog” type=”text”]140020304X[/amazon-product] (Amazon Affiliate Link) is an interesting and captivating story of Michael Hingson and his guide dog Roselle. The book begins early on the morning of September 11, 2001 as Mike and […]

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Transport Tips When an EMS Patient has a Service Dog

This is a guest post Emily Williamson. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Post updated October 10, 2012 I am the human half of a service dog team that recently was in an awful automobile accident. Somebody ran a stop sign and drove their SUV across the […]