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The
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Official Publication of the Fort Wayne Professional Fire Fighter’s Union - Local 124
Issue 66
January / February 2007
What is the “Battle for Blood” All About?
Every two seconds, someone in
America needs blood. The Fort
Wayne Fire Department has
helped meet this need for the
past 12 years by partnering with
the American Red Cross, Fort
Wayne Police Department and
Allen
County
Sheriff's
Department for the Battle for
Blood. The Battle for Blood provides an opportunity for people
to help save lives and honor you,
our local heroes, who help save
lives every day.
"We can't say enough thank
you's for all the first responders
who went above and beyond
their jobs by keeping our community safe and preventing loss
of life through donating blood,"
said
Janet
Aiken,
Chief
Executive Officer for American
Red Cross Blood Services.
"Thank you for choosing to
spend time donating and recruiting donors during such a critical
time of the year."
This
year,
Three
Rivers
Ambulance Authority joined the
Fort Wayne Fire Department in
the "Battle" against the city and
county law enforcement agencies to collect at least 1,000 units
to help build the blood supply
before the holidays. The blood
drive kicked off on Monday, Dec.
11, and ended on Saturday, Dec.
23. Donors were able to cast a
vote for their favorite public safety department and receive a
fleece scarf.
Many individuals within the
The Dispatch
6203 Hosler Road
Leo, IN 46765
filmed by Indiana's
NewsCenter. Susan
Banta did radio and
television interviews
with WBCL, WFWI The Fort, WOWO
and
Indiana's
NewsCenter. Fort
Wayne
Fire
Department retirees
and their families
were also instrumental in getting
people
out
to
donate.
Although
the
FWFD/TRAA team
had the early lead,
law
enforcement
inched their way
back and were actually ahead going into
the final day. When
the smoke cleared,
FWFD/TRAA held
Kelly Gaugler shows Officer James Payne
on for the victory
who gave the most units of blood during this
with a total of 638
year’s “Battle for Blood” drive.
votes to 621 votes
for law enforcement.
Photo from ARC
In addition to the
winning
the
Battle, your efforts
department helped plan and promote the blood drive. Public helped collect 1,053 units of
Information Officer Susan Banta blood, which could potentially
and District Chief Larry Fisher save or help more than 3100
spent time in planning meetings lives! This is the first time since
and organizing many details, 2003 that we reached our goal of
such as hanging banners at 1,000 units of blood.
Stations 1, 11 and the radio
shop. Capt. Jim Murua and Plans are already underway for
Firefighter Kelly Gaugler posed the 2007 Battle for Blood, and as
for promotional photos for the they are finalized, we will share
campaign, while Firefighter the information with you. But you
Michelle Nelson appeared in the don't have to wait another year
public service announcement before donating again. Please
help maintain a safe supply of
blood throughout the year by
NON-PROFIT ORG.
donating at the donor center or
U.S. POSTAGE
other blood drives in the commuPAID
MILFORD, IN
nity. Thank you all for showing
PERMIT NO. 34
the community the many ways
the FWFD serves them.
Jessica Dettmer
American Red Cross
Give Blood. Give Hope.
When you give blood, you give another
birthday, another anniversary and another
holiday with loved ones. You give someone
another laugh, another hug, another
chance.
Much of modern medicine is made possible
by this selfless act: average people - people
like you - take time out of their busy schedules to give a piece of themselves so that
someone they may never know has a
chance to live.
• Each unit of blood has the potential to
save three lives. A unit of blood can be split
into three components: red blood cells,
platelets and plasma. The entire donation
process only takes about an hour.
• Trauma victims need your red cells.
Cancer patients need your platelets. And
burn victims need your plasma. Since red
cells must be used within 42 days and
platelets are only good for five days, the
need for blood is continuous.
• In addition to traditional whole blood collection, the Red Cross is able to offer a variety of automated collections options, including plateletpheresis, double red cell donation and red cell plasma donation. By offering several automated collections options,
we are better able to collect the right component at the right time for patients in need.
• The Indiana-Ohio Region of American Red
Cross Blood Services collects and distributes blood in 43 counties in northern
Indiana and northwest Ohio.
• If you are at least 17 years of age, weigh
a minimum of 110 pounds and are in good
general health, you may be eligible to
donate blood. We have a site in Fort Wayne
at 1212 E. California Road, and hold blood
drives at locations throughout northeast
Indiana.
To schedule your life-saving appointment or
for more information call
1-800-GIVE LIFE (1-800-448-3543)
http://northeastin.redcross.org
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Union Meetings:
February 1 (A) & 2 (B)
March 1 (B)
Museum Meetings:
February 22 (A)
March 22 (B)
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Executive Board
From the President’s Corner
By Jim Ridley
President.............Jim Ridley
Vice-Pres.............Jim Noll II
Treasurer...........Kevin Page
Secretary.......Paul Veldman
sion on January 8, 2007.
During this session, we will be
following the House and Senate
bills listed below, which pertain
to issues important to firefighters
such as the Deferred retirement
option plan (DROP) (HB1039,
SB0322),
PERF
(HB1183,
SB0128, and pensions (HB1215,
HB1232, and SB0129), to name
a few. I encourage you to visit
www.iaff124.org and follow the
www.pffui.com link and pull up
our current Legislative Updates.
Trustees:
Ron Meikle
John Sierra
Randy Zion
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Editor.................Jeff Stemen
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Correspondence
Jeff Stemen
6203 Hosler Road
Leo, IN 46765
260.627.8831
E-mail:
[email protected]
AMR ambulance company.
Laidlaw's diversification did not
work out as they had planned.
According to an article in the
Dallas Morning News, (2001)
"Laidlaw's problems stem from
losses in its health care operations and accounting irregularities at Safety-Kleen Corp."
Laidlaw lost $3.3 billion during
those years. Profits are down,
profits that leave the city and line
share holders pockets.
HOW READY ARE WE?
Welcome readers to the New
Year and to 'The Dispatch.' A
new year comes with new goals
and vision for our membership
and for the fire department.
Our committees have been
appointed and a planning meeting with the committee chairs will
provide an agenda for the
upcoming year. I am excited as
we map out our plans with the
focus of all of our efforts being
on our members. So many
opportunities exist for the members of Local 124 to 'get
involved.' In the past, in order to
get on a committee, it was at the
discretion of the president.
However, I felt it was important
to have full input from the
Executive Board. Committees'
are represented from a cross
section of the department. With
so many of our members having
outside commitments, it is
refreshing to have you sacrifice
time away from your families to
be a part of the department and
the Local. You can't find many
employers who take the time to
value the input from the workforce and it is not very common
to find other fire departments
that seek the input from the rank
and file. We need to respect that
probability and continue striving
to bring positive meaning and
messages, when given the
chance.
The Indiana General Assembly
began this year's legislative ses-
My coworker (who's blonde)
asked me what I was doing? I
told her that I was pretending to
be a light bulb so that the Boss
would think I was "CRAZY" and
give me a few days off.
A few minutes later the Boss
came into the office and asked
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I would like to re-align our readers with an issue that is constantly in the forefront of what we
as firefighters do, emergency
response.
The ambulance business in the
United States is likely to experience a major transformation
over the next 12-18 months.
There are four factors responsible for the potential upheaval in
the ambulance transportation
industry. Here is factor number
one.
The first is the demise of AMR. It
is the largest ambulance company in the United States and probably the world. AMR is the result
of a decade or more long consolidation of hundreds of smaller
ambulance companies. They
include Mercy, Hartson, SeikoAmerica, Goodhew, Care-Line,
Med-Trans and of course, AMR,
which were all purchased by
Laidlaw Inc., a Canadian company based in Burlington, Ontario
Laidlaw originally specialized in
the trash hauling and disposal
business.
After selling their trash hauling
business, Laidlaw decided to
diversify by moving into several
unrelated new lines of business.
They included environmental
waste disposal with a 44% stake
in Safety-Kleen Corp, developing the nations largest school
bus transportation company, purchasing
Dallas
based
Greyhound Bus lines and the
purchase of Med-Trans and then
WHAT ARE OUR ALTERNATIVES?
ARE WE READY TO SHIFT
OUR METAPHORS?
Want to know factors 2, 3 and 4
and the rest of the story? Visit
our website at www.iaff124.org
Please make it a point to stop by
1405 Broadway, the work and
progress looks great.
Recently, (1/5) Brother Sid Hall
(Upland
Fire
Department)
passed away at Parkview
Hospital following a tremendous
fight for his life. I can't say
enough about the compassion
that the members of the Union,
Chief Davie and our department
demonstrated towards a complete stranger. I spoke to his
family and to members of his
department at the hospital and
the words that I heard made me
swell with pride; pride for all of
you for what you did for Brother
Hall and his family. It was greatly appreciated. To those that
took the time to attend his viewing and funeral, thank you.
Congratulations to Brother Ron
Meikle on his recent re-election.
I hope everyone has a safe and
prosperous New Year and make
sure you take the time to thank
those who made it possible for
you to be here.
Semper fi
I told him I was a light bulb.
you think you're going?"
He said "You are clearly stressed
out -- Go home and recuperate
for a couple of days."
(You're gonna love this..... )
I jumped down and walked out of
the office. When my coworker
(the blonde) followed me, the
Boss said to her, "And where do
She said, "I'm going home too,
I can't work in the dark!"
Upcoming Birthdays
January
Grady Roush - 1/2
Carlos Gomez-Espino - 1/3
Michelle Starks - 1/5
Ron Meikle - 1/7
Brad Masters - 1/8
Jeremy Bush - 1/9
Jeff Meyer - 1/12
Lester Sorgen - 1/12
Richard Byrd - 1/12
Derek Curry II - 1/12
Cory Strouse - 1/13
Jeramie Shamp - 1/14
Nathan Landis - 1/14
Richard Melser - 1/15
Shawn Sarrazin - 1/15
Brian Lawson - 1/17
Jeremy Sexton - 1/17
Chris Fitch - 1/20
Tony Ridley - 1/22
Scott Renninger - 1/23
Dan Mounsey - 1/23
Brian Dey - 1/25
Robert Bone - 1/26
Parris Duffus - 1/27
William Bishop - 1/30
February
Andrew May - 2/1
Neil Hudson - 2/3
Thim Reed - 2/4
William Endorf - 2/5
Joe Woehnker - 2/5
Erick Baker - 2/5
Bryan Steward - 2/8
Eric Zeiger - 2/8
Brandt Douglas - 2/12
John Hamrick - 2/13
Martin Lueker - 2/17
Scott Clay - 2/18
Brian Armstrong - 2/19
Franklin Smith - 2/20
Corey Carpenter - 2/20
Troy Panbamrung - 2/23
Brandon Dickmeyer - 2/23
Jermaine Thomas - 2/25
Todd Korn - 2/27
Charles Komarck - 2/27
Anthony Divita - 2/28
Mark Scheumann - 2/28
Joe Justice - 2/29
Carpe Diem
Help Wanted
The Firefighter’s Museum is looking for
Part-time employees.
The Museum is OPEN from 10 to 4,
Monday through Friday and
10 to 3 on Saturdays.
The responsibilities will include general custodial
duties such as cleaning the trucks, sweeping floors
and washing windows.
This would be a great opportunity to relay some of those
old stories to people from across the country.
If interested, please call Dennis Giere at
10A, 427-2190
Disclaimer
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is our policy to edit any objectionable subject matter that may
offend certain persons. With that stated, there is no way that
we can possibly determine what is objectionable to every person in a diversified group. We will strive to maintain a high level
of moral and ethical standards in the publication of this newsletter. In closing, if what you read does offend you, simply bring
your copy of “The Dispatch” to one of the staff members, and
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This hardworking retiree exuded coolness
and calm in striking this pose prior to being
hired on the department; where he proudly
served for 36 years.
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Notice to Retirees
Retiree Breakfast
We want your
E-mail addresses for Information
purposes.
IUE Hall - 1427 Broadway
We are planning broadcast notification E-mails in
the future on important issues.
Send them to:
[email protected]
First Thursday of Every Month
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
“Where good food and good friends meet”
Human Relations Committee
2006
Wyman Ashford
Christine Bowlin
Anita Crusoe
Joe Justice
Matt Peckham
Mike Spillner
Elbert Starks
Holly Volz
IUE - CWA 901
HALL RENTAL
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Contact: Thomas Jewel
260.426.7686 Office
For information and Rental Fees
We are working for you to provide
assistance in settling
work place issues and/or complaints.
MEETINGS
4TH THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH
6:30 P.M.
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Paid for and authorized by Peters for Mayor
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This ad is not an endorsement of the Fort Wayne Professional Firefighter’s Union, Local 124
or the Fort Wayne Professional Firefighter’s Union, Local 124 PAC.
66th Annual 20 Year Club
Banquet
Firehouse Reception Hall
6700 Moeller Rd
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 (A)
Doors Open at 5:00 p.m.
Bar Opens at 6:00 p.m.
Dinner at 7:00 p.m.
DOOR PRIZES - Must be present to win
David T. Parish
11623 Coldwater Road
Suite 102
Fort Wayne, IN 46845
260-637-0800
260-403-7345 mobile
[email protected]
Cost is $15 - Make checks payable to:
20 Year Club
[email protected]
Please make payment before
April 20, 2007
Mail to: Mimi Wismer
17519 Zubrick Road
Roanoke, IN 46783
NOTE: There will be an opportunity to have
your picture taken with the Firefighter’s
Museum’s old IH ‘42 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
(individually or groups)
GET THE WORD OUT!
Leave this issue of The Dispatch, along with other fire
service publications (Firehouse, Fire Engineering,
International Firefighter, etc.) in the waiting room of your
doctors office, barbershop, auto service station, etc.
Questions?
Call Mimi Wismer @ 6C / 427-2187
You ARE A PROFESSIONAL, and you perform a
great service for this community.
Let them know it!
An Old Man and Satan
People were in their pews talking
at church.
Most folks are about as happy as they
make up their minds to be.
Suddenly, Satan appeared at
the front of the church. Everyone
started screaming and running
for the rear entrance, trampling
each other in a frantic effort to
get away from evil incarnate.
Abraham Lincoln
Soon everyone had exited the
church except for one elderly
gentleman who sat calmly in his
pew without moving, seeming
oblivious to the fact that God's
ultimate enemy was in his presence.
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"Aren't you afraid of me?" Satan
asked.
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"Nope, sure ain't." said the man.
"Don't you realize I can kill with
a word?" asked Satan.
"Don't doubt it for a minute,"
returned the old man, in an even
tone.
Did you know that I could cause
you profound horrifying, AGONY
for all eternity?" persisted Satan.
"Yep," was his calm reply.
"And you're still not afraid?"
asked Satan.
"Nope," said the old man.
More than a little perturbed,
Satan asked, "Well, why aren't
you afraid of me?"
The man calmly replied, "Been
married to your sister for 44
years."
Slightly Bent Humor
1- I'd kill for a Nobel Peace
Prize.
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2- Borrow money from pessimists - they don't expect it
back.
3- Half the people you know are
below average.
4- 99% of lawyers give the rest a
bad name.
5- 42.7% of all statistics are
made up on the spot.
6- A conscience is what hurts
when all your other parts feel so
good.
7- A clear conscience is usually
the sign of a bad memory.
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8- If you want the rain bow, you
gotta put up with the rain.
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9- All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand.
10- The early bird may get the
worm, but the second mouse
gets the cheese.
11- I almost had a psychic girlfriend, but she left me before we
met.
12- OK, so what's the speed of
dark?
13- How do you tell when you're
out of invisible ink?
14- If everything seems to be
going well, you have obviously
overlooked something.
15- Depression is merely anger
without enthusiasm.
16- When everything is coming
your way, you're in the wrong
lane.
17- Ambition is a poor excuse for
not having enough sense to be
lazy.
18- Hard work pays off in the
future, laziness pays off now.
19- I intend to live forever; so far,
so good.
20- If Barbie is so popular, why
do you have to buy her friends?
21- Eagles may soar, but
weasels don't get sucked into jet
engines.
22- What happens if you get
scared half to death twice?
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An Ode to America
Read this excerpt from a
Romanian Newspaper. The article was written by Mr. Cornel
Nistorescu and published under
the title "C"ntarea Americii,
meaning "Ode To America") in
the
Romanian
newspaper
Evenimentulzilei "The Daily
Event" or "News of the Day".
~An Ode to America~
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Why are Americans so united?
They would not resemble one
another even if you painted them
all one color! They speak all the
languages of the world and form
an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious beliefs.
Still, the American tragedy
turned three hundred million
people into a hand put on the
heart.
Nobody rushed to accuse the
White House, the army, and the
secret services that they are only
a bunch of losers. Nobody
rushed to empty their bank
accounts. Nobody rushed out
onto the streets nearby to gape
about. The Americans volunteered to donate blood and to
give a helping hand.
After the first moments of panic,
they raised their flag over the
smoking ruins, putting on Tshirts, caps and ties in the colors
of the national flag. They placed
flags on buildings and cars as if
in every place and on every car
a government official or the president was passing.
singing thei r traditional song:
"God Bless America!" I watched
the live broadcast and rerun after
rerun for hours listening to the
story of the guy who went down
one hundred floors with a
woman in a wheelchair without
knowing who she was, or of the
Californian hockey player, who
gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented the plane
from hitting a target that could
have killed other hundreds or
thousands of people.
How on earth were they able to
respond united as one human
being?
Imperceptibly, with every word
and musical note, the memory of
some turned into a modern myth
of tragic heroes. And with every
phone call, millions and millions
of dollars were put in a collection
aimed at rewarding not a man or
a family, but a spirit, which no
money can buy.
What on earth can unite the
Americans in such a way? Their
land? Their galloping history?
Their economic Power? Money?
I tried for hours to find an
answer, humming songs and
murmuring phrases with the risk
of sounding commonplace.
I thought things over, but I
reached only one conclusion..
Only freedom can work such
miracles.
Cornel Nistorescu
On every occasion, they started
Continued from Page 7
Slightly Bent Humor
23- My mechanic told me, "I
couldn't repair your brakes, so I
made your horn louder."
24- Why do psychics have to ask
you for your name?
25- If at first you don't succeed,
destroy all evidence that you
tried.
26- A conclusion is the place
where you got tired of thinking.
27- Experience is something you
don't get until just after you need
it.
28- The hardness of the butter is
proportional to the softness of
the bread.
29- To steal ideas from one per8 son is plagiarism; to steal from
many is research.
30- The problem with the gene
pool is that there is no lifeguard.
31- The sooner you fall behind,
the more time you'll have to
catch up.
32- The colder the x-ray table,
the more of your body is required
to be on it.
33- Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have
film.
34- If your car could travel at the
speed of light, would your headlights work?
Steven Wright
Water Supply Evolutions - Part II
I found the article about experimenting with water supply line
configurations
in
the
November/December
2006
"Dispatch" issue by Tom Broxon
to be very interesting. Reading
about testing different configurations to maximize the intrinsic
water delivery capabilities of
large diameter hose (LDH)
brought back memories of when
I first introduced it into the FWFD
fire suppression operations in
1974. My first awareness of
large diameter hose came from
reading an article in I believe,
"Fire Chief" magazine. It may
have been another fire service
publication - I admittedly have a
tendency to "remember" articles
as being from "Fire Chief" magazine since they were the publication that ran, as a cover story,
our conducting high rise fire
training fires in two downtown
buildings that were scheduled for
demolition - the hotels "Keenan"
and "Van Orman".
That LDH article was about a
New
Hampshire
volunteer
department that held a regional
fire service training conference,
and was using a new type of
hose-4", manufactured by the
Jaffrey Fire Hose Co. The article
also mentioned a soon to be
released 5" version. My interest
peaked immediately as I envisioned how the flow rates and
making 5" (and 6") hose. My first
instinct was to go with the 6" but
the logistics of the significantly
larger couplings and associated
appliances led me to close the
5". Additionally, there was no
extensive available data of LDH.
To a great degree, this was pioneering. I envisioned that with 5"
hose, many advances could be
made in our existing operations,
such as: permanently mounted
deck guns, pumps on ladder
trucks, transitioning to pumps
with a higher GPM, more efficient use of dwindling personnel
levels, long supply line lays with
almost no concern for friction
loss, a quick way to extend large
volume suppression capabilities
into malls and other large commercial complexes that formerly
required horrendous amounts of
2 ½" and 3" hose (the cleanup of
which was equally horrendous).
My mind was racing with ideas of
how to incorporate all the capabilities of LDH-too many for this
writing.
significantly reduced friction loss
characteristics of LDH could radically change the entire spectrum
of our current water supply evolutions. In effect, the large diameter hose represented, in its
most basic form, an above
ground water main and could, in
ad emergency, possibly be used
to cross feed underground mains
in the event of parallel dead end
mains (this was never tried).
This situation was experienced
at a fire at the Indiana Auto
Auction in the early 80's. In
effect you would simply connect
hydrant to hydrant.
The whole LDH concept dovetailed perfectly with our then current dilemma of limited fiscal
resources, diminishing manpower levels, and the mandate to
close three fire stations. The
"mandated" closings were the
result of a study of the FWFD
done by the "National Loss
Control Co.", a study group comprised of very savvy former
Insurance Service Office personnel that knew the Fire Service
classification system inside out.
Their report was professionally
done and, from a logical standpoint, almost unassailable.
I started to imagine all sorts of
advantages of going to LDH,
and, after some intensive
research, I found that another
hose manufacturer was already
It became evident to me that to
fully integrate LDH into our operation, it would be necessary to
either completely reconfigure our
existing Pumper fleet, or design
and purchase an entire new
fleet. The existing fleet was only
7 years old, with gas engines
and 150 gallon water tanks and
1250 gpm pumps. There's a lot
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more to this story beside LDH,
but anyway, we ended up
designing and purchasing a new
fleet of Pumpers (10).
When the new Pumpers were all
put into service, Fort Wayne was
the first Fire Department in the
U.S. to fully utilize LDH on all its
apparatus.
When I took the Fire Chief job in
1973, I immediately went to
Chicago to confront the ISO
regarding their reasons for giving
Fort Wayne its insurance classification. I asked specifically to
see any work papers or noted
used by the examiners, hopefully to upgrade their conclusions.
Not much luck on that, but the
visit was very informative. I did
find out that (off the record) they
most probably would not change
the city's classification if I were to
implement the National Loss
Control Co.'s recommendations.
The one variance I did apply was
to relocate Pump 3 to Station 1
after closing Station 3. I also
later learned, unfortunately, that
the ISO would not recognize
LDH as a valid fire fighting appliance, so the new Pumpers
would not only have a supply of
1000' of LDH, but also had to
carry the normal compliment of 2
½" and 3" hose. My personal
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Letter to the Editor
For some reason I just want to
take the time to tell you about my
friend Sid Hall. You all seemed
so genuinely concerned for him,
so I thought you would like to
know a little bit about him. Sid
was probably one of the most
misunderstood people I knew.
He was a very intelligent man
and tried to see life through logic
and mathematics. He loved to
try to figure everything out.
Things had to make sense to
Sid, or he would ponder about
them until they did. Sid was not
the kind of guy that you got to
know in just a little bit over coffee
because one- he didn't drink coffee and two- he didn't say much
at one time. I think this was due
to the fact that he had a hard
time expressing himself and for
another the fear that he would
find himself in an argument.
Sid wouldn't say much in a large
group and he hated confrontations. I know this because he
was my boss for eleven years
and he told me many times. If I
would go to him about a problem
with coworkers, he would say
with great frustration, "What do
you want me to do with this?" In
his own way, Sid pleaded with
people to try to understand him.
A lot of people got annoyed with
Sid because of something he
would say or do instead of taking
a moment to really hear or see
what he was trying to say or do.
It wasn't easy understanding Sid
or being his friend because it
took time and like most of the
world, people were always in a
hurry. You had to have time for
Sid or you most likely misunderstood him. He would want us to
learn to have more tolerance,
patience, and understanding for
people like him who seem to be
different from most.
260-490-6169
He was a simple man. He didn't
have a lot, but was content with
what he had. The only time I
would ever hear him complain
was when he didn't have enough
money to buy parts if his car
broke down and even then it was
frustrating only because he didn't know what to do, not really
due to the lack of money. In
scripture we are told to be content in whatever state we're in.
Sid exemplified that, though frustrated sometimes, but usually
content.
He love his God, wife and two
sons, but again often became
frustrated because he couldn't
express himself and show it. He
always did the best he could
however to try to convey his
10 feelings. He loved his job as a
computer programmer for heating and cooling systems. He
liked to travel and his job made
this possible. Sid like music and
played a trumpet in the
Mississinewa Valley Band. He
liked organizing people and
things. He went to church every
Sunday and attended my bible
study every other Saturday
night. He helped with photo finishes at track meets for Taylor
University and other schools.
Sid loved Taylor and was a
Taylor grad. While there as a
student, he ran the sound system and after graduation he held
a maintenance position and then
became maintenance supervisor
for years. When he left Taylor to
do computer programming, he
was still very much a part of the
place. We maintenance guys
would call him all the time for
help and if he could he would
talk us through and if not when
we got home he would come on
his own time to see what he
could do.
This man sent thank you cards
and Christmas and birthday
cards to many. He checked in
on you if he had not heard from
you for a while. He was the kind
of guy that even when my own
mom needed something they
would sneak behind my back
and fix or install it because he
saw that I was too busy helping
others and it was something he
could do. Sid was the kind of
guy that encouraged me to go in
over my head with something I
knew very little about, and I did
because I was smart enough to
know that he would always be
there to bail me out or get me in
farther!
Sid was special in his own way. I
would like to tell you I saw this
every time it was displayed, but
I, like most, took it for granted.
He was the kind of friend I am
going to miss. His life was not in
the limelight a lot and he didn't
want it to be. I'm glad we can
shine it on him so brightly now,
so that everyone can see. He
was very deserving. Sid was my
boss, a part of my fan club, my
Bible study partner, my technical
advisor, a fellow firefighter, a
friend, and most of all, my brother in Christ.
I say all this to you because I sat
in the waiting room and watched
you come in time and time again
truly caring. You will never know
how much you did for the family
giving of yourselves. You made
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CINCINNATI LOCAL BRINGS LESSONS LEARNED TO AREA
By Bryan Peterson
The Training Division of the
Cincinnati Fire Department, in
conjunction with IAFF Local 122,
recently brought a sobering incident critique to Fort Wayne area
firefighters. The class was held
at the New Haven Adams
Township Government Center,
and was attended by firefighters
as far away as Ligonier and
Angola.
The critique included minute-tominute reconstruction of a
kitchen fire in a small, single
family dwelling that took the life
of Local 122 member Oscar
Armstrong III in a horrific
flashover.
The instructors
focused on the mistakes that
were made on the scene, prefire, and post-incident.
The first of many things that contributed to the snowball effect
was the personnel assigned to
the first-in (second due) engine
that day. Because of regular
personnel off, it was manned
with a twenty-plus year officer, a
two year firefighter riding out as
an engineer, another two year
firefighter and a one year rookie
on the back. The ride-out had
never driven or operated a fire
apparatus before that day.
When the reported house fire
came in, the first-due company
was doing nozzle training and
were delayed in their response.
The second due engine arrived
first and pulled a 350 foot 1 ¾
preconnected line and went to
the front door (the kitchen fire
was at the rear of the structure).
When they found the door
locked, they took the line to the
back of the structure where they
encountered the first arriving
Batallion Chief. It should be
noted that fireground jobs are
strictly adhered to in Cincinnati,
thus forceable entry is done only
by truck companies. The chief
informed the crew that they
needed to take the line back to
the front door and make entry
there.
Now, the reconnected
line runs from the engine,
through the front yard, into the
back yard, and back to the front
yard and up to the front door.
utes after the flashover that it
was realized who the downed
firefighter was.
When the crew forced the front
door and called for water, the
driver-operator charged their
line, but no water reached the
nozzle because of the multiple
kinks in the line. As other crews
arrived, they pulled additional
lines and attempted to help the
initial attack crew. The officer
went to find out why the water
wasn't coming, and his crew
decided to go into the structure
with the dry hose line to locate
the fire. When the officer looked
back up onto the porch, he saw
firefighters that he assumed
were his crew, not realizing that
they were a different crew and
that his had gone inside.
*
Hose line deployment is
essential to a successful combat
*
Assure coordination of
attack and ventilation
*
Avoid opposing hoselines
*
Avoid simultaneous offensive and defensive operations
*
Flashover cannot be prevented without water
*
Engine companies must
work together
*
Crew integrity was nonexistent on this fire, a major contributor to the confusion that followed
*
Not a single fire line or
crew on the first alarm remained
together
*
When
crews
split,
accountability is destroyed
*
Officers cannot allow firefighters to be unsupervised in
hostile environments
*
Officers cannot be on the
nozzle
*
Officers must not be
focused on and/or complete
task-level functions when directing their subordinates
*
Stationary
command
posts are essential
*
When chaos occurs,
strong command presence
allows the IC to track and control
situation
*
Following proper com-
Less than four minutes after the
initial crew arrived on scene, the
lower level of the home flashed
over, with three firefighters inside
and without water. The last firefighter in grabbed the firefighter
behind the nozzle man and
threw him out the front door as
he dove out. The nozzle man,
Armstrong, died in the flashover.
He was burned beyond recognition, as was his turnout gear and
SCBA harness and mask. Due
to accountability problems, it 8
minutes after the flashover that a
mayday was called and 20 min-
There were several other things
that contributed to this death,
and those can be read in the
report available online at
www.cincyfire.org. The Training
Division did a preliminary and an
enhanced report that found 47
different "lessons learned and
reinforced".
An example of
some of those lessons include:
mand transfer procedures is
necessary
*
IC
must
maintain
accountability of all firefighters,
even if that task is delegated
*
Someone should be dedicated to accountability EARLY
ON in the fire
*
Accountability wasn't initiated until 4 minutes post
flashover and 8 minutes after the
arrival of the first alarm
*
It was not discovered that
the missing firefighter was
Armstrong until 20 minutes after
the flashover
*
Safety Officer assignment
is vital
*
Train on BASIC firefighter
functions to maintain proficiency
*
Firefighters should be
trained and evaluated on minimum
company
standards
through evolutions
*
Firefighters should be
thoroughly trained on all new
procedures
*
There should be new
SOP's developed to emphasize
crew integrity
*
Old SOP's should be
evaluated and changed to reflect
today's hazards
*
Company officer training
is critical
*
Driver training is critical to
operational effectiveness
*
Personnel expected to
ride out of rank should be trained
accordingly
*
Command officer training
is critical
*
PPE is your "lifelink" on
the fireground
*
Armstrong's PPE was 8
years old and hadn't been
inspected in 3 years
*
RIT team training is vital
with periodic refreshers
Training Guidelines Established after Maryland Study
Instructors must decide the fitness of training participants.
showed the stress involved during various evolutions.
Firefighters who can't pass a
step test and demonstrate adequate aerobic capacity should
not be allowed to participate in
training.
"There was no real data out
there. No one had monitored a
firefighter's body while they were
engaged in actual firefighting
activities," he said.
Maryland Fire and Rescue
Institute Director Steven T.
Edwards also said instructors
hold the key to reducing the
number of firefighters killed and
injured during training exercises.
Heart attacks are the leading
cause of training-related deaths,
and annually 14 firefighters die
during drills. Last year, statistics
show 7,100 were hurt. And,
Edwards said that number is
probably higher because all the
injuries were probably not reported.
Edwards said an extensive
research study conducted by the
Center for Firefighter Safety
Research and Development at
the University of Maryland
enforcement. We have to do a
better job of creating a safer
environment and protecting our
people..."
physicals. That's why Edwards
said the Harvard Step Test is so
important. It gauges the body's
aerobic capacity.
Since the Maryland study, fire
training academies across the
country have received health
and safety guidelines. "We've
received a lot of positive comments," Edwards said, adding
that instructors need to make
sure that their students are physically fit to participate.
He said the instructors must control who is allowed to take part in
firefighter training. It's the only
way to turn the tide on deaths
and injuries.
A copy of the document is available on MFRI's website.
While it's the department's
"We lose more people in training
responsibility to send people fit
activities than the military or law 11 for drills, not all require annual
The research project that
involved a physiological analysis
of firefighters engaged in various
tests was funded through a
$750,000 FIRE Act grant. "We
were fortunate to get this
research grant, one of the first
ones awarded."
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Training Guidelines...
From Rust Bucket to Street Rod
Dan and Brenda (Mielke) West
met after high school at a Fort
Wayne (IN) teen drive-in where
girls and boys checked out each
other on Friday evening, “cruising before ‘cruising’ became a
term,” Dan smiled.
“I noticed his Huntington County
license plate and asked him if he
knew a certain guy,” said
Brenda. “Dan had replied, “Yes,
he’s my cousin.”
The two chatted, their friendship
grew and began dating the following year. They celebrated
their 40th wedding anniversary
this year.
Starting his working years as a
tool and die apprentice at
General Electric in Fort Wayne,
dan
dated
Brenda
who
worked
at
Lincoln
Life
Insurance
Company.
After spending
17 years at GE,
he
formally
joined the Fort
Wayne
Fire
Department in
1980 after having volunteered
in Huntertown,
as his father had
in Markle. Dan
remained a firefighter for 25
years, advancing to engine
house Captain.
"Cars always interested me, Dan
declared, "and I helped restore
the Huntertown department's
1929 Ford Model-A fire truck to
trophy winning condition during
my volunteer hours there.
"Years later, I noticed a 1949
Ford pickup rusting under a tree
in somebody's meadow. The
owner wanted to sell it but there
was a catch: he wanted to sell
two other trucks as a package.
By then, fortunately, Brenda and
I had a home with a three-car
garage, so all the trucks were
protected. But her car sat outside in the elements."
"A home in The Villages with a
three-car garage wasn't available when we moved, so the golf
cart and the '49 truck are in the
garage, but our car, well. . ."
Dan's first success in restoring
the rust bucket came as he
lucked into two seats upholstered in bright red leather (apropos of a firefighter). And they
were free.
"So I built the truck around those
seats," Dan laughed.
Brenda reasoned her new car
should not sit outside with a Fort
Wayne winter approaching, so to
make garage room, Dan cannibalized parts from the other
trucks, incorporating them into
the 1949 Ford Pickup we see
around town today. The other
two trucks, part of his purchase
in Huntertown, were sold off and
Presto! Brenda had new space
for her new car.
"Had I not had years of tool and
die making experience, I would
not have started this project,"
Dan declared, for "I didn't have
the money it would take to farm
"These include instrument panel
aftermarket gauges, and there's
a current AM-FM radio and CD
player in the dash."
Brenda, recording work on their
labor of love with her camera,
has chronologically filled two
photo albums.
"It's taken us about five years
bringing the truck from meadow
to paint, working on it during time
off from the fire department,"
Dan declared with justifiable
pride.
Dan was president of Liberty
Cruisers Car Club back home in
Indiana, and the couple joined
the Village Vintage Car Club
soon after they arrived.
"In Fort Wayne,
Liberty Diner sponsored our group,
so we held our
club
meetings
there and our car
shows in their
parking
lot,"
Brenda said.
out all the work."
However, he did use the services of a welder, a professional
painter and Art Terlosky, a former
stock car driver who raced at
Fort Wayne's South Anthony
Speedway, who built the V8
engine.
Dan found a junked 1984 Ford
Ranger, purchased it for $75,
and harvested its power steering, front end, disk and power
brakes, front end suspension,
steering column, shift mechanism, fuel tank and all its wiring
for his work-in-progress.
"Having been a firefighter, my
good sense told me to move the
gas tank from behind the seat to
the back where it belongs!"
Dan figures he saved $2,000 on
parts he salvaged, and made
another $1,000 when he sold his
leftovers to other enthusiasts.
He did, however, purchase a few
new replicas of original Ford
parts, an industry in itself catering to car enthusiasts and restorers.
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"One Fourth of
July Dan was
working," Brenda
continued, "and
since the truck
was now painted
and presentable, I
drove it to a car
show, won 'best of show' and a
hundred-dollar bill. Of course,
the cash prize went back into the
truck."
Dan also designed, fabricated
and installed not only an aluminum tonneau cover for the
bed, but also a slide-out tray
underneath that permits easy
access to a tent, baggage, tools
and other paraphernalia required
for overnight car shows.
The vehicle attracts onlookers
who are amusing to watch.
"They'll stand with their hands
respectfully behind their backs to
avoid actually touching its surface, while still trying to get as
close to taking in all the detail
they can," Brenda smiled.
"What Brenda and I have may be
best described as a 'stockappearing street rod'. But if you
ever pull up beside us, the V8
under the hood certainly doesn't
sound 'stock'!"
The new center is comprised of
four
departments
at
the
University of Maryland -- MFRI,
Fire Protection Engineering
Department,
Small
Smart
System Center, and Department
of Kinesiology.
Once the methodology was
established, 200 firefighters
agreed to participate in the study
at MFRI. They had to have
Firefighter II certification, and at
least three years' experience.
The study group included men
and women, some were volunteers, others career.
Researchers teamed up with a
private partner, VivoMetrics
Government Services (VGS)
which provided a LifeShirt that
monitored the firefighters' bodies
while they were in the engaged
in the various exercises. "We
monitored every heart beat and
every breath while they were
here."
Each participant also swallowed
a pill to obtain a core body temperature as it passed through the
body. A urine sample then determined if they were sufficiently
hydrated.
Edwards said it was important to
see just how the body reacts
during the stresses of firefighting. The study participants had
to rescue a dummy, stand outside in full turnout gear as part of
a RIT team and were involved in
a burn scenario.
While the firefighters moved
through the various phases,
researchers monitored their vital
signs on a computer. Body temperatures would often continue
to rise even after they left the
burn room.
Edwards said the document published after the data was analyzed will hopefully be embraced
so the number of training-related
deaths and injuries can be
reduced.
Maryland
Institute
Fire
and
Rescue
Stephen T. Edwards - Director
“Guess the Firefighter”
Reprinted with permission
Answer...
V Magazine - October 2006
Michael M. Aker
Operation Helmet
Fighters of Massachusetts and
other IAFF members are now
serving.
As part of an effort to keep IAFF
members serving overseas in
the Reserve Forces and National
Guard safe, the IAFF is supporting Operation Helmet, a program
to provide soldiers with potentially life-saving upgrades to ballistic
helmets – free of charge. These
upgrades are currently only
issued to the military's most elite
forces and do not filter down to
Reserve and National Guard
forces. Therefore, these and the
many other soldiers who make
up half of the nation’s military
personnel deployed in Iraq and
Afghanistan are serving without
the proper equipment to ensure
their safety.
"It is a disgrace that our government continues to send troops
into combat without the proper
equipment to do their jobs and
come home safely," says IAFF
General
President
Harold
Schaitberger, who has made a
$5,000 donation to Operation
Helmet to help pay for these
desperately-needed
helmet
upgrades for the 407th Air
Expeditionary Group based at Ali
Base, Iraq, the unit in which former Attleboro, MA Local 858
President Paul Jacques, members of the Professional Fire
John Garran, a senior corpsman
for 165 members of a Marine
Corps weapons company and a
member of Barnstable, MA Local
3276, is serving is Fallujah with
other IAFF brothers and sisters
from Massachusetts, Rhode
Island,
New
York,
New
Hampshire and Connecticut. He
reports that the helmet project
has donated 90 helmet liners
this year, with more on the way.
"We've already experienced one
situation where the helmet
upgrades have made a difference between a mild concussion
and one that would have taken
the marine out of the fight," says
Garran.
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Water Supply Evolutions II
Continued from Page 10
Letter to the Editor
opinion was that they were
being….well, unreasonable and I
told them so. I was kindly
informed of their concern for my
opinion - not much.
Sid's dad's long minutes turn into
quick hours because of all you
did and wanted to do.
In all my deliberations regarding
LDH, I was convinced that ultimately the firefighters would provide the best ideas on how to
most effectively maximize its
capabilities; I believe I was right
in that assessment.
Those times were hectic, but I'll
never cease to appreciate my
good fortune in having had the
opportunity to serve as Fire
Chief with such a superb group
of firefighters.
Thomas A. Heckman
Fire Chief, Retired (1973-1976)
The helmet upgrades replace
the 1930s-era helmet support
system, are more stable and
decrease G-force transmission
to the head and brain on impact.
The IAFF encourages its affiliates and members to help their
brothers and sisters serving
overseas by making a donation
to Operation Helmet. Upgrades
are $98.69 each, and contributions can be made for a specific
soldier.
http://operation-helmet.org/
Happiness is nothing more than good
health and a bad memory.
Albert Schweitzer
Thanks again for being there
and helping make my good
friend, Sid Hall, become the hero
he was and helping me to see it
because of all of you. My prayer
for you is that you would not put
your fire coat on unless you
know Jesus Christ as your personal savior. I know how hard it
is to bury a simple little man that
knew God. I can't imagine how
hard it would be too bury a man
that didn't.
I am not a firefighter by heart like
you. I am from need in the community in which I work, but I am
glad to be a part of a group like
you. Thanks so much.
A firefighter in His Kingdom,
Tim Mannix
Marion, IN
Attention!
Are you a retiree or do you know a retiree who is hospitalized, in an assisted living facility, or just needs a
hand at home? The Local 124 Good and Welfare
Committee would like to show our appreciation to our
retired brothers and sisters by checking in on them from
time to time and helping out in any way we can.
Please keep us informed of individuals in our area who
gave to our department and union so that we can give
something back to them in their time of need.
Contact an Executive Board member or
Rich Dolsen Jr. @ 432-1415 or
Station 1A @ 427-1275
E-mail: [email protected]
NOTICE:
Updated link info to
the Allen County
Public Library's
digital photos.
The address is
www.acpl.lib.in.us
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Click on
“Community Album”
under “Online
Databases” on the
right side and then
click on “Fire
Fighter Photos
Collection”.
What Are Kettlebells?
Weight Lifting Times Ten
by Michael Stefano
This is the fourth article in the
series. With each installment, I'll
break down a timeless classic,
demonstrating how to get the most
out of an old favorite. This issue
looks at an unbelievably effective
conditioning
tool
sweeping
America, Kettlebells.
They've been described as Russian
dumbbells, a cannon ball with a
handle, and as the subtitle of this
article implies, weight lifting times
ten.
IN THIS ARTICLE YOU'LL LEARN
· Brief history and science behind
kettlebell training
· What others have accomplished
with this remarkable tool
· How one simple exercise can
transform your body
With roots in
eastern Europe,
kettlebells have
a deep international history.
There's
even
speculation that
they were used
by
ancient
Greek athletes
and gladiators thousands of years
ago.
Kettlebells were also the training
tool of choice for many strongmen
of the early 1900's. Weight lifting
pioneers Eugen Sandow and Arthur
Saxon both trained with kettlebells.
"Not a single sport develops our
muscular strength and bodies like
kettlebells,"
wrote
Ludvig
Chaplinskiy in the Russian magazine Hercules in 1913.
According to Lauren Brooks
(Southern California fitness expert
and fellow kettlebell trainer),"The
best way to get a lean, sexy, welldefined physique is with heavy
weights and low reps." Lauren goes
on to say, "So what is the best way
to develop real strength? I am firmly convinced it is kettlebell training.
When I discovered kettlebells, I was
hooked immediately. I stopped
training with dumbbells and
machines. Working with only kettlebells 2-3 times a week for 10
weeks, I lost about 4-5 percent of
my body fat. I look better now than I
did in college. I was amazed and so
were my clients and other trainers.
They begged me to teach them
what I was doing."
While kettlebells all but disappeared in the west, they flourished
in the former Soviet Union. In
Russia, everyone from common
people, to the military, to Olympic
athletes trained with kettlebells. In
1948 the first official competition
took place, and later it became
Russia's National sport.
Russian Special Forces personnel
owe much of their legendary
strength, cat-like agility, and endless stamina to kettlebell training.
The official armed forces strength
training manual pronounced kettlebell drills to be "one of the most
effective means of strength development" representing "a new era in
the development of human
strength-potential."
Today, there's been a rediscovery of
kettlebells in the United States. Top
athletes, police departments, the
military and martial artist are training with KB's to stay on top of their
game.
illustrations for the Swing, a kettlebell classic. Realizing that most
people don't have a kettlebell
parked out in their garage, I've
included the alterative method of
swinging with a dumbbell. Though
not nearly as challenging, it will
allow you to get the sensation and
associated physiological adaptations of actual kettlebell training.
Please realize that the swing is an
advanced exercise, and should only
be undertaken if you feel confident
lifting weights. Proceed at your own
risk and always get your physician's
approval.
DragonDoor.com writes "K-bells
forge doers physiques, along the
lines of antique statues -- broad
shoulders with just a hint of pecs,
back muscles standing out in bold
relief, wiry arms, rugged forearms,
a cut midsection, and strong legs
without a hint of squat-induced
chafing."
My personal introduction to the
glory of kettlebells came from a
female client named Melissa. An
accomplished
runner
and
endurance athlete, Melissa was
also a professional firefighter and
fire instructor. She had some experience with kettlebell training and
got me hooked. It was a match
made in heaven.
I discovered a tool that could easily
be adapted to just about any firefighting or sport-specific task. Pure
strength, explosive power, extreme
endurance, advanced flexibility,
coordination, balance, and taskspecific skill can all be vastly
improved with this simple looking,
yet incredibly challenging, ball of
cast iron. From my years of first
hand experience, I can tell you with
authority, these are qualities that
are a vital for a working firefighter,
and sought after throughout all athletics.
If you could site one drawback with
kettlebell training, it would be the
learning curve that's not usually
associated with a simple fitness
program, as kettlebells have been
coined "the martial art of strength
training". But luckily for the average
novice, your body will begin to
adapt during this initial learning
process, and you'll see changes in
how you look and feel almost immediately.
Below
are the instructions and
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With synchronized hip and upper
body motion, (body weight is on
your heels as much as possible)
thrust your hips forward and swing
(full arc, arms straight) the bell to
chest height in one motion. Be sure
back stays straight and never
rounds. Lock out hips (clench glutes
hard, keep abs and quads tight) at
the top of the motion. This should
be fairly easy unless you attempt
too heavy a weight. Work on timing
the hip thrust with arm swing. If you
don't use any upper body muscular
effort this will come naturally.
Points to Remember
THE SWING
Before beginning...
Apply Tension to Abdominals
Don't confuse this with sucking in
your gut. Quite the contrary, flexing
your core is more like bracing for a
punch. Sniff in some air, bear down
and squeeze your abs, creating
core/spinal stability.
Flex Glutes and Pelvic Floor
Before you move an inch, squeeze
your butt cheeks together (as if to
pinch a coin between your glutes),
and create an anal lock (squeeze
muscles that prevent a bowel
movement). This protects you from
many nasty conditions (such as
hemorrhoids) that afflict many
weight lifters who ignore this simple
step.
Getting Started
There is no better way to simultaneously build strength and endurance,
while you burn fat, than with a few
high-rep sets of kettlebell swings (a
common entry level KB exercise).
This is a dynamic movement that
works your body as one unit and
requires a great deal of physical
effort. The harder you work the
more strength / endurance you
build and calories you burn.
bell down and back between your
legs for a few inches (hike a football), immediately allow (don't force)
the weight to reverse direction and
arms to swing forward. Arms remain
straight (elbows locked) and back
remains straight or slightly arched,
not rounded.
Select a kettlebell or dumbbell you can
safely handle
for at least 10
reps.
Stand
with feet at hip
width or wider.
Toes
are
straight
or
point slightly
out. With abs tight, hinge at the hips
to pick you the dumbbell with two
hands. Both versions of this exercise can also be done with one arm,
as you may find the one-arm version more compatible when using a
dumbbell (the free arm is held out
for balance).
Keep your back straight (never
rounded) and stick your butt back.
Shins remain as vertical as possible
with your body weight on your heels
at the start of the lift. First swing the
Back stays arched, shoulders back,
shins vertical, glutes and abs tight
as you swing the weight anywhere
from waist height (beginners) to
chest height, or higher. As shown in
the photo, the models are perfectly
straight (not leaning backward) at
the top of the swing. Never lean or
scoop under the weight. Allow the
weight to swing back down in the
same arc, bend at the hips and
catch the weight your hips, glutes
and hamstrings (absorbing momentum). Like a sling-shot, immediately
reverse direction of the bell and
again thrust forward for another rep.
Imagine sitting on a hot stove.
Do not try and control the downswing with muscular effort. The
arms should feel like ropes and the
hands like hooks. Gently guide the
bell instead of trying to alter its path
with your arms. Remember to use
the momentum from the downswing, reverse the direction and
snap your hips once again.
Coordinate your breathing with your
movements (exhale up, inhale
down works for most people).
Rep potential is unlimited, from 10
to 30 or more. When form fades,
end the set. Rest as long as necessary between sets. This move
builds super endurance as well as
explosive power. Most men should
start with a 20 to 35 pound bell,
while women should start with a 10
or 15 pounder.
Fort Wayne Firefighters Scholarship
RECIPE OF THE MONTH
Applications Due March 26
Banana Bread the Healthy Way
High school seniors who plan to start college in the fall of 2007
might be interested in applying for the Fort Wayne Firefighters
Scholarship. To be eligible, a student must be a child or stepchild,
natural or adoptive, of paid, active or retired pensioned employees, or of widows or widowers of same, who at the time of death
were paid active or retired pensioned employees of the Fort
Wayne Fire Department.
¼ cup of margarine
¼ cup of applesauce
¾ cup of sugar or "splenda" for baking
¼ cup of brown sugar
4 egg whites
1 cup white flour
1 cup of wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
3 smashed ripe bananas
1 ½ tsp of vanilla
The scholarship fund, which is administered by the Fort Wayne
Community Foundation, annually awards a $4,000 scholarship,
payable $1,000 a year for four years. Recipients must be enrolled
full-time and maintain a 2.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale in order to renew
the scholarship each year.
Applications are available in the guidance departments of all high
schools in Allen County, on the Community Foundation website at
www.cfgfw.org, or by calling the Community Foundation at 260426-4083.
Optional
¾ cup walnuts or pecans
Or 1 cup chocolate chips or both
Cream margarine, applesauce, egg whites, and sugar
Add flour soda salt. Then cream in bananas, vanilla
And optional items if wanted.
Grease loaf pan bake at 350 for 45-55 mins.
Happy New Year to all. Take care.
Craig FWFD-PFT
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human
stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)
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Completed applications must be received at the Community
Foundation office by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 26, 2007. A
volunteer selection committee will evaluate all applications, and
applicants will be informed of the results in writing in May.
Applicants will be evaluated on their academic ability, citizenship,
moral standards and achievement. Financial need is not a dominant qualifying criteria.
If you have any questions about the scholarship or how to apply,
please call Kevin Page, Treasurer, Fort Wayne Firefighters
Union, at 427-2189, or the Fort Wayne Community Foundation,
at 426-4083.
The application can be downloaded from our web site also, at
www.iaff124.org.
This ad is not an endorsement of the Fort Wayne Professional Firefighter’s Union, Local 124
or the Fort Wayne Professional Firefighter’s Union, Local 124 PAC.
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Andrew, Anne, and the rest of Ed's family.
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