WOODBURY CT – Nearly 50 firefighters from the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Dept and four neighboring Connecticut towns contained a fire that destroyed a home in the early hours of New Year’s Da...
On Thanksgiving eve, the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department responded to a MVA accident when a BMW left Middle Road Tpke, crossed over Route 6, and crashed through the Garden’s assembled Christm...
WOODBURY – The Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department extinguished an electrical transformer fire that briefly caused evacuation of 11 units in the Woodlake development Sunday night November 24th. ...
During the year 2019, the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department responded to 344 total calls with an average of 11 firefighters rolling out each time.Fire (flame involved fires) 15False Alarms - 123Every...
Tom Ashmore has been training the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department for over 20 years. He brings years of exprience and knowledge in many areas of training. He has trained and certified the firefighters in High Angle, Below Grade, Confine Space, Man-Tracking, Cold and Swift Water Rescue and UTV operations - just for starters. Visit the below link to see a full range of services his company has to offer.
This link will advise you of the Forest Fire Danger as set by the DEP.
If you wish to obtain an Open Burning Permit you must call the Fire Marshal, Monday - Thursday between the hours of 7:30am - 5:30pm to be placed on the scehdule to burn.
Burning is allowed Monday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm. But only on days deemed allowable by the Fire Marshal.
See the Fire Marshal's Page for full details.
Welcome to the official web site of Michael Wilbur's Emergency Vehicle Response.
Emergency Vehicle Response was born out of Firefighters desire for excellent emergency vehicle driver training over a decade ago. Hence the companies motto "Excellence in Motion". Emergency Vehicle Response offers 18 hours of the best and unmatched Emergency Vehicle Driver Training in the World. This training can be offered at your fire station and includes hands on training on your apparatus. Click the EVOC link for more information on this course.
The newest course offering is Aerial Ladder and Tower Ladder Placement and Operation. This course was design as a direct result of going around the country teaching EVOC and finding out that most Fire Departments do not understand, have not been properly trained and do not get the maximum use out of their aerial devices. This 8 hour course is a dynamic PowerPoint presentation that includes hands on training on your aerial apparatus and buildings in your response area. For more information and a class outline click on the Aerial Operations link.
Apparatus Architect has been running since 2000 as a regular feature of Firehouse Magazine. Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur are the Apparatus Architects and offer a wide variety of Fire Service consulting services. The Apparatus Architects have the knowledge and the expertise in the very dynamic and ever changing Apparatus Industry to get your fire department the very best apparatus that you deserve. The Apparatus Architects have an extensive list of satisfied Fire Departments that have received apparatus consulting, fire station consulting, and fire protection reviews. For more information you can click the Apparatus Architect link. Emergency Vehicle Response has also posted current articles that have appeared in your favorite Fire Service periodicals.
Dennis recently launched this new website dedicated to homeland security. As Dennis wrote us: "The Firefighters and First Responders have a more than dangerous profession, but the strength of the new possibilities place us in an untenable position, balancing the love and responsibility towards our families with our dedication to protecting the public.
Check out this EXCELLENT new site put together by noted experts and lead by FDNY's Dennis Smith: www.HomelandVoice.com
Pleural mesothelioma is the most common form of mesothelioma. Among other issues, fluid buildup in the chest cavity can cause serious pain and discomfort for patients. Symptoms of pleural mesothelioma may include:
Shortness of breath
Inability to breathe without pain; the pain is located under the rib cage (This is referred to as pleurisy.)
Pain in the lower back
Painful coughing
Dry cough
Unexplained weight loss
Lumps of tissue under the chest skin
These symptoms may be signs of several other illnesses, including those related to asbestos exposure. As a result, pleural mesothelioma is frequently difficult to diagnose.
To learn more about this mesothelioma visit the follwoing website:
http://www.survivingmesothelioma.com/firefighter-mesothelioma.cfm
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