Marc Bashoor

Executive Editor & Retired PGFD Chief, Former Public Safety Dir Highlands Co FL, Former EM Director Mineral Co WV

[Talkin' Fire @Talkin_Fire]

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Yvorra Leadership Development Foundation Awards Scholarship to KCKFD Battalion Chief

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YLD Chief Alan Brunacini Special Projects Award Recipient is the Danville, Illinois, Fire Department

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Kansas State Association of Fire Chiefs Awarded Yvorra-Brunacini Special Projects Funding #YLD

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[Mark Brady @PIOMarkBrady]

Up to $30,000 in scholarship and monetary awards available. Still time to apply!!! @mcfrsPIO @SmedleyCorey @LAFD @CFDMedia @BostonFire @dcfireems @MFR_PIO @ToddJLeDuc @ChiefBashoor @PGFDNews @PGVolFRA @BHVFD14 @PHXFire @AACoFD @HazmatHub @AHIMTA @STATter911 @ChiefJohnButler @FireRescue1 @LasVegasFD @FD_Observer @NYCEMSwatch @ChiefRubin @AmerChemSociety @CastleRockFF @USCG @USArmy @USNavy @usairforce @usmarines @SouthMetroPIO @metrofirepio @NashvilleFD @iaem @iaemsc @DC_HSEMA @FLSERT @AACO_OEM @MDMEMA @SCEMD @CALFIRE_PIO

[Todd J. LeDuc @ToddJLeDuc]

Attending @IAFC @FireRescueIntl #FRI2024 @CityOfDallas join @LifeScanSaves the industry leading provider of early detection @NFPA enhanced physicals @PIOMarkBrady @floridaFFsafety @IAFC_SHS @ChiefRubin @SPrziborowski @RealBritaHorn @Di_Cotter @NEFireChiefs @ChiefOttoDrozd @SGFFireChief @ChiefSamPena @FireRescue1 @ChiefBashoor @DanKerrigan911 @pkerriganpk @SPrziborowski @chiefnugent @5AlarmTaskForce @HazMatBarbiePhD @jmbuckman3rd

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NEW for 2024 - Fire and Emergency Services Special Projects Funding Available For Up To $10,000 https://t.co/wbjUzNs57D @STATter911 @1stresponderctr @ChiefRubin @chieflasky @ChiefBashoor @IAFC @IAFFofficial @PIOPete @PIOMikeJ @IAFC_VCOS @NFFF_News @FSRI_org @ChiefJohnButler

[Todd J. LeDuc @ToddJLeDuc]

@LifeScanSaves was honored to be notified it will be awarded @FireRescueIntl the @IAFC @IAFC_SHS @BillyGoldfeder @VFIS organizational safety 🥇 award 👏👏 @fireengineering @PIOMarkBrady @ChiefRubin @floridaFFsafety @FCSNnational @BryanFrieders @FDSOApubs @Di_Cotter @1stresponderctr @NFFF_News @FireChiefofHFD @ChiefOttoDrozd @5AlarmTaskForce @RealBritaHorn @saraanne71 @TheIPSDI @IPSDIJohn @IAFF12thDVP @TheSecretList @Donnie_Hutch

[Marc Bashoor @ChiefBashoor]

@gfriese Thanks for reading and thanks offering your thoughts and prayers thru this process.

[Dave Statter @STATter911]

NEW: I have no way of confirming the details of this Reddit story (and DC911/@OUC_DC refuses to deal with me). But I can tell you the long wait to get DC911 to answer, the inability of a call-taker to comprehend that a three-year-old diaper wearing child wandering a DC neighborhood should be a priority call, and the call-taker asking if the child has any weapons fits with a lot of other anecdotal information I've gathered. This includes the recent case of a call-taker encouraging a caller to do chest compressions on someone who clearly didn't need it. Here are some undeniable facts about DC911:

1. Getting a live person to answer often takes minutes.
2. Once you get a call-taker on the line too many are poorly trained to effectively handle your emergency.
3. No one can get a real handle on just how bad things are at DC911 because Director Heather McGaffin refuses to provide required performance data, won't release required information about mistakes made by her staff, and continues to cover up high profile calls where 911 mistakes were made during incidents where people and animals died.
4. @MayorBowser and some council members are just fine with facts 1 through 3 because they've done nothing to disrupt the failing status quo.

DC911 is in crisis with multiple failures each day. Yet there's apparently nothing anyone can do about it except pray they don't need to call 911 in the District of Columbia. #FixD911
https://t.co/yIUDZgxLm9

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[Todd J. LeDuc @ToddJLeDuc]

🚨🚨🚨ICYMI: @LifeScanSaves 🌧️🌧️💦dodged the storm to get #enhancedearlydetection @NFPA physicals completed this week for our partners in Broward County @CoralSpringsFD @CoralSpringsFL @FLFR411 @cohgov @floridaFFsafety @fireengineering @IAFF12thDVP @PIOMarkBrady @browardsheriff @ChiefOttoDrozd @5AlarmTaskForce @ChiefRubin @RealBritaHorn @BillyGoldfeder @Jefffire89

[Marc Bashoor @ChiefBashoor]

@BillRehkopf @STATter911 @BillyGoldfeder @TheSecretList Any updates to why?

[Marc Bashoor @ChiefBashoor]

@ToddJLeDuc @metrochiefs @LifeScanSaves @ChiefOttoDrozd @DrLoriUSFA @ChiefRubin @TheIPSDI @PIOMarkBrady @5AlarmTaskForce @Jefffire89 Thanks for fighting the fight Todd. We all appreciate it!

[Dave Statter @STATter911]

NEW: For the third time in 10 days, DC911/@OUC_DC totally screwed up a report of a structure fire. This time a mother and her baby were hunkered down in a a bathroom due to a fire in the kitchen. They originally sent @dcfireems to 1100 East Capitol Street NE. The correct location was 1100 Eastern Avenue NE. Eleven minutes were lost before OUC finally got its act together and sent the right assignment to the right address. Firefighters helped the mother and baby to safety and quickly handled a fire on the stove. The two were checked out by EMS. I will have more later in the morning. It's complete neglect that this keeps happening and no one is doing anything to fix it.
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[Todd J. LeDuc @ToddJLeDuc]

Great to see our @usfire administrator @DrLoriUSFA on the floor staying updated on innovations @THEMETROCHIEFS & spending time with @LifeScanSaves crew celebrating 26 yrs of enhanced early detection @nfpa physicals for first responders. @ChiefOttoDrozd @PIOMarkBrady @ChiefRubin @FireChiefofHFD @RegE_TJohnson @fireengineering @5AlarmTaskForce @Chief600KJ

[Marc Bashoor @ChiefBashoor]

The 2024 “Safety Stand Down”, June 16 to 22, will focus on training.

Please take a few minutes to listen to this Better-Every-Shift podcast and be part of the solutions for a better fire service!

https://t.co/fckNk45FBj

[Marc Bashoor @ChiefBashoor]

Here’s an opportunity for a new free “Fire Command” webinar that I’ll be hosting on June 5, with Chief John Vance and Division Chief Steve Lester.

Register now!

https://t.co/CPJ3XDgKHU

[Office of Unified Communications @OUC_DC]

Director McGaffin welcomed emergency communications professionals and their leadership from Collier County, FL. for a 911 Operations overview, tour, demo of our call-taking protocol system, and sharing of best practices.

[Marc Bashoor @ChiefBashoor]

@STATter911 @OUC_DC @dcfireems It is a travesty that your tenacity seems wasted on deaf ears, daily. Seems they’re treating OUC like a science experiment, dabbling in what might be right, instead of learning from each experiment & building a safer city.

Thank God SPRINKLERS held this at bay! @NFSAorg

[Nonprofit HFSC @HFSCorg]

Important read: "...there is NO excuse for fire chiefs not feverishly advocating for residential sprinklers in their communities." @ChiefBashoor @FireRescue1 https://t.co/KoDxuPXpEl