Thank you from the jumpseat...

Today is a huge day for the View's from the jumpseat. View's hit the 600 visit mark! I would have never imagined that I would hit 100 much less 600. Thank you to all that have taken time to stop and read View's. I hope to expand view's toward the future. I hope to add some Podcasting, Video, and Some new article's. I am so excited for the potential to deliver my idea's and thoughts to each of you. Please continue to stop and I hope to earn your return with some exciting new idea's. Thank you again for visiting the jumpseat and Have A Great Weekend Everyone!!!!

Senseless Acts of Firefighting!

I heard a new saying around the fire service today. “There is no common sense in the fire service, “Everything that we do is a learned behavior that must be learned, relearned and drilled on over and over again. So is it true, is there no common sense in the Fire Service? Does this statement apply to us and what we do every day. Is it fair to say that the thousands and thousands of men and women that pull on their boots and roll out the door looking to help their fellow man and protect the property have No common sense. It seems like this couldn’t be true, but let’s spend some time analyzing it from one point of view. Let’s use the view from the jump seat that’s where I am riding and let’s use it for a starting point to determine if the fire service “Has no Common Sense”.

Help, Help, my house is on fire! This is a statement that you and I would say if indeed your house were to catch fire. We probably be saying it as we are running or crawling out the front door or looking for a place to jump. But here they come, like knights in shining amour on the BRT(Big Red Truck) or whatever color your trucks are, they jump off grab a hose and into a raging out of control force that is looking to destroy everything that comes in its path. So, is there any sense to what they are doing? Just like the old adage states “Why do they go running in while everyone else is running out”? Well it’s this simple we have chosen to serve our community and been trained in how to mitigate emergencies or is it that we are all adrenaline junkies looking for the next high? Maybe a little bit of both. I think that we can have common sense while doing senseless acts as long as we revert back to our training, experience and COMMON SENSE!

View's is getting Published!!

Hey everyone, View's from the Jumpseat is moving up to the big leagues. Check out Views on Firehouse.com/members blogs.

http://www.firehouse.com/blog/ryan-pennington/views-jumpseat

Please take the time and check it out....Please leave comments.


Thank you to Pete Mathews at Firehouse.com......You da man Pete!

Thanks to all that Serve!

View's from the jumpseat would like to take the time to salute the men and women of the armed forces. Today is your day and you deserve it!!!! Happy Veterans Day! God bless you and God bless America!

What to do when the what if’s happen!

Have you ever set down and thought about the “What if’s” of the fire service? In our line of work the what if’s are too many to list, but have you ever set and thought about how some of them would affect you. These variables that you face can and will have a negative effect on the outcome of your incident; they may even cost you your life. So what if we trained to expect the unexpected. What if while you are training you practice for the unexpected variables that might cause harm while handling your next emergency. What if we learn how to handle the situation’s that you might not see but once in a career? Can we keep our wits about us to realize that something is wrong before we lose our life? Can we rely on our training and knowledge to get us through the emergency? Maybe we should look a little deeper and learn to mitigate these situations before game day. Just like any good athlete practice makes perfect so let’s start right here and practice before the what if happens to you!

In this Picture....Note the HVAC unit that was on the roof! Now inside the Building! A BIG WHAT IF!