Dear Battalion Viewers,

You may have noticed this week that the Central Pierce Fire & Rescues webisode #1 was up on Friday and then gone...???

We are very busy trying to cut Trailers to get to the networks for our last try at television, and since we are only two people, the webisode that went up last Friday was not even close to viewable, so we took it down.

If you are a Battalion Member, then you know what's going on via our direct Member announcements. ...Read more

Dear Battalion Viewers,

Tonight, at 7:00PM PST; we will Premiere our new series with Central Pierce Fire & Rescue from the State of Washington, our first series from the Northwest.

This Department is very different than where I have filmed before.

You will learn how they started with one-man Engine Companies. I witnessed them putting out an attic fire and did not use a drop of water…I was very impressed. The residents were able to return to their home after mop-up. ...Read more

Dear Battalion Viewer...

More info on our upcoming series:

Central Pierce Fire & Rescue (CPF&R) operates twelve fire stations, all of which are staffed 24 hours a day by career personnel. Eight of our stations house paramedic units to provide emergency medical services (both basic and advanced life support) and transport patients to emergency care.

You can learn more about this Department at http://www.centralpiercefire.org and the photo is of Engine 66 as they teach fire safety.

Be safe.

Sincerely,

David

Dear Battalion Viewers,

Coming in April: Central Pierce Fire & Rescue.

The Battalion - The Series, was looking for a department to film for it’s first series in the Northwest. Through the efforts of Pierce Manufacturing, and its Dealer Huges Fire Equipment http://www.hughesfire.com in Springfield Oregon, we were guided in the direction of Central Pierce Fire & Rescue; and what a great direction it was...

This is really a department that was merged together and what a great job they do at saving lives and protecting their citizens, and they always do it with a smile.

Central Pierce Fire & Rescue (also known as Pierce County Fire District 6) was formed in 1996, following a merger of Fire District 6 (Parkland/Midland), Fire District 7 (Spanaway) and Fire District 9 (Summit/South Hill).

Dear Battalion Viewers,

Tonight we present our first webisdoe about the family tradition of firefighting with Tampa Fire-Rescue.

I know you all want to see fires, but to me this is as cool and more important than fires...it's about something very special between a father and son.

Stay tuned to this Tulefog Blog; starting tomorrow we will begin to introduce you to our first series in the Northwest with Central Pierce County Fire & Rescue...

Announcement: we will have a booth at FDIC, more to come...

Be safe.

Sincerely,

David

Dear Battalion Viewers,

Tonight, at 7:00PM PST; is our last webisode on training, just for now, and it's with Tampa Fire Rescue.

This department knows how to save money and one way was to build their own training aids and to find buildings that they can use for a period of time.

Many Departments across the Country have little or no funds for training.

What I learned from Tampa Fire Rescue in this webisode is how to use recycled materials to build training aids that help save the lives of firefighters.

We hope to bring a lot more training webisodes to you in the future and eventually set them all up in our Training Section.

Next week will be our first webisode on a firefighters family tradition.

Be safe.

Sincerely,

DRF

<!--Session data-->Dear Battalion Viewers,

Tonight, we continue with our Training mini-series.

Last week we saw the members of Engine 35 and Truck 35 perform their daily training, and they stepped it up a notch.

San Diego Fire Rescue's Union did them a solid by making an hour a day of physical training part of their contract and it shows. These guys even eat healty food now...

I just returned from filming with Pierce County Fire & Rescue near Tacoma Washington; here is another department that is doing a great job.

This series will be very informative in many ways. Many of the orginal firefighters still with the Department will talk about the old days when they had single man engine companies, I was amazed. ...Read more