Product Review

Just last month it was brought to my attention that one of the pics from that training was used in a magazine advertisement by PBI Products. Maybe they will toss a few sets of gear our way and get some product review advertisement as well.

Mrs. Sweat Bee didn't get a video of Christmas morning, but from the pictures it seems the Sweat Bee wanted a these gifts like a Red Ryder BB gun. Happy breaking, breaching, and forcing.

My advice to the new divers afterwards was to keep diving, constantly work to improve buoyancy control, stay calm, and be smooth. The environments we get called to dive on are mostly technical, with little visibility, and sometimes scarcely supported dive profiles. Be smart.

It has been about two months since first zipping up the Haix Fire Flash Xtreme boots.

Unfortunately, the young lad won't be going to the regional qualifier because other students presenting on basket weaving and the aerodynamics of horseshoes were selected instead.

For the last several weeks we have given away a bunch of great products in the Before The Snow Flies Giveaway. Somehow, Smitty over at Boron Extrication and the FDT crew have managed to juggle what goes to who. We certainly couldn't have made it without the help of Shane at the National Firefighters Endowment. Consider joining the Officers Club.

Next up for the Before The Snow Flies Giveaway is a shirt from Ride Backwards. Read more about the Ride Backwards crew and how this firefighter product for firefighters was born, HERE.

We just wrapped up four company drills of forcible entry training with the Oregon (OH) Fire Department. Many of the pictures are on the First Due Tackle facebook page. Be sure to check them out. We talked tools, technique, and brotherhood.

Boron Extrication and First Due Tackle have teamed up to give you a chance to win some new equipment and swag. We'll announce a new product or more every week until the giveaway ends on October 31, 2012. The more often you like and share, the more chances you have to win. Be sure to review the rules on the Enter The Giveaway page linked below and check the blogs regularly for the next product announcement.

We spent a morning with Packexe Smash CEO Andrew Orchard at a scrap yard in Michigan to demo a glass management product. Mr. Orchard is not a firefighter, but seems to get what we do. He put his money where his mouth is by flying in from the UK to show us what his product is all about and to make sure we understood the application.