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Tom Wilbur has been working with the FDNY to come up with a workable, retrofitted seat belt system that the guys will actually use. One of their ladder companies was recently involved in a particularly violent front end impact, and fortunately the rig was fitted with the new seat belt system and all the brothers survived. I think it's safe to say that everyone at the FDNY is finally getting on the same page with this issue, and about damned time. So should we all. Firefighters that arrive on the scene alive save many lives. Injured firefighters save few. Dead firefighters save none.
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Mike Wilbur has been a LT in my house for over 17 years...............He did a good thing with these new seat belts, as my house was the test-pilot house for the program. I gotta be completely honest though, and I did voice this in person to Mike..............I ALWAYS wear my seat belt when driving the rig............When i'm in the back, I don't wear it, and I probably never will.........99.9% of the men feel the same way..........We can be at our 1st due boxes in a matter of 2 minutes...........i'm getting my mask on and making sure i'm ready to go! You can't do that when you're wearing a seatbelt, no matter what ANYBODY say's................
Tom Wilbur has been working with the FDNY to come up with a workable, retrofitted seat belt system that the guys will actually use. One of their ladder companies was recently involved in a particularly violent front end impact, and fortunately the rig was fitted with the new seat belt system and all the brothers survived. I think it's safe to say that everyone at the FDNY is finally getting on the same page with this issue, and about damned time. So should we all. Firefighters that arrive on the scene alive save many lives. Injured firefighters save few. Dead firefighters save none.
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Mike Wilbur has been a LT in my house for over 17 years...............He did a good thing with these new seat belts, as my house was the test-pilot house for the program. I gotta be completely honest though, and I did voice this in person to Mike..............I ALWAYS wear my seat belt when driving the rig............When i'm in the back, I don't wear it, and I probably never will.........99.9% of the men feel the same way..........We can be at our 1st due boxes in a matter of 2 minutes...........i'm getting my mask on and making sure i'm ready to go! You can't do that when you're wearing a seatbelt, no matter what ANYBODY say's................
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NEVER FORGET 9-11-01 F.D.N.Y. 343
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RIP Captain Frank Keane 46 Engine F.D.N.Y 12-11-06
NEVER FORGET 9-11-01 F.D.N.Y. 343
RIP FF John Bellew 27 Truck F.D.N.Y. 1-23-05
RIP Captain Frank Keane 46 Engine F.D.N.Y 12-11-06
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