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		<title>Open Mic Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://michiganfireservice.com/open-mic-wednesday-6/459/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have Reductions in Staffing Lead to Increase in Injury for Firefighters? Last week discussed the many things that our first officers taught us about this great job, and there was continued discussion through the week. So this week lets talk about a topic that seems to be key right now.  Many of our budgets have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ring of Fire</title>
		<link>http://michiganfireservice.com/ring-of-fire/450/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Squad 4 Entertained at Chemical Fire Social media has made many of our actions in the fire service more visible then in years past.  This unusual video shows how dedicated musians can make our workplace that more interesting. Thanks to Dave Statter at Statter911 and FirefighterNation for highlighting a funny incident that occured at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Mic Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The microphone is now open and we want your comments. The hot topic for today is what is the best thing your first officer taught you in the fire service? Everyone of us has had an officer (good or bad) that gave us the great words of wisdom to you, the new firefighter (we were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT’S AT STAKE?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Azarang (Ozzie) Mirkhah, P.E., CBO, EFO, CFO, MIFireE Danger is lurking and our firefighters must be aware and take immediate measures to protect their own safety along with the safety of the public they are sworn to protect. All firefighters across America must become fully aware of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Mic Wednesday</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Safety, Heath and Safety Week The IAFC and the IAFF have worked over the years with many interested groups on the safety week.  This week was known as the &#8220;Standdown Week&#8221; and has been changed to Fire and EMS Safety, Health and Safety Week. The floor is open and we would like to know what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Mic Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Second Alarm Assignment Today&#8217;s Table Talk on Open Mic Wednesday is quite simple.  It deals with your communities response to fires and large incidents. Do you have an alarm system in place where you can request a second alarm? What criteria do you use to activate the second alarm? Will you wait just a little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Any One Up for a Fight?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 00:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2009 News Archives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Budget Shortfalls, Residential Sprinklers, and Lots of Other Stuff The fire service in Michigan is taking it hard.  Out of all the states we have been hit the highest with unemployment, layoff of firefighters, reduction in staffing levels due to decrease in taxes and state shared revenue.  Many communities are experience or forecasting a 30% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Its Not Only we Can, We Must!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mobrian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go back a year to last January and ask yourself if you could have ever imagined the $700 billion bank bailout, Fannie May and Freddie Mac crumbling down, the big three automakers pleading for the government's assistance just to stay afloat for a few months and receiving $23.4 billion and the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) failures in the former Nasdaq chairman Bernard Madoff's $50 billion embezzlement scheme case. If we thought that the failures of the years before, such as Enron and the bottomless pit of the home foreclosures were bad enough, these recent economic failures broke the paradigm and dragged us to a new low; where even the term "billion" has lost its true significance and value.

It is during these tough economic times that the fire service will be facing the challenging task of reauthorization for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program that is due to expire in 2010. In October, Bill Webb, executive director of the Congressional Fire Service Institute (CFSI), wrote an article titled "Working Together to Sustain Federal Support for Fire and SAFER Funding". In that article, Bill reminded us of the political nature of this effort, especially during the current economic environment, stressed the importance of the unity of purpose and active participation and pointed out that, "everyone in the fire service plays a vital role in continuing the grant process"]]></description>
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		<title>Open Mic Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://michiganfireservice.com/open-mic-wednesday/229/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So this is where we allow you to post your comments about issues that are affecting Michigan's Fire Service.  Below this post you can see an link which says comments, just click on it, fill in the blanks and bring up an issue which is important to you and the fire service here in Michigan.]]></description>
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