F.O.O.L.S. Blog Talk Radio Episode 272

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Firehouse Expo Brotherhood Bash

Powerplant Live! at the Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland

during this year's

Hosted by the Central Maryland and Northern Virginia FOOLS!

Thursday July 19, 2012 @ 3 p.m. - ???

Buy your beer cups for only $10 at the FOOLS table inside the expo,  or $15 at the gate!

(Beer cup is your ticket to get in)

There will be music, beverages, a dunk tank, bull riding competition, bagpipers, and sign up your team for the Cornhole Tournament that starts at 3!

This event raises money for the Metropolitan Baltimore Firefighters Burn Fund!

Promotion Announcement

Congrats to brother Andrew Carver on his promotion to Lieutenant with the City of Manassas Fire Department. Keep up the good work brother!

Engine Company Ops Class **UPDATE**

**Due to unforseen circumstaces out of our control, we regret to inform everyone that the Engine Company Operations class on 3/31 has been CANCELLED**

**We will host this class at a later date**

We appologize for the inconvenience this may cause to those who had planned on attending.
For more information, please feel free to contact Keith Bresnahan or Amos Akers.

New Chapter Members Voted In

Congrats to all of our new members voted in at our meeting last night at the Light Horse in Alexandria!  It was a great night of Brotherhood which included the planning of this year's training and fund raising evnets.  It was also nice to see some old faces we haven't seen in a while.

DC Firefighters Burn Foundation Bowling Tournament

                        We would like to thank those chapter members who were able to represent us at the DC Firefighters Burn Foundation Bowling Tournament at Bowlmor Lanes in Bethesda. Once again the tournament sold out in a matter of days and raised a lot of money.

F.O.O.L.S. Blog Talk Radio Episode 212

Remembering Brother Josh Weissman

It is with great sadness that Alexandria Fire Chief Adam K. Thiel announced the death of Joshua Weissman at 4:25pm on Thursday, February 9,2012.

While responding to a car fire on Interstate 395 near Glebe Road on the evening of February 8, Paramedic Weissman fell from the roadway, where he suffered a severe head injury. He was rescued by City of Alexandria and Arlington County Firefighters and Paramedics, with assistance from the City of Alexandria and Arlington County Police Departments and the Virginia State Police. Despite valiant efforts by the medical team at the Washington Hospital Center, Paramedic Weissman’s injuries proved to be fatal.

Joshua Weissman, 33, of Bristow, VA. was a seven-year veteran of the Alexandria Fire Department, and was hired in April 2006.

Weissman worked at one time for Bangs Ambulance as a first responder. He joined the Cayuga Heights Fire Department as a teenager.

Cayuga Heights Fire Chief George Tamborelle described Weissman as dedicated to the profession. He even met his wife at the fire department.

"He was completely dedicated to helping others from the time he was 16," Tamborelle said. "All he's wanted to do was be a firefighter and a paramedic, and he's done that."

Rest easy brother, we'll take it from here...