https://firefighterjournal.com/ en-US Sun, 30 Aug 2020 14:18:04 +0300 Sun, 30 Aug 2020 14:18:04 +0300 Nanog https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_02/General_Dan_Paul_Iamandi_Has_Finally_Been_Appointed_in_Command_of_the_Firefighters.html During the Friday afternoon of February 8th 2019, general Dan Paul Iamandi saw his dream come true. He got the paper that was appointing him as the commander of the firefighters. Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:25:50 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_02/General_Dan_Paul_Iamandi_Has_Finally_Been_Appointed_in_Command_of_the_Firefighters.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_02/The_ORNISS_Certificates_Scandal_Is__Boiling__Under_the_Protection_of_the_State_Attorney_s_Office.html The ORNISS certificates scandal is far from being over. The mainstream media is thundering with non-appreciative articles which point finger at the General Directorate of Domestic Protection (DGPI) with the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI). This structure is, for MAI, the Designated Security Authority that "slices and dices" both the applicants and the holders of the certificate to access classified information. Wed, 06 Feb 2019 01:12:18 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_02/The_ORNISS_Certificates_Scandal_Is__Boiling__Under_the_Protection_of_the_State_Attorney_s_Office.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/Firefighters_Are_Threatened_with_DIPI_if_They_Continue_Reading__The_Firefighters__Journal__or_the__Diamond__Union_s_page.html For the last few weeks, our readers have frequently reported they had been threatened by their superior officers not to read "The Firefighters' Journal" any longer. Most certainly, we have been used, over the last six years of activity, to the "brave" officers of the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations or some vain civilians/dignitaries of the Emergency Situations Department to be posing such threats when the truth spoken by our journal hurt their pride or selfishness. Thu, 31 Jan 2019 20:15:54 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/Firefighters_Are_Threatened_with_DIPI_if_They_Continue_Reading__The_Firefighters__Journal__or_the__Diamond__Union_s_page.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/A_Successful_Duo_in_Command_of_the_Firefighting_Service__Dr__Raed_Arafat_and_His_Direct_Subordinate__General_Dan_Paul_Iamandi.html As we all know, Dr. Raed Arafat goes to all length when intending to implement a "genius" idea, to improve or harden, it depends, the military firefighters’ lives. His dream, for many years, has been to have at the firefighting Service command a stable inspector general, both in the position and loyalty, and also to see himself as the "direct boss" of the commander of the military firefighters. He did it. Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:16:23 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/A_Successful_Duo_in_Command_of_the_Firefighting_Service__Dr__Raed_Arafat_and_His_Direct_Subordinate__General_Dan_Paul_Iamandi.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/Will_the_Firefighters_Have_an_Inspector_General.html On the morning of January 21st 2019 started, according to the plan, the competition for the position of inspector general for the command of the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations. Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:45:31 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/Will_the_Firefighters_Have_an_Inspector_General.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/MAI_Is_Cutting_a_Deal_with_Arafat_for_the_Command_of_the_Firefighters__the_Position_of_Inspector_General_Opened_Up_with_a_Job_Description_WITHOUT_JURIDICAL_BODY.html On December 14th 2018, the Ministry of Internal Affairs opened up the position of inspector general of the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations. Ever since December 17th 2018, our Journal had published an article in which there were presented some "dubious" aspects regarding the contest. For that matter, on December 19th 2018, respectively on January 3rd 2019, we asked the minister some questions regarding the job description based on which the position of the supreme commander of the firefighters had been opened up. Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:38:37 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/MAI_Is_Cutting_a_Deal_with_Arafat_for_the_Command_of_the_Firefighters__the_Position_of_Inspector_General_Opened_Up_with_a_Job_Description_WITHOUT_JURIDICAL_BODY.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/IGSU___Is_Shaming_the_Displeased_Firefighters__85__of_the_Firefighters__Activity_Is_Performed_by_SMURD_Interventions__900_Military_Men_Are_Hard_Working__the_Rest_of_Them__Up_to_4000____Are_Resting.html Dear readers, we inform you in this article that the letter of an old brother-in-arms, published by our journal on Wednesday afternoon, January 9th 2019, has been read by higher ranks. As expected, Madam Minister Carmen Dan did not lower herself to personally answer to an old firefighter, but it seems that she has empowered her adjutants from the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations who found it necessary to come forward with some definitions. Thu, 10 Jan 2019 22:22:26 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/IGSU___Is_Shaming_the_Displeased_Firefighters__85__of_the_Firefighters__Activity_Is_Performed_by_SMURD_Interventions__900_Military_Men_Are_Hard_Working__the_Rest_of_Them__Up_to_4000____Are_Resting.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/The_Painful_Letter_of_a_Firefighter_to_the_Minister_of_the_Interior___Madam_Minister__the_Humiliations_Have_Brought_Us_to_Our_Knees.html Madam Minister, Wed, 09 Jan 2019 15:02:21 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/The_Painful_Letter_of_a_Firefighter_to_the_Minister_of_the_Interior___Madam_Minister__the_Humiliations_Have_Brought_Us_to_Our_Knees.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/MAI_Keeps_on_Defying_the_Law_and_Trifling_with_the_Firefighters__the_Shameful_Competition_Still_in_Progress.html Despite all the irregularities highlighted by our journal, the competition for the position of inspector general with the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations continues. By defying the law, our questions, trifling with the firefighters’ fate, the representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are in a hurry to complete their plan: the appointment of an inspector general who should not defend the people’s rights, but should become a perfect "yes man" or "yes Ma’am". Tue, 08 Jan 2019 20:28:17 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/MAI_Keeps_on_Defying_the_Law_and_Trifling_with_the_Firefighters__the_Shameful_Competition_Still_in_Progress.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/The_Blaze_at_Colectiv_Did_Not_Teach_MAI_a_Lesson__The_Inspector_General__Recruited__Under_Requirements_Non_Existent_in_the_Job_Description.html The year 2019 seems to become a hot one for the military firefighters. The Ministry of Internal Affairs intends to appoint a commander for the firefighters by shifting criteria, directly subordinate to the head of DSU. Thus, the new inspector general for the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations will have to meet the requirements of two job descriptions: one based on which the candidates were recruited (we do not know if this even exists, probably not), and an official legal one, published in the Official Journal, but inconsistent with the other one. Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:09:06 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2019_01/The_Blaze_at_Colectiv_Did_Not_Teach_MAI_a_Lesson__The_Inspector_General__Recruited__Under_Requirements_Non_Existent_in_the_Job_Description.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_12/The_Inspector_General_Is_the_Direct_Subordinate_to_the_Head_of_DSU____Is_Raed_Arafat_Going_to_Quit.html Since, overnight, there was set up a job description for the position of inspector general, AFTER it had been opened up and in total antithesis with the rules of the notice of competition, it proved to be a good opportunity to insert a stipulation in the job description, that which Dr. Raed Arafat had long wanted: subordination! Sun, 30 Dec 2018 13:20:25 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_12/The_Inspector_General_Is_the_Direct_Subordinate_to_the_Head_of_DSU____Is_Raed_Arafat_Going_to_Quit.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_12/An_Abuse_to_Be_Dealt_With_by_the_National_Anti_corruption_Department__DNA.html On December 19th 2018, our editorial board asked both the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the government a few questions in regard with the illegal and abusive way by which the position for inspector general for the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations had been opened up. You can read them at the end of this article. Fri, 28 Dec 2018 19:35:38 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_12/An_Abuse_to_Be_Dealt_With_by_the_National_Anti_corruption_Department__DNA.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_12/Searching_for_an_Inspector_General__Or_Minister_Carmen_Dan_Has_Already_Found_One.html Dear people, for the first time, the position of inspector general of the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU) has been opened up by MAI! After years of it not being available, the politicians seem to have found the inspector general, or at least a suitable candidate: obedient, not affiliated to union (i.e. not interested to represent the rights of the slave firefighters). Mon, 17 Dec 2018 19:12:00 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_12/Searching_for_an_Inspector_General__Or_Minister_Carmen_Dan_Has_Already_Found_One.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_12/Criminal_Complaint_Against_the_Head_of_DGPI__General_Cristian_Marculescu_Accused_of_Abuse_in_Office.html Freshly appointed General, by will of President of Romania, a criminal complaint for crimes such as: abuse in office, intellectual fraud and counterfeiting, was filed against General Cristian Mărculescu, the general manager of DGPI (the criminal intelligence agency of the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs). Sun, 02 Dec 2018 10:47:44 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_12/Criminal_Complaint_Against_the_Head_of_DGPI__General_Cristian_Marculescu_Accused_of_Abuse_in_Office.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_11/Lack_of_a_Statement_of_Reasons_to_Withdraw_an_ORNIS_Certificate___A_Trick_Parallel_with_the_Law.html The other days we analyzed in our journal’s pages the way in which a "check-up" of an applicant for authorization to access classified information is performed according to the law, be it ambiguous. We presented the debatable criteria that should be taken into account by the team of specialists of the Agency before concluding that the individual in question is "liable" to be granted access to classified information. Sun, 18 Nov 2018 22:45:46 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_11/Lack_of_a_Statement_of_Reasons_to_Withdraw_an_ORNIS_Certificate___A_Trick_Parallel_with_the_Law.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_11/Access_to_Classified_Information___an_Expedition_through_the_Jungle_of_Personalism.html The Ministry of the Interior is in the middle of unprecedented scandals. The media is raging with the brutal "landing" of some commanding officers with IGPR, departments from MAI, and, recently, from the Firefighting Service. Thu, 15 Nov 2018 23:25:03 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_11/Access_to_Classified_Information___an_Expedition_through_the_Jungle_of_Personalism.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_11/Un_titan_al_Armei_Pompieri_a_trecut_in_rezerva__Respect__colonel_Emil_Apostol_eng.html I did not think that day would come so soon. Or maybe I hoped it would not come sooner than expected. Colonel Emil Apostol, chief inspector with the Inspectorate for Emergency Situations "Vlasca" in Giurgiu county has been placed on the list of Reserve of Officers, as of today, Thursday, November 15th, 2018. Thu, 15 Nov 2018 13:16:00 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_11/Un_titan_al_Armei_Pompieri_a_trecut_in_rezerva__Respect__colonel_Emil_Apostol_eng.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_11/IGSU_Passes_It_Back_to_DGPI__IGPR_Hides_It_Under__Classified_Information.html A few days ago, our editorial office sent a few questions to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU) and the Romanian Police General Inspectorate (IGPR) in order to find out details on the case of two higher-ranking officers whose names had been mentioned in the central media as being on the list of those denied access authorizations to classified information. You can read our questions here: here. Tue, 13 Nov 2018 22:37:33 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_11/IGSU_Passes_It_Back_to_DGPI__IGPR_Hides_It_Under__Classified_Information.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_11/The_DGPI_Press_Release_Regarding_the_Withdrawal_of_ORNISS_Certificates.html Following the media controversy triggered by the withdrawal or not granting permission to access classified information to some MAI employees , the DGPI (the criminal intelligence agency of the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs) has published on their web page an explanatory press release. We hereby salute the promptness and transparency and entirely render the communique: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 22:39:54 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_11/The_DGPI_Press_Release_Regarding_the_Withdrawal_of_ORNISS_Certificates.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_11/DGPI__The_Security_Check_ups_Are_to_Be_Resumed_at_the_Request_of_the_Unit_Commander.html Lately, the case of chief commissary Cătălin Moșneagu, head of the Internal Review Department with the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police, who was denied the necessary certificate to access classified information, is stirring the muddy waters in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Tue, 06 Nov 2018 22:37:23 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_11/DGPI__The_Security_Check_ups_Are_to_Be_Resumed_at_the_Request_of_the_Unit_Commander.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_02/A_New__Oversight__by_the_Minister__The_Investiture_of_General_Iamandi.html Although the replacement of the IGSU leadership was publicly announced as of January 26 2018, the day of February 4th 2018, the day when general Dan Paul Iamandi was supposed to replace colonel Daniel Marian Dragne from the command of the firefighters, was a quiet day. Sun, 04 Feb 2018 19:15:42 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_02/A_New__Oversight__by_the_Minister__The_Investiture_of_General_Iamandi.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_01/The_New_IGSU_Inspector_General__Recruited_from_a_Young_Age_by_the_Military_Counterintelligence.html As of February 4th 2018, the military firefighters will have a new commander, one-star Brigadier General Dan Paul Iamandi. Until further official introductions, with all the honors due to a general with an important resume, a certificate uploaded on cnsas.ro came into our notice. Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:40:31 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_01/The_New_IGSU_Inspector_General__Recruited_from_a_Young_Age_by_the_Military_Counterintelligence.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2018_01/The_Firefighters__Service___Four_Years_Under_the_Same_Curse__Instability.html Four years ago, on January 20th 2014, a plane crashed in the Apuseni Mountains. The plane crash of sad remembrance...At the same time with that crash, the stability of the Service took a plunge as well. Sat, 20 Jan 2018 13:49:39 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2018_01/The_Firefighters__Service___Four_Years_Under_the_Same_Curse__Instability.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_01/They_Are_Those_Who_Coordinated__alongside_the_Inspector_General__the_Intervention_at_Moftinu_Mare__Audacia_et_devotio.html Alongside colonel Daniel Marian Dragne, inspector general with the IGSU (The General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations), during the days of fire at Moftinu Mare, was a team of young officers and under-officers, skilled and fearless firefighters, who provided serious help in managing the difficult intervention at the oil drill. Sun, 14 Jan 2018 15:42:53 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2018_01/They_Are_Those_Who_Coordinated__alongside_the_Inspector_General__the_Intervention_at_Moftinu_Mare__Audacia_et_devotio.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2018_01/Chief_Inspectors_Left_Periodically_to_Jump_at_Each_Other_s_Throats_for_the_Command_of_Chief_Inspector__like_Fight_Dogs__to_the_Amusement_of_the_Politicians__Who_Benefits_from_This_Instability_of_the_Service.html The scandal on the political scene has captured the attention of media channels as well that of the people. Everything focuses on the pedophile policeman, on the war between Dan and Tudose and between Hungarian ethnic group and Tudose. Bread and circus. At least circus, if not bread. Sat, 13 Jan 2018 14:16:29 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2018_01/Chief_Inspectors_Left_Periodically_to_Jump_at_Each_Other_s_Throats_for_the_Command_of_Chief_Inspector__like_Fight_Dogs__to_the_Amusement_of_the_Politicians__Who_Benefits_from_This_Instability_of_the_Service.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2018_01/The_Minister_s__Oversight.html A new scandal is haunting the political-governmental area in Romania. After the oil drill at Moftinu, it seems that it is the Ministry of the Interior's turn to burst into flames. We will not tackle the political aspect of what is going on at the Ministry of Management and Internal Affairs. Out of respect for the firefighters who, by being true military personnel, would not find the presence of political gossip in the journal dedicated to them too augury. Mon, 08 Jan 2018 22:48:40 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2018_01/The_Minister_s__Oversight.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2018_01/20_Days_Under_Fire__20_Days_of_Critics__A_SUCCESSFUL_INTERVENTION.html At Moftinu Mare, today, Saturday, January 6th 2018, the fire monster has been put out by the Romanian firefighters. Not by chance, maybe, on the day of our Lord's Baptism, the intervention at Moftinu Mare was concluded. Tired, but with the satisfaction of an accomplished mission, the military firefighters retreated, leaving the tamed monster to the hands of the "chiefs". Sat, 06 Jan 2018 19:21:35 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2018_01/20_Days_Under_Fire__20_Days_of_Critics__A_SUCCESSFUL_INTERVENTION.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2018_01/Will_Colonel_Dragne_be_Changed_from_Command__after_the_Intervention_at_Moftinu_Gas_Intervention.html Around 2016 I was writing, much to the dissatisfaction of many, that, since 2011, the commanders of the military firefighters were being changed like socks, the Service thus witnessing the harshest period of INSTABILITY in its entire history. Fri, 05 Jan 2018 13:53:30 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2018_01/Will_Colonel_Dragne_be_Changed_from_Command__after_the_Intervention_at_Moftinu_Gas_Intervention.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2017_12/Instead_of_the_Traditional_____Happy_New_Year___2018.html The Romanian firefighters greet the New Year at Moftinu Mare. There, along the fire-belching monster, literally, they will do everything in their power to guard and protect their fellowmen. Sun, 31 Dec 2017 10:58:15 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2017_12/Instead_of_the_Traditional_____Happy_New_Year___2018.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_03/Mother_and_Son__Dead_in_Fire.html On Thursday, March 2nd 2017, at 05.37, the military firefighters with "General Magheru" Inspectorate for Emergency Situations of Vâlcea county were called to intervene in the putting out of a fire burning a dwelling in Muereasca locality. Mon, 06 Mar 2017 13:52:38 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_03/Mother_and_Son__Dead_in_Fire.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_03/A_Man_Died_After_Having_Been_Caught_in_an_Electric_Mower.html The firefighting crew with the Scornicești Fire Station intervened on Friday, March 3rd 2017, around 12.30, in Sârbii Măgura commune, in order to give first aid to a man who had been caught in an electric mower. Mon, 06 Mar 2017 13:40:12 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_03/A_Man_Died_After_Having_Been_Caught_in_an_Electric_Mower.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_03/300_Ha_of_Land_on_Fire.html Between March 4-5 2017, in Caraș-Severin were registered several fires of dry vegetation and stubbles. More than 120 military firefighters were deployed for 23 such fires, being affected approx. 300 ha of arable land. Mon, 06 Mar 2017 13:39:38 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_03/300_Ha_of_Land_on_Fire.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_03/Exceptional_Firefighting_Intervention_in_a_Huge_Blaze_Started_at_a_Shopping_Center.html A huge fire started in Arad, at a shopping center, on the night of March 1st to March 2nd 2017. The fire was reported around 2.20 a.m. by the receptionist of a hotel located approx. 10 m from the building on fire. Sun, 05 Mar 2017 20:47:57 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_03/Exceptional_Firefighting_Intervention_in_a_Huge_Blaze_Started_at_a_Shopping_Center.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2017_03/IGSU__The_Institution_Where_the_Act_of_Thinking_Means_Disrespect_for_Superior_Officers.html We were reporting a few weeks ago about the hallucinating case of the two under-officers with ISU Neamț who were about to be sanctioned for daring to post on Facebook about the daily issues of the firefighters: lack of life insurances and a more than objective analysis of the medical procedures performed by the military. Off the record, reliable sources confirmed that the two had received a written brush-off for lack of respect for the commanding officers, superficiality in doing their duty and others as such. Thu, 02 Mar 2017 22:42:32 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2017_03/IGSU__The_Institution_Where_the_Act_of_Thinking_Means_Disrespect_for_Superior_Officers.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Events/2017_02/Chief_Master_Sergeant_Vasile_Hategan___Over_25_Years_in_Firefighting.html As of February 28th 2017, Chief Master Sergeant Vasile Hațegan - driver of the fire trucks with the Deva Fire Station will be disbanded so as to enjoy, as his colleagues heartily wish him, a long and well deserved retiring pension. Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:18:01 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Events/2017_02/Chief_Master_Sergeant_Vasile_Hategan___Over_25_Years_in_Firefighting.html Events https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_02/Three_Men_Fallen_into_Somes_River.html On Sunday, February 26th 2017, around 17:01, a search-and-rescue crew on an inflated boat and two SMURD crews (one with the Mobile Intensive Care and the other with the First Aid) within the Satu Mare Fire Station intervened together with an Ambulance crew from the Satu Mare County Ambulance Service (SAJ Satu Mare) in order to rescue some people who had fallen into Someş River, in the area of Satu Mare. Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:14:00 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_02/Three_Men_Fallen_into_Somes_River.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Ceas_de_sarbatoare/2017_02/Happy_Birthday_to_Deputy_Sergeant_Lango_Cristian_Vasile___Happy_Marriage_to_Cristian_and_Florica.html On Monday, February 20th 2017, is the birthday of Deputy Sergeant LANGO CRISTIAN VASILE, CBRN team leader with the Arad Firefighting Unit within "Vasile Goldiș" Inspectorate for Emergency Situations of Arad county. Mon, 20 Feb 2017 13:24:15 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Ceas_de_sarbatoare/2017_02/Happy_Birthday_to_Deputy_Sergeant_Lango_Cristian_Vasile___Happy_Marriage_to_Cristian_and_Florica.html Celebration Time https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2017_02/Who_Is_Trying_to_Silence_the_Romanian_Firefighters__Under_officers_Threatened_Over_Posts_on_Facebook.html Many and various are the discontents of the military firefighters, but it seems that no-one is willing to hear them out. The 24/48-hour schedule triggered, right from its launch in 2015, numerous complaints which were not liked by its authors. The techniques of complaint suppression have been various, from soft-soaping to call for acceptance and even policies of threat and bullying. Months after months, the firefighters were closely monitored and each and every statement against the particular schedule, expressed even on the most obscure blog, was analyzed and punished. Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:57:55 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2017_02/Who_Is_Trying_to_Silence_the_Romanian_Firefighters__Under_officers_Threatened_Over_Posts_on_Facebook.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_02/An_Old_Woman_Lost_Her_Life_in_a_Fire.html An old woman lost her life and belongings from two rooms were destroyed in a fire started on Tuesday, February 14th 2017, in a dwelling from Mărunței commune, Bălănești village. Tue, 14 Feb 2017 22:25:50 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_02/An_Old_Woman_Lost_Her_Life_in_a_Fire.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_02/Aviation_Bomb_of_250_kg__Defused_by_Pyrotechnicians.html An aviation bomb of approx. 250 kg was safely defused by the IGSU pyrotechnicians. The entire situation was closely monitored by the National Center of Integrated Leadership which functions within the Ministry of the Interior. Tue, 14 Feb 2017 22:22:24 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_02/Aviation_Bomb_of_250_kg__Defused_by_Pyrotechnicians.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_02/The_Military_Firefighters_from_Suceava__Battling_the_Waters.html Following growing temperatures and rainfall over the last few days, in the area of Vatra Dornei were recorded rapid water rises of the rivers of Dorna and Bistriţa. The growing temperature triggered the snow melt in the mountains and of the ice in the rivers. The water flood from the rivers affected sixteen houses, twelve annexes and eighteen courtyards, all located in Vatra Dornei. Wed, 08 Feb 2017 23:15:06 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2017_02/The_Military_Firefighters_from_Suceava__Battling_the_Waters.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Events/2017_02/Colonel_Daniel_Marian_Dragne___New_Inspector_General_of_IGSU.html As expected, Major General Ovidiu Vasilică was released from the command of the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, in February 4th 2017. Totally unsurprisingly, in his place was commissioned Colonel Marian Daniel Dragne. We won't get into details, the contents of the documents which confirm the commission can be found in Gazette no. 100. Fri, 03 Feb 2017 21:56:39 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Events/2017_02/Colonel_Daniel_Marian_Dragne___New_Inspector_General_of_IGSU.html Events https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Events/2016_12/36_Years_of_Military_Career__26_years_in_Command__8_Years_as_Chief_Inspector__Colonel_Ioan_Bogdanescu.html Born in April 28th 1961, he started his military career in 1980 when he was matriculated at the Military Officers School in Piteşti, being recruited by the Hunedoara Firefighters' Group. Tue, 06 Dec 2016 22:36:38 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Events/2016_12/36_Years_of_Military_Career__26_years_in_Command__8_Years_as_Chief_Inspector__Colonel_Ioan_Bogdanescu.html Events https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Rescuers_among_angels/2016_11/The_Firefighter___The_Anonymous_Hero_Who_Sacrifices_His_Life_Out_of_Love_for_His_Fellowmen.html Yet another firefighter died. The big family of the firefighters is poorer as of Friday November 11th 2016. There are times when the name, military body, country or the citizenship of the departed firefighter do not matter any longer. For any of them millions of firefighters in the entire world could be caught by the death's grip. Sun, 13 Nov 2016 21:08:53 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Rescuers_among_angels/2016_11/The_Firefighter___The_Anonymous_Hero_Who_Sacrifices_His_Life_Out_of_Love_for_His_Fellowmen.html Rescuers among angels https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Rescuers_among_angels/2016_11/Firefighter_Lost_His_Life_in_Huge_Blaze.html The firefighter who had died while on mission, was 28-years old Ivan Nogailîc. He was working with the Civil Protection and Exceptional Cases Department since 2009, his last position being that of the team leader of the Rescue and Firefighting Squad of the Republican Center for Operative Intervention with the SPC SE, as rescue first sergeant. In order to save the life of the firefighter caught in the debris, the rescuing colleagues tried for more than an hour, but unsuccessfully. Sun, 13 Nov 2016 21:03:34 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Rescuers_among_angels/2016_11/Firefighter_Lost_His_Life_in_Huge_Blaze.html Rescuers among angels https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Rescuers_among_angels/2016_11/Last_Respects.html On Saturday afternoon, November 12th 2016, the body of the deceased firefighter who lost his life in the line of duty, was brought to the office where he worked on 3 Hîncu street, where his colleagues could pay their last respects and where people brought flowers and lit candles. Sun, 13 Nov 2016 21:01:36 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Rescuers_among_angels/2016_11/Last_Respects.html Rescuers among angels https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Rescuers_among_angels/2016_11/The_Ministry_of_the_Interior_Management__Paying_Their_Respects_to_Hero_Ivan.html On Saturday evening, November 12th 2016, the Ministry of the Interior management and employees of its subunits payed their last respects to the rescue hero deceased on a mission. His colleagues brought flowers and presented their deepest condolences to his relatives and the employees of the Department for Exceptional Cases, for the passing away of firefighter Ivan Nagailîc. Sun, 13 Nov 2016 20:59:20 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Rescuers_among_angels/2016_11/The_Ministry_of_the_Interior_Management__Paying_Their_Respects_to_Hero_Ivan.html Rescuers among angels https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2016_11/The_City_Inhabitants_Brought_Food_to_the_Firefighters_Who_Had_Been_Fighting_with_the_Fire_for_30_Hours.html It was extremely impressive how the city inhabitants mobilized themselves and decided to support the firefighters. Thus, old and young, they arrived on the scene and brought food and water, by their means, to the firefighters. Sun, 13 Nov 2016 20:58:03 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2016_11/The_City_Inhabitants_Brought_Food_to_the_Firefighters_Who_Had_Been_Fighting_with_the_Fire_for_30_Hours.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2016_11/The_Prime_Minister_is_Supporting_the_Deceased_Hero_s_Family_and_Colleagues.html On Sunday morning, November 13th 2016, at the Department of Civil Protection and Exceptional Cases, tens of colleagues arrived to pay their last respects to the firefighter who had lost his life while on mission. Sun, 13 Nov 2016 20:55:42 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2016_11/The_Prime_Minister_is_Supporting_the_Deceased_Hero_s_Family_and_Colleagues.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Rescuers_among_angels/2016_11/The_Grieving_Colleagues_Waited_for_the_Hero.html The grieving colleagues with the Rescue and Firefighting Department waited for their deceased colleague...They lit candles and prayed for the soul of their dearly and too early departed colleague. Sun, 13 Nov 2016 20:52:00 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Rescuers_among_angels/2016_11/The_Grieving_Colleagues_Waited_for_the_Hero.html Rescuers among angels https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2016_11/Fire_at_a_Company_in_Slobozia.html On Saturday morning, November 5th 2016, around 06.40, a fire started at the granary of an economic operator in Slobozia, which produces food oil. At that time, inside the granary were several workers who managed to escape just in time. Two of them, located on the upper levels, because of the extremely thick smoke, did not manage to go downstairs, thus being forced to use the fire escape pertaining to the building. Thu, 10 Nov 2016 10:39:23 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2016_11/Fire_at_a_Company_in_Slobozia.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2016_11/Fire_in_the_Train.html The firefighters from the Slatina Squad intervened on Monday morning, November 7th 2016, in Pleşoiu commune, Arceşti village, at the local train station, in order to put out a fire that had started at the Regio 2066 train engine. Thu, 10 Nov 2016 10:37:29 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2016_11/Fire_in_the_Train.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2016_11/A_Firefighter_From_Botosani_Running_From_Sofia_to_Bucharest_in_Order_to_Help_Children_With_Autism.html The firefighter from Botoşani, first sergeant Iulian Rotariu, is going strong at the end of 2016, by running in the "1.000 km Balkan Charity Challenge". Although he has recently participated in the "Atacama Crossing", a contest ranking among the first ultra marathons in the world as regards the level of toughness, the under-officer did not want to miss the chance to raise awareness again for the noble cause of the Association of Parents with Children with Autism from Botoşani. Thu, 10 Nov 2016 10:30:35 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2016_11/A_Firefighter_From_Botosani_Running_From_Sofia_to_Bucharest_in_Order_to_Help_Children_With_Autism.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2016_11/Mobile_Morgues___Yes__Technique_and_Heavy_Gear_for_Interventions_in_Case_of_Casualty___No.html On Tuesday morning, November 1st 2016, the Ministry of the Interior started an emergency drill involving the emergency situations structures in Bucharest and Iași county. The power display was exceptional, 6.000 people and more than 600 technical aids being deployed for the simulation program. Thu, 03 Nov 2016 22:11:07 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2016_11/Mobile_Morgues___Yes__Technique_and_Heavy_Gear_for_Interventions_in_Case_of_Casualty___No.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2016_10/A_Year_After_the_Tragedy_at__Colectiv___the_Firefighters_in_Restructuring__Commanded_by_a_Gendarme_and_Equipped_with_Mobile_Morgues.html A year has passed since the tragic event at "Colectiv" Club. May God forgive those who had passed away and give health to those who survived, solace and comfort to the mourning families. A year since the tragedy that shattered Romania. A year since the event that highlighted so many vulnerabilities and unlawfulness. Sat, 29 Oct 2016 23:30:52 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2016_10/A_Year_After_the_Tragedy_at__Colectiv___the_Firefighters_in_Restructuring__Commanded_by_a_Gendarme_and_Equipped_with_Mobile_Morgues.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2016_10/A_93_year_old_Woman__Lost_in_the_Woods__Saved_by_the_Firefighters.html On Monday, October 24th 2016, around 21.45, a 93-year-old woman was reported missing, between the localities of Remetea and Bucovăț. She had supposedly left for the grazing ground with the cattle and in order to pluck mushrooms, around 13:00. Wed, 26 Oct 2016 23:12:13 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2016_10/A_93_year_old_Woman__Lost_in_the_Woods__Saved_by_the_Firefighters.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2016_10/Romanian_Firefighters___Volunteers_in_Africa.html Two firefighters - rescuers within the Arad Squad, first sergeant Coşarbă Petru and first sergeant Şiclovan Petru, are to go on November 7th 2016 to the Republic of Guineea - Bissau, for a new volunteering mission in order to build a school for the native children. Wed, 26 Oct 2016 23:06:12 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2016_10/Romanian_Firefighters___Volunteers_in_Africa.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Tactical_Training/2016_05/Romanian_firefighters___an_exceptional_mission_in_Estonia__3_000_km_away_from_home.html The Romanian heavy water pumping team (Ro HCP) took part in the Drill for civil protection, support and technical assistance teams and civil protection teams of the European Union, on the Saaremaa Island - Estonia. Tue, 31 May 2016 14:52:25 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Tactical_Training/2016_05/Romanian_firefighters___an_exceptional_mission_in_Estonia__3_000_km_away_from_home.html Tactical Training https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2016_05/Justice_brings_the_General_Inspectorate_for_Emergency_Situations_to_terms__Lieutenant_colonel_Orlando_Schiopu_can_now_return_in_command_of_ISU_Bucuresti_Ilfov.html At the end of last year, the three officers in command of ISU București-Ilfov were released from duty following the media circus triggered by a brazen fax sent, in the middle of the night, to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU), by an event organizer who wanted to have his gigs performed in the now "famous" location called Colectiv Club. Tue, 24 May 2016 23:05:33 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2016_05/Justice_brings_the_General_Inspectorate_for_Emergency_Situations_to_terms__Lieutenant_colonel_Orlando_Schiopu_can_now_return_in_command_of_ISU_Bucuresti_Ilfov.html Beyond the Incandescent Front https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2016_03/By_hunting_Arafat_down__Ciolos_has_set_his_sidekicks_on_the_firefighters.html Since the intervention at Colectiv, almost five months have passed. In the first three days, the intervention was considered a success, and the firefighters, heroes of a tragedy that everyone promised to offer therapy support to so that they could recover much easier from the horrors witnessed on that night. Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:37:33 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2016_03/By_hunting_Arafat_down__Ciolos_has_set_his_sidekicks_on_the_firefighters.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2016_02/As_of_2011__the_Firefighters__Leadership_Has_Been_Changed_the_Way_One_Changes_His_Socks__We_Wonder_Why.html We watched with heartache the media reaction after the fire at Colectiv. Even though, the following day, everybody was praising the heroic firefighters who intervened on that nightmarish night, I kept asking myself about the moment when they were going to be back on the blacklist of the scapegoats. After how many days the first firefighters were going to be sacrificed. Wed, 16 Mar 2016 18:09:30 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2016_02/As_of_2011__the_Firefighters__Leadership_Has_Been_Changed_the_Way_One_Changes_His_Socks__We_Wonder_Why.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2016_01/Of__Technocracy___Ciolos_s__Sidekicks__Smudge_the_Firefighters__Only_in_Romania__the_Country_Where_the_Today_s_Heroes_Are_the_Tomorrow_s_Scapegoats.html Prime Minister Cioloş strikes again. After having publicly executed three officers in a Government's meeting, the Prime Minister carries on. His next target: the leadership of the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations and dr. Raed Arafat – head of Emergency Situations Department. Only this time, Cioloş brought out his sidekicks, probably having had enough with his own mistakes. Tue, 02 Feb 2016 20:18:25 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2016_01/Of__Technocracy___Ciolos_s__Sidekicks__Smudge_the_Firefighters__Only_in_Romania__the_Country_Where_the_Today_s_Heroes_Are_the_Tomorrow_s_Scapegoats.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2015_11/Hero_and_Rescuer_for_23_years__Today_a_Big__Liar__Investigated_by____the_National_Anti_Corruption_Department.html The tragedy at "Colectiv" club has turned, just like the plane crash in Apuseni Mountains, into a media circus, into a chaotic and ruthless witch hunt. Absolutely, the guilty must pay. But, the really guilty ones, not the scapegoats thrown into the lion's den for the sake of the media and some people's despair to save their jobs by still showing they are doing something. Fri, 27 Nov 2015 23:18:56 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2015_11/Hero_and_Rescuer_for_23_years__Today_a_Big__Liar__Investigated_by____the_National_Anti_Corruption_Department.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Events/2015_11/Scapegoat_Found_Guilty__a_Month_after_the_Tragedy_in__Colectiv___the_Bucharest_Ilfov_ISU_Administration_Suspended.html The scapegoats were found guilty, a month after the tragedy in "Colectiv" Club: the Bucharest-Ilfov Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (ISU) administration. According to the IGSU press release, the administration was released by order of the general inspector, col. Nicolae Cornea. That would be the first reaction of the IGSU general inspector, after more than a month since the tragedy had occurred. We are publishing the whole press release sent to our editorial board by the IGSU Press Office: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:16:56 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Events/2015_11/Scapegoat_Found_Guilty__a_Month_after_the_Tragedy_in__Colectiv___the_Bucharest_Ilfov_ISU_Administration_Suspended.html Events https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2015_10/27_people_Dead_and_162_Injured_in_Huge_Fire_Started_in_a_Club_in_Bucharest.html On the Friday evening of October 30th 2015, at 22.32, an 112 emergency call notified about a fire burst in a night club on Tabacarilor street in Bucharest. Sat, 31 Oct 2015 23:15:13 +0200 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2015_10/27_people_Dead_and_162_Injured_in_Huge_Fire_Started_in_a_Club_in_Bucharest.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2014_01/Still__Does_Anybody_Care_About_the_Firefighters.html The firefighters' weapon seems to be cursed. It does not seem to be God's will for this institution to be run by a non-acting commander who should last long enough. Finally, on Friday, January 17th, after months of waiting, one-star brigadier general Ion Burlui PhD had been appointed as general inspector. Soon after that, on Wednesday 22nd January, he tendered his resignation . Obviously, up to now (i.e. Wednesday, January 22nd, 23:49), none of the involved institutions has issued an official statement related to general Burlui's resignation or regarding a possible successor in commanding the Romanian firefighters. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:37:33 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2014_01/Still__Does_Anybody_Care_About_the_Firefighters.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2013_09/St__Joseph_the_New_of_Partos___the_Icon_in_the_Firefighters__Heart.html I had found out about St. Joseph the New of Partoș, probably not by mistake, 16 year ago, in 1997, when, following a memo from the Ministry of the Interior to the Saint Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, he was designated as the spiritual patron of the Romanian Firefighters. As of that year, Saint Joseph the New of Partoș had become the icon that every firefighter holds close to his heart. The Saint, through his prayers, protects these brave knights of the incandescent front. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:37:11 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2013_09/St__Joseph_the_New_of_Partos___the_Icon_in_the_Firefighters__Heart.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2013_07/How_Much_Is_a_Firefighter_s_Life_Worth.html At the beginning of the year, when, following an unfortunate event, a new column called "Rescuers among angels" started within our magazine, I have wished that this should remain blank as long as possible. Unfortunately, the painful events are not exactly rare in the battlefield. On Thursday, July 11th 2013, a worthy comrade, a brave and courageous firefighter lost his life whilst saving others. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:36:49 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2013_07/How_Much_Is_a_Firefighter_s_Life_Worth.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2013_07/Heroes_in_the_Holy_Week.html It was a litttle after midnight, on Good Friday, and we were just resting a little when the fire alarm went off with a long sound. We jumped to our feet and whipped down the stairs. We put on our equipment and went out on the platform waiting for the info on the mission we were about to embark. The commander of the intervention guard of the Vatra Dornei Squad was long in coming, meaning that things were not that simple. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:36:30 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2013_07/Heroes_in_the_Holy_Week.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2013_07/Abandoned_to_Illness.html Months passed by. For a while, Petrică's condition seemed to have improved. Then everything started to fall apart. On Thursday, April 25th 2013, around midday his soul was called to Heaven, God seemingly willing to help him escape the terrible ordeal of his illness. I recall father Arsenie Boca (the Saint of Ardeal)'s words: "Cancer – Ca-n Cer" (approx. "As in Heaven")...His warm smile, now from Heaven, will always smile upon us. Rest in peace, sweet soul ! Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:36:09 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Thought_Flame/2013_07/Abandoned_to_Illness.html Thought Flame https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Firefighters_Day/2014_09/A_Firefighter_from_Botosani_Is_Named__The_Honorary_Rescuer_of_the_Year.html The vice-prime minister for the national security, the ministry of the Internal Affairs Gabriel Oprea has awarded today, on "The Firefighter's Day in Romania", the class of "Honorary Rescuer of the Year" to first sergeant Dorel – Ciprian Guşilă of the "Nicolae Iorga" Inspectorate for Emergency Situations in Botoșani county for his professionalism and the presence of mind in the rescuing of two people fallen in a well, over 16 m in depth. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:24:16 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Firefighters_Day/2014_09/A_Firefighter_from_Botosani_Is_Named__The_Honorary_Rescuer_of_the_Year.html Firefighters Day https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_10/A_Worker_Died_After_Being_Caught_in_a_Landslip.html On Wednesday, October 15th, around 15:30, the "Crișana" Inspectorate for Emergency Situations of Bihor county was announced via a 112 call about an event where a person who had been digging for the sewerage system in Tinca, was caught in a landslip, in an excavation of approximately five metres deep. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:19:50 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_10/A_Worker_Died_After_Being_Caught_in_a_Landslip.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2013_04/Firefighters_on_Alert__1482_acres_of_Land_Under_Waters__in_Salonta_Area.html The military firefighters of Salonta Squad were on duty these days. The dangerous meteo phenomena which developed in Bihor county triggered the flooding of two county roads, the firefighter's intervention being necessary to raise, with sand sacks, improvised dams which should prevent the water to reach the road. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:17:10 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2013_04/Firefighters_on_Alert__1482_acres_of_Land_Under_Waters__in_Salonta_Area.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_11/Arsoning____Out_of_Revenge.html The military firefighters with the Tinca Squad intervened on Friday, November 7th, around 13:00, to extinguish a fire started in Fonău, Husasău de Tinca commune. Upon their arrival, the fire was violently burning in one of the rooms, the firefighters managing to put it out before developing to the other room. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:15:30 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_11/Arsoning____Out_of_Revenge.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_03/Car_Crash_with_One_Deceased_and_Eight_Injured_on_E574.html The SMURD firefighters of the Slatina Squad intervened on Wednesday, March 5th, around 17:30, on National Road 65/E 574, between the communes of Găneasa și Pădurea Saru, in order to give first aid to the victims of a car crash. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:13:26 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_03/Car_Crash_with_One_Deceased_and_Eight_Injured_on_E574.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_03/Accident_with_a_Deceased_Man__On_a_Field_in_Brancoveni_Commune.html The SMURD firefighters with the Osica Squad and a team of the Ambulance Service intervened Friday, March 21st, around 10:40, in Brâncoveni in order to give first aid to a man wounded by a farm equipment. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:11:51 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_03/Accident_with_a_Deceased_Man__On_a_Field_in_Brancoveni_Commune.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_12/Three_People_Dead_in_a_Fire.html This Friday morning, January 19th, around 03:30, the Vaslui Inspectorate for Emergency Situations was informed via a 112 call that the body of a young male of 20 was found in a house in Boușori, Solești commune. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:10:32 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_12/Three_People_Dead_in_a_Fire.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_09/Deceased_Man_After_Being_Run_Over_by_Tractor__at_Cezieni.html The SMURD firefighters with the Caracal Squad intervened yesterday, September 14th, around 19:30, at Cezieni, in order to give medical care to a man, aged 55, from Redea commune, who had been run over by the trailer of a tractor. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:09:04 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_09/Deceased_Man_After_Being_Run_Over_by_Tractor__at_Cezieni.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_02/Two_Women_Died_After_Fire.html On a Monday morning, February 17th, around 07:35, the "Crișana" Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, Bihor county, was notified through a call to 112 about a fire burning a house located in Şişterea, Cetariu commune. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:06:16 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_02/Two_Women_Died_After_Fire.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2015_01/Firefighters_Rescued_Three_People_From_a_Car_Fallen_in_the_Dambovita_River.html The firefighters of "Dealul Spirii" București-Ilfov Inspectorate for Emergency Situations saved on Friday, January 23rd, three people trapped in a car which fell in the Dâmbovița River. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:03:15 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2015_01/Firefighters_Rescued_Three_People_From_a_Car_Fallen_in_the_Dambovita_River.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_06/Hell_Broken_Loose__30_Ha_of_Barley_and_20_of_Stubble_on_Fire.html On Thursday, June 12th, around 14:30, the Crișana Inspectorate for Emergency Situations was called via 112 to intervene on a fire outbreak on an arable land, owned by a trading company, within Husasău de Tinca, the affected land being, according to the callers, more than 100 ha. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:02:17 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2014_06/Hell_Broken_Loose__30_Ha_of_Barley_and_20_of_Stubble_on_Fire.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2013_01/Six_Cows_Burnt_Alive_in_a_Fire.html A huge conflagration started in a cot in Finiș, Bihor county. This tragically put an end to the lives of eight cattle despite the desperate efforts of the military firefighters. Wed, 01 Jul 2015 21:04:53 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Emergencies/2013_01/Six_Cows_Burnt_Alive_in_a_Fire.html Emergencies https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Rescuers_among_angels/2015_01/Rest_in_Peace.html On Saturday, January 24th, first sergeant Nicolae Albu was sunk into the grave. Hundreds of people, colleagues, friends, aquaintances came to the Brașov Inspectorate for Emergency Situations to be close to the grieving family of the firefighter and pay him their last respects. Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:31:46 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Rescuers_among_angels/2015_01/Rest_in_Peace.html Rescuers among angels https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Rescuers_among_angels/2015_01/An_Angel_Has_Risen_Like_a_Streak_of_Lightning_to_Heavens.html Death does not chose, nor does it care about age, dreams or one's job. On Wednesday, January 21st, first sergeant Albu Nicolaie forever left the incandescent front. Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:29:55 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Rescuers_among_angels/2015_01/An_Angel_Has_Risen_Like_a_Streak_of_Lightning_to_Heavens.html Rescuers among angels https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2013_09/Saint_Joseph_the_New_and_His_Beloved_House_in_Partos.html Just a year ago, in the fall of 2012, I had followed the tracks of Saint Joseph the New, to Partoș Monastery. On the dusty road that links the villages of Banloc și Partoș I felt a deep emotion. I was about to make a stop at the place where this Saint and wonderful father had chosen to spend the last few years of his earthly life. The Partoș Monastery shelters the saint father's tomb in the Old Church, his holy remains being moved to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Timișoara in 1956. Sun, 15 Sep 2013 21:01:05 +0300 https://firefighterjournal.com/articole/Beyond_the_Incandescent_Front/2013_09/Saint_Joseph_the_New_and_His_Beloved_House_in_Partos.html Beyond the Incandescent Front