My goal is to chronicle, as best I can, some of the many great experiences I had last week at FDIC-2010 in Indianapolis, Indiana. There's so many of them flowing through my brain, some of them are short snippets while others I remember as full-length features, and I plan to present them accordingly.

My FDIC-2010 experience ranks up there with some of the greatest memories of my career and life. Full of laughs (my stomach still hurts), meeting good people (and John and Rhett too!), going on "adventures" together and most importantly, sharing the brotherhood that few other professions enjoy.

So, with the intent of eventually sharing all of these experiences, I thought I would start with the end of the trip instead of the beginning; for in the end, in a very unexpected way, the value of my trip to FDIC and the importance of my returning home became very apparent to me.

You'll see why in just a little bit.

Read the rest of the story at: http://tigerschmittendorf.com/2010/04/25/fdic-returning-home/

Other related articles:

http://tigerschmittendorf.com/2010/04/19/saturday-morning-fdic/

http://www.firefighternetcast.com/2010/04/live-show-f-from-fdic-wit...