END OF DAYS

As the seasons change blows through the air,



our minds are lost in pain and despair,



our hearts heavy with choises to make,



wandering how much more our nerves can take,



We walk though life looking for a light,



always finding out that it is somewhere out of sight,



we choose to blame someone else,



instead of getting up and offering help,



we need to… Continue

We all train hard for what we do, class after class just to stay up to date on new procedure. Red lights rolling on many Emergency's. Then there are the not so emergency that we run on, "I don't feel good, the "chest pain" calls with their bags packed at the door, the "my doctor told me to come in today" calls. It's enough to drive you crazy! Then you get the one's who call for an ambulance because they couldn't handle the wait in the E.R. So my question to you is, When did we become a high… Continue

A call rings out, the message is clear,

an unsuspecting driver has hit a deer,

the units roll and call for the helicopter to get ready for flight,

As we roll up onscene,

we see the impact was hard and fast,

we find a drunk man in the driver seat and hope he hasn't past,

a call goes into dispatch "FLY THE BIRD! FLY THE BIRD DISPATCH!"

officers aching to write their citations,

having to be removed from the… Continue

The bell ring and we jump out of bed,

putting on your gear and putting our helmet on your head,

the truck roll out in the pouring rain,

headed to a wreck between a car and a train,



As the truck rolls up all we can see is a ball of fire,

knowing anyone in it would surely expire,

a call goes to dispatch "Get the bird in the air"

we pull a line and start the attack,

one from the side and one sraying the tank from the back,



as we approach the… Continue

Have yall every stopped to think how big our family is?

2006 stats from U.S. Fire Administration

1,140,900 (career: 316,950, volunteer: 823,950)

Firefighters by age group: 16-19 (3.9%), 20-29 (21.1%), 30-39 (28.7%), 40-49 (26.4%), 50-59 (14.9%) 60 and over (5.0%)

There were 3,245 civilians that lost their lives as the result of fire.

There were 16,400 civilian injuries that occurred as the result of fire.

There were 106 firefighters…

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