Well, props to my chief, he didn't want me to have to wait another week or so to get the arson check back and then have to wait for the letter from the department, so.....drumroll.........

I'm unofficially officially IN !!!

I'll be getting sworn in at the next department business meeting (first Tuesday in February), that is, of course, as long as my arson background check comes back clean.

They can't count that time my sisters and I set the garage on fire when I…

Well looking at some of the forums and post I have a good idea of what personal equipment I want to carry...

I was considering several items and just wonder what everyone thinks...

I am carrying the following:

I have door stops (wooden), a needle nose pliers, standard slip jaw pliers, and channel locks for hand tools, EMS shears and a automatic center punch.... granted I have the nomax hood and fre gloves... I am looking for a cheaper pair of MVA / Extraction gloves to…

Hey everybody! There seems to be a lot of BLUE and RED members! I raise my glass to ALL the color confused people out there! Or as most of us in the service call each other...dedicated psycho's! Here's to the committed bro's and sister's...Be safe and keep up the fight!

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Ok.... I signed up to find new friends in an occupation that I have so much honor for. I was watching a video on this site about firefighter strength and how it's like no other strength. I believe that to be very very wholeheartedly.. true. Anyways, to make myself clear, I am not a firefighter, ems person, etc. My situation is just helping as a volunteer whenever and whereever needed in my local city. WFD has some awesome people who volunteer their time constantly so I figured why not help…

So..tonite was good,started out kinda slow but none the less fun.I was chillin at the house wen around 11:45pm Station 7,11,&12 got a fire alarm call to a brush fire that was pointless.Me and my boy Ed got there and put that shit out quick,it was a sad excuse for a camp fire more or less that didnt need to be put out.We did get Station 11's engine truck stuck in the mud tho,so those of u that enjoy muddin and pullin out Z71's,u aint done shit till uve pulled out a FIRE TRUCK,haha,it was…

Brady Twp Huntingdon County PA:



At 1507 hrs on 10/31/07 Mifflin County 911 Activated Box 25-20 for a Reported Barn Fire on Rt 655 4 miles South of Allensville on SR 655. Sending Co 25 (Allensville), 24 (Belleville), EMS 7 (Milroy) in placed of 23 (Big Valley). Upon response units were advised their were multiple calls to both Mifflin and Huntingdon Counties and they were not sure whose area it was in and both counties were dispatching a full box…

I don't know if you can really consider this topic blog-able....but I thought it would be a great way to start off a fact finding mission.

4 fellow firefighters and I are planning to head to NYC for a long weekend this spring. We would like to stay in Manhattan and are looking for clean & reasonable accomodations. Any Firefighters from the FDNY or who have travelled there have any ideas? If so....help would be appreciated!

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So, what do you want to know about me. My name is Staci. I live in Calvert County in Southern Maryland. I met my favorite firefighter at fire convention in Ocean City in June 1988. We were married in April 1992 and have 3 daughters and 1 son (so far!!).

Pizza delivery turns fatal

Deputies investigate mobile home robbery that claimed driver…

While speaking with a member of a neighboring department, I couldn't help noticing his references to "the ole days". He just couldn't understand why in the fire service today, we do the things that we do...Specifically regarding training."Well back in the old days we didn't even wear those stupid masks, let alone spend all that time training!", is pretty much how the conversation began. This view is shared by many firefighters in my area. I guess you could say I've made it somewhat of my…