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Sorry if we woke you

in the middle of the night.

But someone in your neighborhood,

is fighting for their life.



Sorry if we blocked the road,

and made you turn around.

But there's been a bad wreck,

with injured on the ground.



When you see us coming,

I hope you understand,

Let us have the right of way,

Someone needs a helping hand.



Sometimes a child is…

See the sadness of a business man as his livelihood goes up in flames, or that family returning home, only to find their house and belongings damaged or lost for good.

Know what it is like to search a burning bedroom for trapped children, flames rolling above your head, your palms and knees burning as you crawl, the floor sagging under your weight as the kitchen below you burns.

Comprehend a wife's horror at 3a.m. as I…

Firefighters are those crazy people who run into a burning building when all others are running out.



Firefighters are those people who wake up in the middle of the night to help an old lady, who fell out of bed.



Firefighters are those people who work on half eaten meals because someone needed their help.



Firefighters are those people who have a second family that seems just like a first family.



Firefighters are those people who never…

Sea of Blue

Bill Manning, Fire Engineering, October 6, 2002

 We miss you, fallen heroes,

And time seems to move slower without you;

Yet through the mists…

When the Lord was creating fire fighters, he was into his sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one."



And the Lord said, "Have you read the specification on this person? Fire fighters have to be able to go for hours fighting fires or tending to a person that the usual everyday person would never touch, while putting in the back of their minds the…

1. It is Fun

2. You Go Get Go On Different Calls At Different Hours

3. You Get To March In Parades

4. You Can Ranked Up To Cheif

5. You Can Join Different Companies In The Department

6. It Is Hard Work

7. You Can Be A Firefigher-EMT

8. You Can Be A Lot Of Rankes In Fire Department

9. There Is…

Sitting here bored at Station 75....nothin to do...sitting here with my dad hes working 24 shift on the ambulance. They have only had one call and it was a DOA. Have to work tomorrow and my birthday is Tuesday. Have a standby at Station 42 on Saturday so I might go to that. Nothin else really to report other than that....Talk to ya later.

EDIT: 14:56

Second call of the day....inerfacility transport at Kent Sussex Detoxification center.

The estimated dollar value of volunteer time is $18.77 per hour for 2006.

The estimate helps acknowledge the millions of individuals who dedicate their time, talents, and energy to making a difference. Charitable organizations can use this estimate to quantify the enormous value volunteers provide

by: Lou Angeli



Organized chaos. That's how the fire scene is often described. The adrenaline charged atmosphere feels like a battleground. But in this war zone there's no time to develop a battle plan. For the firefight to be successful, action must be immediate. Firefighters have only a few precious minutes to defeat their opponent.



Back in the day, Firefighting was all about racing to the scene, donning…

Call it a pet peeve but why is doing the right thing at the right time so hard for so many, especially the "Old Guys". That being said I have been in the fire service since I was 18. So yes folks at the ripe "old" age of 37 I have 19 years on the job. I have continued to adapt when needed. Refemember no Nomex hoods? I wear it all the time. SCBA was for interior attacks only. Bullshit, SCBA should be worn on every fire, i.e. structure, vehicle, dumpster anything except maybe a brush fire,…

This morning i was laying in my bed and could not fall asleep. At about 2:20 am my fire pager went off and scared the shit out of me. The call was a mutual aid request from St Clair Fire for a house fire just across the river from us. I put on my clothes and made sure that my dad was ready. We ran out the door and drove to the Fire hall. When we got there some other guys were already dressed in their gear ready to…