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!

TX.

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…

Hello all,

I am not too much of a blogger for say but I plan to keep sort of a diary of my training, my goals and calls we answer.... more as a self review of what I did then anything else... but everyone is welcome to comment.

I hope I don't bore you too much!

Moe

TNAVD 7247

So....at the risk of over-simplifying the FIREFIGHTER SURVIVAL issue...

...here are 12 thoughts that might just work:



1-If we recruit, hire and promote the best possible people with strict and tough hiring standards and very tough and…

PLEASE REMEMBER!…

We started off our day with the usual routine- check the truck, make fun of the new guy, drink about ten cups of coffee (ok, I'm not that bad about it- maybe only three). So we had a public education program at one of the local pre-schools.

No big deal; make the new guy dress up, teach the kids some fire safety, show them the truck, and let them 'flow' a small forestry line. One of my firefighters stayed with me outside and we proceded to show off our tools and cool stuff to…