Ok, I'm just so fed up with everyone's opinion about me being a firefighter. My aunt actually said that a girl on the fire department was cute. CUTE?! Is cute standing in the middle of a CRP field on fire with flames 10 ft. high trying to keep it from spreading to a farmer's house or crop fields?? Is cute chomping at the bit to go on a call, dreaming of fighting fires and keeping myself and my brothers on the fire dept. safe??? Maybe it shouldn't anger me, but darn it it really does that… Continue

Ok so I know my day job really has nothing to do with firefighting, but there have been some things going on at work that I just need to get off my chest. Please bear with me. Ok so seriously there are only so many things a girl can handle and I'm beginning to feel like I reached the full point a looooong time ago... See I work with severely developmentally and physically disabled adults, so of course privacy and protection are our two biggest concerns at work!! Because of this I'm not going to… Continue

Ok so our township, after lots and lots of pleading and begging finally got the grant we needed and purchased a brand new 3,019 gallon tanker (excuse me, tender as we have to say around here now) So at our last meeting, our training consisted of everybody riding in and driving the new tender so that we could all get a little more familiar with it. I don't know if God blessed me, or if I'm just made for it, but I have never driven anything as big as this truck or anything with air brakes and I… Continue

An ex of mine who is a firefighter at Ft. Riley introduced me to this song and it just hit so hard!! If you ever have the chance I suggest anyone in public service listening to it, because it fits us so well!!!





Here's the lyrics!!



Can you lay your life down, so a stranger can live?

Can you take what you need, but take less than you give?

Could you close every day, without the glory and fame?

Could you hold your head high, when no one knows your… Continue