September 2007 Blog Posts (296)

A firefighters Gloves

A Firefighters Gloves hold many things

From elderly arms to a kids broken swing

From the hands they shake and the backs they pat

To the tiny claw marks of another treed cat

At 2 am they are filled with chrome

From the DWI who was on her way home

And the equipment they use to roll back the dash

From the family of 6 she involved in the crash

The brush rakes in spring, wear the palms out

When the wind does a “90” to fill them with… Continue

Added by rescuediver1122 on September 9, 2007 at 12:19pm — No Comments

FireFighter

Your alarm goes off, you hit the snooze and sleep for another 10 minutes. The tone goes off at 2 in the morning he is on his way to a wreck with entrapment. You take a warm shower to help you wake up. Hes been awake for three days working at four different stations running calls all day and night and doesn't get to shower. You complain of a "headache", and call in sick. He gets burned or trapped inside, or while cutting someone out of a car something flys off the car and injures… Continue

Added by rescuediver1122 on September 9, 2007 at 12:18pm — No Comments

Hello brothers and sisters

Hello all. I am a ff/paramedic at Kirtland Fire and Emergency Services near Albuquerque, NM. I have been a fire fighter for 18 years and a paramedic going on 14 years. I fill one of the major problems the fire service has is the integration of EMS into the fire house. I feel they go hand and hand. I know I may have ruffled some feathers with that statement. Hear me out. I know many fire fighters that want nothing to do with EMS and I am all for that. I takes someone with brain damage to want to… Continue

Added by Don Morris on September 8, 2007 at 10:21pm — No Comments

TRAINING LINKS

http://www.firehouse.com/training/drills/

http://www.firetowntrainingspecialist.com/homepage.html

http://www.vententersearch.com/

http://firefighterclosecalls.com/weeklydrills.php…

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Added by jdstamp on September 8, 2007 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Fire

ITS A LIVING BREATHING THING ITS DANGEROUS BUT THATS WHAT WE ARE THERE FOR . WE THRIVE OFF OF THE ADRENALINE AND THE REWARDS OF THE SERVICE

Added by fireplug396 on September 8, 2007 at 6:54pm — No Comments

moving headaches

Well all i'm moving this week from manchester nh to salem nh closer to my wonderful Mom Inlaw (YIKES LOL) So I Will Be Delayed In Replying To Anything More Headaches LOL The Biggest Problem I Have Is Getting My 2 Teenage Kids To Help Oh Boy What A Task Have A Good Week All

Added by Bill on September 8, 2007 at 6:50pm — No Comments

Im A New Yorker:

I'm A New Yorker:

I am a New Yorker I do not live in the five boroughs or…

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Added by Adam on September 8, 2007 at 12:57pm — No Comments

Weekend Is Here...

So the weekend has finnaly arrived....last night we ran a water rescue with Station 85 (Milton) and 82 (Lewes). Gave me something to do for a little while...today we have a huge festival going on in Milford so we are taking a truck up for fire truck rides.....so I will be with little kids all day. Thats all I really have to say....I will talk before I leave for Massachusets on Thursday.

Added by Cory Parson on September 8, 2007 at 5:56am — No Comments

Spoke to soon..

Was over the river in Oklahoma tonight at a high school football game (which didn't go well by the way). On the way home I stumbled onto a one car roll-over. The man and his wife were already out of the car and she she was most serious with a head-lac. People had stopped to help but I was the first emergency service there without so much as a band-aid with me. A few minutes later a medic also from Paris showed up. He had been to the same ball game and I was sure glad to see him. The local EMS… Continue

Added by Gus2620 on September 8, 2007 at 3:57am — No Comments

Bent River FOOLS

Like to here from my Brothers and Sisters in the FOOLS.

Added by Jason Grantham on September 7, 2007 at 9:26pm — No Comments

Tribute Video Posted

Hi all,

I just psoted a tribute video I made using the photos I took at Warren and Paul's Funerals, the fire and memorials. Please take a few minutes to view it and please let me know what you think.

God Bless

Steve

Added by Stephen Walsh on September 7, 2007 at 6:37pm — No Comments

What a great website !

My brother ( Blood, most of you I would call brother also) put me on to this site, its great!!!!Hope we can get some more Ca guys and gals on it, I am going to spread the word....We'll have to have a tutorial for some of the F.O.G.'s like me, it is a lot like MySpace, which took me a while to catch on to....If you don't know what a F.O.G is you aren't one....Everyone be safe.

Added by Brad Avansino on September 7, 2007 at 2:09pm — No Comments

Let me introduce myself....

This is me... I also wear glasses.. I digress... I am a scence support person with my dept. I am out of station 2... I am known as Aim or the kid... So have been with them for 14 years as chicken person but join a year and half as a fire person... That is a quick and dirty bout me... If you would like to know more my myspace name is boilost. But I do have a question does any one know of a web site for grant to educate their fire fighter and ems people...…

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Added by fireboi215 on September 7, 2007 at 2:07pm — No Comments

If You Guys/Ladies want to check out my tattoo better, go to http://strikethebox.com/tattoo/misc/2007_misc/06/Hill.htm Thanks, Justin Hill

If You Guys/Ladies want to check out my tattoo better, go to

http://strikethebox.com/tattoo/misc/2007_misc/06/Hill.htm

Thanks,

Justin Hill

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Added by Justin Hill on September 7, 2007 at 1:50pm — 1 Comment

Lost shirt..

I went through hell this summer my wife left me and two kids, I had a woman find me and promise me the world only to end our quick relationship with lies and pain..I wrote this after I left a shirt at her house

Current mood: cynical

One of my shirts is gone..its just a shirt,Its just a blue t-shirt..It has some words on it..It has a big 6 on the back of it..Its just and old shirt. I have a few more just like it. In fact there a few more just like it other men wear.I see many of…

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Added by 602 on September 7, 2007 at 1:13pm — No Comments

Its all down to a waiting game

I am currently waiting for the call from the VFD that i applied to to get my background check back. They had just recently changed services for this check and next week should be the vote. Now if this doesn't get back in time Ill have to wait another month for the next meeting. So Ill sit and wait, Not that im to worried there is nothing on my background to worry about. If there is I wish I could of been there to witness it. unless someone out there knows of a good service on line that isn't to… Continue

Added by lemaireB on September 7, 2007 at 12:48pm — No Comments

Ground Zero's Silent Heroes

Mt. Sinai Study Fails To Enroll Out-Of-State 9/11 Responders

by: Lou Angeli

New York, NY (September 7, 2007) -- A Congressional Committee wants to know -- Who are the men and women who responded from outside New York City to serve at Ground Zero? And where are they now?

During a special…

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Added by Lou Angeli on September 7, 2007 at 11:57am — 2 Comments

wildwood

I'm so ready to get to wildwood on thurday and get my first cold beer at kelly's. drink at the tents on friday and saturday. Cause some trouble with my girls while the men are at there meetings. Let's all get drunk but let's also be safe and have a great time. See you guys down there.

Added by Lee on September 7, 2007 at 11:27am — No Comments

Its a wonderful day

TGIF, it is a wonderful day, even on shift its a wonderful day, maybe no one will get sick or hurt, but if they do I will be right there to help them, Its great to think that in some way I may be able to make someone feel better or brighten their day. And I hope that through this website that maybe I might be able to make someone smile or brighten their day in some small way. I am a very happy and upbeat person, I try to always have my cup half full instead of half empty. I have two children… Continue

Added by Nancymedic on September 7, 2007 at 11:08am — No Comments

Hello

So yeah i just discovered this site and now that i am on it i really like it so i look forward to meeting new people and hearing some great firefighting stories!!! I dont have too many right now because we havent had a call in some time now.

-Dustin-

Added by Dustin Field on September 7, 2007 at 10:22am — No Comments