So ive been in the fireservice about two years now and love every second of it. I come from a fairly small town with a fairly small fire department ( 8 apparatus, 28 members, around 500 calls a year). Just before I got on this department, a new firechief was elected. Since his election; six members have quit. Now before we go jumping to conclusions about the new chief, let me say this. The previous chief had the department "stuck in the past." He refused to create sops, follow new guidelines,… Continue

Okay so before I had a 96 Chevy S-10 with just a dual head revolving mini light bar sitting on the roof. It was pretty wimpy. I just went out and bought a new Dodge Ram. I cant imagine disgracing it with just that tiny lightbar. Im looking to get a sweet dashlight (preferably actually something to go behing my rearview mirror) some grill lights, and something to go on the rear too. I already planned to put LED's in my fourway flashers but I'm just looking for any suggestions on what you guys… Continue

Today is Patriot day, September 11th, 2008. Seven years since the 9/11 tragedy. Seven years since thousands of people lost their lives in a matter of less then two hours. Sons, daughters, fathers, mothers. All lost in what seems like the blink of an eye. All lost for reasons we may never understand. My heart breaks for the families and friends who all lost someone that day. They watched the news in terror; just waiting, hoping, praying for someone to walk through the door just one more time.… Continue

So I've been elected to give the fire safety presentations coming up soon during fire prevention week and have never done it before. If anyone has any comments, hints, ideas, etc. I could surely use them because right now I'm really not sure what I'm gona tell a bunch of preschoolers about the fire service other then dont play with matches and stop drop and roll lol