For those of you who don't know me, actually, even for those who do, my blog area will articulate my latest and hopefully greatest adventure.....finally volunteering for the fire service.

I currently serve as the state-wide Training and Education coordinator for the Firemen's Association of the State of New York...better known as FASNY (not FANCY, as it's sometimes referred to). My job entails working with the T & E committee to offer educational programming to the Fire and…

FASNY is pleased to announce the following seminar:

"HAZMAT/WMD" February 23 ,2008 at the Keeseville Fire Department, 8 Pleasant St. Keeseville,NY. 8:30 am- 5 pm.

Cost: FASNY members $ 5.00 with pre-registration, $20.00 at the door (includes light lunch).Non-FASNY members, $15.00 with pre-registration, $20 at the door. To register contact the FASNY office or follow the training link on www.fasny.com to download a registration form (FASNY members may…

After roaming through the mall tonight, and observing mankind exhibiting less than admirable behavior during a high-stress time (Ho, Ho, Ho? ) and not being terribly impressed with said behavior, I'd like to offer up some thoughts based on the philosophy of "Pay it Forward".

The concept is simple......simple acts of unexpected and unneccessary kindness; to complete strangers, to friends, to family.

My parents raised me to be a mindful, respectful and polite person. My mother is…

William McKay, the little seven year-old boy granted firefighter status by the Colonie Fire Department died today. See my previous blog post on this.

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=645015&category=&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=12/6/2007

I don't know why God takes the innocent and the young, and it's not for me to know or…

So I got to thinking about posting something that wasn't a nag session about seatbelts, or that really had anything to do with firefighter safety, per se. (thanks Mick for the inspiration) I think I'd just like to express my thoughts about what the Fire Service, in particular the volunteer fire service does, around the holidays.

For those of you "Catlicks", of which I'm one, the Holidays are a celebration of our Savior's birth. Has the celebration become too commercial? In my mind,…

Someone, somewhere on here who regularly reads new blogs is going to see this and say to themself..."There she goes again, nagging about seatbelts again. What's the big deal?"

I'll tell you what the big deal is....firefighters are dying because they're too stupid or too invincible to wear their seatbelts. Here's another article about wearing them that I thought was good reading.…