December 2007 Blog Posts (223)

Merry Christmas to all those fire junkies out there

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the town,

the fire siren echoed blaring its sound.

The firefighters came running from far and from near,

and raced to the trucks quickly donning their gear.

And I in my bunkers my boots and my hat,

jumped to the engine to see where the fire's at.

Down at the corner of Fifth and of Oak,

the dispatcher informed us of a house filled with smoke.

Smoke poured from the sides, from up and from down,

yet…

Continue

Added by Andrew Lowry on December 23, 2007 at 6:30am — 5 Comments

TOO ALL OF MY BROTHER'S AND SISTER'S

just stopping in and wishing you and your family a wonderful merry christmas and a happy new year.if you are called out be careful and be safe sis.if you like give me a hollor on msn .........dont matter if you have yahoo cause i have the windows live messanger and it works with all messangers

Michael A. Perkins, E.M.T.

Firefighter

Extracation Technician

Infectionist Control Officer

Fire Attack… Continue

Added by M.A. Perkins E.M.T.(aka Tony) on December 23, 2007 at 4:00am — No Comments

A Firefighters Christmas

A Firefighters Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the town,

The fire siren echoed blaring its sound.

The firefighters came running from far and from near,

And raced to the trucks quickly donning their gear.

And I in my bunkers my boots and my hat,

Jumped to the engine to see where the fire's at.

Down at the corner of Fifth and of Oak,

The dispatcher informed us of a house filled with smoke.

Smoke poured from the sides,… Continue

Added by EMTBTWEETY88 on December 23, 2007 at 2:24am — No Comments

CHRISTMAS DUTY 07

I'll be on duty Christmas Day.

Though it's a sacrifice to be apart from family, I know that anyone who needs my crew, will get A-1 service.

I just want to offer a word of appreciation to everyone who has duty on Christmas, is called into action or is on standby. MERRY CHRISTMAS!…

Continue

Added by DAVE on December 22, 2007 at 11:33pm — 2 Comments

Follow up

Thanks for all of you that gave advice on my post husband? I've talked to him and told him it was either me with my pager and all that came along with that or there was no me. Well it looks like I'm single again. Just thought you might like to know. Happy Holidays everyone.

Added by Jojo on December 22, 2007 at 5:56pm — 6 Comments

Back at the HOUSE

Back at the house on another 24 with crappy weather coming, not to much to talk about just xmas is coming and I hate to sound so selfish but, this is the first year in 18 yrs I have been away from my best friend, this is really and odd feeling I have. We’ve always been able let go of anything but since he is as close to a brother as I have and yes…

Continue

Added by Dork02 on December 22, 2007 at 12:37pm — No Comments

Cold Weather Firefighting

By: Lou Angeli

(St. Louis, MO) -- As weather experts debate the effects of El Nino on North American weather patterns, the "B" shift members of St. Louis Squad-2 don't really give a damn. Winter is on them, and the simple fact of the matter is it's getting cold.

Cold…

Continue

Added by Lou Angeli on December 22, 2007 at 11:26am — 2 Comments

Twas the Trick Before Christmas...

And all thru the firehouse.

Most the creatures were stirrin especially the Mouse (es)

3 fairly busy Days so far this trick.

4-5 runs each Day. (2 Days and 1 night actually)

Broke 1500 (rpy) last night.

But its last night night in, pushin 11pm and haven't turned a Wheel.

Got to wash the wife's truck though.

Oh well better luck next trick.

Merry Christmas to All, and to All a goog Night!

Added by Daniel Brinkley on December 21, 2007 at 10:56pm — No Comments

Thanks for your help... But it's out of our hands now.

Editing my original post for suggestions and such regarding our department "consolidation".

No matter what we do, or how bad we don't want it to happen, nothing short of a miracle can save us. Our Department is destined to go. If not now, with dignity, eventually- and on worse terms. I have discovered that the people who this station means the most to are those with the littelest amount of pull when it comes to saving it.

I will let go. I will move on. I will hurt, a lot. But I…

Continue

Added by Meghan on December 21, 2007 at 10:04pm — No Comments

To all Southwest Florida FFs...

I've created a group for us post news, ideas, etc. concerning our area.

Check it out:

http://www.firefighternation.com/group/SWFLfirefighters

-Crockett…

Added by Crockett on December 21, 2007 at 8:45pm — No Comments

Two dwelling fires same day

Yesterday was one of our busiest yet. We started the day with a relatively small fire at around 6 AM. It was accidental in nature & destroyed two rooms on the third floor of a house. That was under control within 15 minutes. Then at around 3:45 PM, we had another dwelling fire. This one was in Stroudsburg, the town we run dual response with. This time it was a row home that originally came in as room & contents. It quickly grew to include two of the row homes & threatened three… Continue

Added by Joe Totero on December 21, 2007 at 8:07pm — No Comments

Good news...

On Dec.19th me and my husband went to the doctors and found out we will be adding a child to our family in about 7mths.I'm happy but yet some what alittle afraid of some what starting over again cause my youngest is all but 13yrs. old.People say we are nuts but if you know us and see how much we love eachother to share that with one another is the greatest thing for a couple that loves eachother like we do.We already share 5 other children to past relationships but to share one together is the… Continue

Added by Baby Grl on December 21, 2007 at 6:45pm — 1 Comment

I'm Official!

I got the call this morning! I got on the department that I tested and interviewed for this past weekend. I feel strangely calm about it; I guess partly because I sort of knew I was going to get this one, and partly because now my joy is mixed with sheer terror. It's no longer a dream...now I have to walk the walk! I couldn't be more pleased and my family couldn't be more proud, although, their pride is also, like mine, mixed with terror. I don't actually get to work until February, because the… Continue

Added by Stephanie on December 21, 2007 at 2:49pm — 13 Comments

You know you are a firefighter when:

1. You can tell what type of fire it is by the smell of smoke 10 miles away.

2. You have ever had a heated debate over the color of fire trucks.

3. You have ever spent 10 min trying to force open a door only to have someone come along and open it by turning the handle.

4. You have ever taken 10 or more showers in 1 day.

5. You have ever been airborne without an aircraft and water was your thrust.

6. You have ever…

Continue

Added by Yvette on December 21, 2007 at 10:23am — 3 Comments

Christmas Wishes and Ashes: A Different Perspective.

This was originally posted at my blog at: http://buffalo.yourhub.com/southtowns

“No one knows the troubles I’ve seen.”

Sounds like a country-western song lyric, but there’s certainly some truth to it in the emergency services community. The life of a…

Continue

Added by Tiger Schmittendorf on December 21, 2007 at 9:17am — 8 Comments

Good Job DCFD!

FIRST IN

WASHINGTON (AP) - Thick black smoke billowed from a fire Wednesday in Vice President Dick

Cheney's suite of offices in the historic Eisenhower Executive Office

Building next to the White House.… Continue

Added by Dennis on December 20, 2007 at 10:26pm — No Comments

A (GOLD) SHIFT TOMORROW

Tomorrow is a return to duty on RED shift after a 1+1. The guys

are all pretty psyched about the holidays, so the next few shifts will

be a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to getting back to

work. It's always important to maintain a positive focus on why

we do this job. Always remember it is the best job in the world

and when heading off to the firehouse in the morning, say to yourself,

"Today I get to be a firefighter" rather than, "I have to go to work

now."… Continue

Added by DAVE on December 20, 2007 at 8:13pm — No Comments

Florida firefighters- here is the Save Our Services website

Anyone who lives in Florida knows that the tax reform referendum is coming up on January 29th. Anyone in emergency services or public education also knows that what is being proposed is not going to help home owners and will endanger jobs.

I've been reading the local news publications and the comments posted on their websites are alarming. Many ignorant individuals believe that Florida's tax problems are due mostly to the wages that firefighters are being paid. Some go so far as to… Continue

Added by Heather Langston on December 20, 2007 at 11:32am — No Comments

The amazing, the great, the fantastic, the super cool, ME

Ok, so some people here want to know a little more about me. Why they would want to, I have no idea. I mean yes, I know that I have classic good looks, intelligence and am witty. Some have even gone so far as to say titan among men. But I am also a simple man. I don’t deserve much…perhaps a statue that can be seen from space…but that’s all. I’m not greedy.…

Continue

Added by Dustin on December 20, 2007 at 10:47am — 2 Comments

EXPLOSION POTENTIAL

Had a very intersting call, yesterday. A vacant house's natural

gas line was piped to the detached garage to supply a heater. The

heater had been stolen, leaving the gas pipe spewing natural gas into

the empty and sealed up garage. The LEL was 27% upon opening the

man door - the walls and buiding were saturated with highly explosive

natural gas.

Everything turned out OK. We shut down the gas and ventillated the garage.

Just imagine if the FIRE DEPT… Continue

Added by DAVE on December 20, 2007 at 10:25am — 1 Comment