So, I go to the doctor's office on Friday because my knees sound like a rice crispy bomb going off whenever I change elevation. I've always had bad knees and I finally was convinced to go see someone (this was after the attempt to self medicate with glucosamine, etc.)

The doctor took four x-rays in the office and talked to me for about five minutes. The conversation went something like, "Holy crap, you have really bad knees. Which one hurts the worst? The left one? Ok, we'll scope you…

The Terry Farrell Firefighters

Fund was able to get a $50,000 donation from the Southern Wine & Spirits Company to donate this 2008 Suburban for use by the FDNY Fire Family Transport. This the second vehcile the Fund has donated since 2005 To date the Fund has helped firefighters across the nation giving out more than…

I don't know if it's because I am a firefighter. Maybe it's because I live in NJ and everyone is watching Super Tuesday for the 2008 Presidential Elections.......

Are you getting involved in the Presidential Election politics this year? Do you know who your candidates are and what they stand for? Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat you have the responsibility, duty and…

I have had this crap that is going around for 5 days now. I have slept more in the last 5 days than I did in a long time. It is 3:30am and I am wide awake. The only thing saving me is the fact that I am a Landscaper by trade and I am currently laid off. I don't have to be at work tomorrow so that is good. I have missed a couple of calls due to being under the weather. I really hate when that happens. Anybody got any advice for kicking the cold/flu? I have been trying to keep hydrated and eat…

Baltimore Firefighter Dies While Exercising

Funeral information…

The alarm sounds the call goes out, someone is screaming, someone is scared, someone beilives they are going to die. We scramble to our feet, we know, we are going to meet another person on their very worst day. We will arrive on the scene of their call. Strength and courage thats what we have, going into an unknown. We fight ourselves every day, we get to them, we help them, we take them to a place were more of us wait and pray to help them to live another day. We put…

Why would some want to be a part of your organization? Is there cache like being a Clydesdale pulling the Budweiser Wagon? Or is it something else? We recently brought on several new firefighters and we threw out the conventional wisdom and asked them, what made them chose emergency services.…

The numbness falls over you the moment you know.

You quietly say a prayer,

and wish for every-one to continue on,

not stop and stare.

We know they are dead there's

nothing really we could do,

but we act and we try,

just like we were told in the books we read.

We keep them alive,

if only for a moment to try and preserve whats left

of their drive.

The lights are flashing, the siren is screaming,

the blood is…

Mauckport, Indiana (WHAS11) - A day after fire ravaged the Norstam Veneer plant, hundreds of employees have some burning questions.

7 year employee Paul Hermes said, “Just everything . . . Felt like your heart fell out the bottom. Just wondering if you’ve got a job.”

Sawmill supervisor Fred Mathes said, “It was hard for me . . . It’s hard for a lot of people. We’re an employee-owned company. Everybody I know is concerned. We’re like a family . . . Home away from home.”…

OHIO FIRE CHIEF LODD: It is with deep regret that we advise you that the Chief of the Ohio City FD in Ohio City, Ohio (30 miles to the east of Ft. Wayne, IN) has died in the Line of Duty. Veteran Fire Chief, Paul Swander, age 74, went to the fire station around 1400 hours on Thursday January 31 to fuel the station generator due to an impending winter storm. To fuel the generator, it required him to ascend a ladder into a loft area where the generator is located. At some point he fell from…