My daughter came to me about a year ago and told me she had written a poem. Knowing she was only 3 yrs old and had just mastered writing her alphabet I knew it would have been a miraculous achievement if she had actually written anything on paper besides the usual smiley faces and scribbled flowers. To my amazement she had not put it on paper; she had made up this poem in her head and had said it so…

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This is a story I just happened to come across on a newspaper's website. I have always been a very patriotic person and take pride in serving my community as a vol. firefighter, but this brought tears to my eyes. Here is the link: http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201003121071

I am sure this story will be made into a movie someday!

First, I want to thank all my fellow firefighter brothers & sisters for always being here to help me when I have asked for it...& now I ask for your help again. My department needs an oath to administer to our firefighters and fire line officers. I also have a question, do departments that have Administrative/Auxiliary members administer the same oath to those members as they do to their firefighters or is it worded different?



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Potomac Valley VFD & Bakerton Fire Department along with others responded to an incident at Maryland Heights today to rescue a woman that fell from the cliff.



For more information click on the following news links:



http://your4state.com/content/fulltext/?cid=78431



http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/national/090309_hiker_rescued_from_harpers_ferry



http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,546203,00.html



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I know this may sound trivial but my department needs to implement an Auxiliary membership status. I am at a loss for how to write it into our Constitution. Is there anyone that could help me? That is the only section that I need right now. I would be extremely grateful for any help my FFN family provides me!!! Thanks so much in advance, be careful and stay safe!!!~Tammy~

My husband & I were the first to arrive on the scene of a head on collision involving a flatbed tow truck and a small passenger car on 6/18/2009. Here are links to the story in our local paper and from our local TV news station.

http://journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/521142.html?nav=5006


http://your4state.com/content/fulltext/?cid=69041


Be careful and stay safe out there! ~Tammy~

Terminally Ill WV Fire Chief Passes

SOPHIA, WV -- Colleagues say firefighting was the love of Louis Dale "Sonny" Farthing's life.



Now, they plan to give him a firefighter's -- and a hero's -- farewell.



Farthing, the 61-year-old chief of the Sophia City Volunteer Fire Department, died at a hospice house early Thursday morning (6-11-09), said his successor, Jeff Pittman. Farthing endured multiple cancers that included leukemia.



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Check out these links to view information about a vehicle accident involving a Gasoline Tanker hauling 8500 gallons of gas.



http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=87271&catid=158



http://your4state.com/content/fulltext/?cid=68391



Our local newspaper will run a story on it in tomorrow paper, so I will be adding a link for that article later.



Ok, I just got the link for our local news papers, they… Continue

I have seen little 5 question surveys on other networking sites that will tell you which piece of equipment best describes or represents you. I have taken a couple of them and they all pretty much say the same thing, just with a little different wording. So, I wanted to know how each of you would describe YOURSELF, in terms of equipment?

Wow! What a response to my first blog post! Thanks everyone! I am really liking this site, all my new friends and fire family from around the world!



I know I am not the only one that turns to my computer in the evening to wind down and relax before going to sleep, so I wanted to ask everyone a question.....just for fun.



How do you wind down and relax? Don't hold back, this could be interesting and another way for us all to have a little fun and get to know each… Continue

Hello everyone and thanks for taking the time to read my blog. My name is Tammy and I am in charge of fundraising for the Bakerton Fire Department in Bakerton, West Virginia, USA. I am interested in hearing what suggestions all my new friends here at FirefighterNation can give me on fundraising ideas.



I have already brought up a few ideas to our membership over the past year, but now I would like to get a little more adventurous. We have a few items that we would like to purchase for… Continue