I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I know I did. The Buckaroo, the girls and I spent the day at my Dad’s house for a very relaxing and belly busting Thanksgiving meal. Pop cooked a 25lb turkey and it turned out PERFECT. The only thing better than the food was spending the day with family. Now, my family is ...

What did you expect?? You did click on IronFiremen.com you know… now get your minds out of the gutter… it’s Thanksgiving for Pete’s sake! LOL Just a quick post to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Special thoughts and wishes go out to our  Brothers and Sisters across the country pulling a tour today so that the rest of us can ...

It’s not even Thanksgiving yet but it all ready feels like Christmas here at the Ironfiremen Headquarters. When I got home this morning, something caught my eye on the front porch. Something didn’t fit or was out of place. Hummmm.. A package??? For me???  I quickly turned and scanned the woods for a sniper. I checked my chest for red ...

I mentioned a fewpost back that I wanted to follow up on Chris Naum’s show Taking it to the Streets.  Chris has a regular show on Firefighter Netcast and last week’s was The First Due Officer.  I was brought in late and wasn’t really up to speed as to what direction Chris wanted to go. I did know however that ...

Last night, I post on the fact that Fire Critic (Rhett Fleitz) and Dave Statter (Statter 911) have jumped on the animated video “band wagon”. The three uf us have somewhat of a little “history” here on the network. There has been a lot of “frhetting” between us (mostly Dave and I against my “little buddy” Rhett). He’s too short ...

ALL ABOARD!   Seems as though everybody is jumping on the Xtranormal“band wagon”.  Those little animated videos are poping up everywhere on the Fire/EMS Blog Network. Who knew that after only a month or so, the top bloggers on the network would be mimicking me? Oh yea.. it’s true and like they say…. imitation is flattering… but STATTER? I always held ...

I’m not sure what all the fuss is about but it’s all I’ve heard or seen on TV today. An “up-rise” against new airport security measures. I don’t see what the big deal is. I mean who honestly didn’t see this coming in the first place?  I wonder how many times they’ll let us go through the line? “Excuse me ...

I’m getting old! Well, I’m not so sure 41 is old but at minimum, I’m worn out. As young privates at #5, Scotty (Scott Mutter) and I wanted to, could and did run all night. Back then, we were busy. We caught a lot of work but also wound just as many street boxes (I even had the nick name ...

Just a quick post (catch up) tonight…Yesterday, Keith “Meat” Blankinship pulled his last shift. Meat retired after 22yrs of service with the City (2 with the EMS Department, 20 post merger), he is 49 years old. I have known Keith his entire career. We actually volunteered together back in ’88-’89. He is responsible for getting me interested and so involved ...

I had just made Lieutenant in the Fire Department my dad worked for. Then, the rank structure was Private, Lieutenant and then Captain. Previously, I had two of the best assignments a young fireman could have. I spent a few years assigned to Ladder #2-A but actually drove the “District” (now called Battalion) Chief for the North side of the ...