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Those of you who know me well know that I am a big FDNY buff. I made several trips up to ride earlier in my career.

The following  poem is read at the beginning of every Roanoke City Recruit School and has become the unofficial creed of the Roanoke Fire / EMS Department. “If you want to be a clown, you’d better be lookin’ for a circus. If you’re lookin’ for a free ride, here’s a dollar; call a cab. If you want to be a ...

This past Wednesday, a Rocky Mt. Va Grand Jury decided not to indict driver Terry Valentine on charges of vehicular manslaughter, reckless driving and failure to yield. WDBJ 7 news has the story below. The fatal accident happened this past July while Chief Dillon and Firefighter Altice were responding to a report of a structure fire. You can find coverage ...

The Fire Critic and MyFoxBoston.com are reporting the return of Fallen Firefighter Mike Urban’s helmet. The helmet was dropped in a backpack at an unmanned fire station. The helmet will be given to the family today. Firefighter’s helmet returned to family: MyFoxBOSTON.com Captain Wines

Who am I kidding? I don’t need a gun. I’d kill the guy who did this with a hand full of cotton balls… Fallen firefighter’s helmet stolen from family: MyFoxBOSTON.com More on this story from the link above or from Rhett over @ Firecritic   HERE Captain Wines

We are firemen ... we don't know how to go home, relax and do nothing but we had better learn before it's too late.

The Fire Critic has live streaming coverage of Chicago Firefighter Edward Stringer’s funeral  HERE. Or, a direct link to Chicago’s local ABC affiliate provides the coverage  HERE Captain Wines

Another must see video concerning the U.S. Congress and the  James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. See my earlier post on this issue HERE.   The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c 9/11 First Responders React to the Senate Filibuster www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> The Daily Show on ...

Well the snow found us. Here in Catawba, we had about 4-5 inches before it changed over to sleet. Chores don’t change just because of the weather, so I had all the regular feeding etc to do. The Buckaroo took the day off despite spending several days last week brushing up on loader operations … I missed the little fella ...

I got the video below from over at Fire Critic. I’m so mad I am almost speechless!  First, I’ll show ya a video of John McCain talking about the “tax bill”. All this crap “ear marked”  onto the tax bill and it passed.. yet the  James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act  was defeated! WTF !!  Everyone was wondering back in ...