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Seemingly simple and harmless things could be banned / prohibited in such a policy. Listing yourself as a member (or employee) of a Department, Company photos, personal photos in Department shirts / hat, apparatus / equipment photos, etc, etc, etc. Also, keep in mind that Social Media is more than Helmet Cams, and Face Book. You have to consider web sites, blogs, Twitter, Instagram etc.

I always worried that what she had to hear me say and do would affect her. That it would affect how she handled the incident and that, in turn; would affect the other companies / members. It never did. Like Cindy, Sarah was a good dispatcher.

It's actually very funny because I get to see both sides. When in public, they are always throwing "jabs" at each other (although they are very professional while teaching / speaking) BUT .... when we are alone, they can often be seen holding hands and skipping down the hallway of our hotel...LMAO (I throw up in my mouth every time I see it).

It happens more often than not here lately but yesterday, all HELL broke loose! Severe thunder storms hit the valley yesterday evening and lightning strikes,  flash flooding  and working fires soon followed. It was chaos!  EVERY truck in the city was on the road. Our first run had us heading from the edge of North West to the out skirts ...

What a great couple of days in New Jersey! Rhett and I have been up here  ( New Jersey ) presenting his class on Social Media. The Official title is..  Social Media The Fire Service’s Next Big Innovation. We were VERY well received and the students showed a great interest in the class content. There were 46 students total and ...

I received several questions as to the smoke condition from the attic / roof. Apparently, the picture wasn't large enough for some to see so I'll put it up again in a larger size ... I'll also highlight some smoke for ya ...

I have a few ‘clean up” items I need to hit this morning ….. First off, I need to follow up and link to a very important post from Bill Carey over on Backstep Firefighter. Bill posted about NIOSH. They ( NIOSH… National Iinstitute for Occupational Safety and Health) wants to hear from us!!  THEY WANT OUR IMPUT!!  NIOSH conducts ...

Well, we are  less than 24 hours away from the final results of the  2010/2011 Black Diamond Boot Fire/EMS Blog of the Year!  We are holding a sizable lead in the Fire category and I’m keeping my fingers crossed. THANKS again to everyone for following Ironfiremen.com, taking the time to send comments / e-mails and for voting. We all know ...

We continue to reach "new levels" here at Ironfiremen.com and I have to admit that I'm somewhat taken back.

This is awesome! Thanks ! This morning, we hit 400 votes received in the Black Diamond Boot 2010 Fire Blog of the Year Contest. Voting is open through January, you can vote every 6 hours in 2 categories .. once for your favorite “Fire Blog” and once for your favorite “EMS Blog”. We are currently leading the “Fire” side by ...