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Yea … I mean  “THAT” house …. “THAT”  Big House .. Look out Washington DC,  Ironfiremen.com is headed to the White House! LMAO .. just wait til they get a load of me! DC will never be the same! All kidding aside, I feel honored and privileged to have been invited to the  Congressional Fire Service Institute Dinner   this Thursday ...

I haven’t talked about it a lot but now I can. He’s been nervous … real nervous. Rhett has been scheduled to teach at FDIC for some time now and I can tell how it has worried him in the past few days. He’s been a nervious wreck!  He hasn’t slept a wink since we’ve been here. Wednesday night, I gave ...

We had a Captain’s meeting today and our Chief updated us on a briefing that he had recently given our City Council. Kind of a “State of the Department” if you will. Our “numbers aren’t that bad.  In my mind, there were 2 “stand out” categories… “Dollar Loss” … in 2010, we had around 3.6 Million Dollars in fire damages.  ...

Well, 4 day is over and it’s back to the ol grind stone at Lucky #13. This last break BLEW by and I mean that literally. The winds have been between 40-50 mph this week! I’ve already lost one barn to the winds this winter and I’m shocked I didn’t loose another. The Buckaroo and I have managed to keep ...

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 ...

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.

My point here is this ... multiple fires in a single tour in our department, more often than not; has the same members battling both fires. Multiple fires in DC or PG County may not even see the same companies much less the same members.

I’m sure one has some where at some time or another, I’m just not aware of it. I only used that title because Dave Statter was explaining to Rhett how a title such as this will / can draw readers. That said, I’m not even sure why I want / need to draw readers because I really don’t have a lot to ...