As a Company, we live, eat and play together. Because of that, we are united and that enables us to fight together (fire fighting). Now, we've added another level to our bond of Brotherhood and have attended Church together. We've prayed together and this past Sunday, even received Communion together.
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Frigid temperatures take a toll
Now, "extreme" may not be the right word but, record lows have been broken and the bottom line is .... IT'S COLD! Not the best weather conditions for our line of work .....
Read More »Product Review.. AXE shower gels and shampoo
It all started with the post Old Firemen and Dirty Balls. Apparently, AXE was watching. They not only contacted me, they also wanted to send some product for us to use at the station! Cool huh? I explained that this site is not connected to the station nor my Department and that it is against our policy to accept gifts. ...
Read More »More photos and the full story: Roanoke house fire
As usual, some of the posted stories on the house fire in Roanoke on Monday morning are not entirely acurate. I’ll try to set the story straight and throw in a few more pics. Rhett posted a nice piece over on the Fire Critic , unfortunately; some of his facts were off (imagine that Statter). Here’s the video again… We (Engine ...
Read More »Animations (monkey see, monkey do), finger pointing and firemen doing real work!
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 ...
Read More »Old firemen and dirty balls
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 ...
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