Tag Archives: Axe

Here's another thing today's "deflated ball" rants / debates have totally missed.... the "condition" or cleanliness of the balls.

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.

There were multiple rooms involved with fire on both the first and second floor. We caught some good work and the boys did great.

Scary thought I know but hey … everybody is doing it. I mentioned last night that 2010 was kinda like a roller coaster ride for me … a lot of “ups” and “downs” but I assume everyone’s life is kinda like that so maybe that’s my one link to normalcy. Anyway, today is the first day of 2011 so I ...

I just got a call from a buddy who is down in Florida. The Temp is in the upper 60’s and he’s walking the beach in shorts. Another good friend, Captain Joe Schmoe; over at Report on Conditions titled his last post  “Heat Wave.  The temp there yesterday was 78. He even has pics but he’s NOT gloating. Grrrrrrrrrrr! It’s ...

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 .....

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. ...

Yes…. another animated video….. the Statter / Fire Critic saga continues despite Chief Reason’s involvement. ENJOY….

It’s been a long, cold and windy Friday but I’m back  in the house and under the electric blanket.  The Buckaroo and I were talking today and discussing how well the move over to the Fire/EMS Blog Network has been for Ironfiremen.com. Here lately, things have been going really well and that’s odd for me.  The hits, new friends etc are ...

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 ...