Boots Worked for me on C-shift, Station #13. He was our Senior Firefighter. He was a mentor to many. A Brother, son, husband, good friend and generous, unselfish, giving man. He was loved and will be missed by many!
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Christmas Eve update
Yea, I know…. a much needed one. In my defence, I have been busy and still managed to get a “Sexy Santa’s Helper” up every day as promised. Like everyone else, I’ve spent the last 4 days shopping. Well, I assume everyone else waits until the last minute because I ran into em everywhere I went. For me, shopping is ...
Read More »More working fires… Another "Mutual-aid" and Santa's Sexy Helper Day 18
Ok, we've got a ton of news to catch up on. Roanoke's Bravest had a busy night last night. I'm not sure what the actual temperature was (with or without the wind chill) but I can assure you, IT WAS COLD! The night ..or morning started with an apartment fire on the South-side.
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 »The "First Due" Officer… what are you thinking?
I mentioned a fewpost back that I wanted to follow up on Chris Naum’s show Taking it to the Streets. Chris has a regular show on Firefighter Netcast and last week’s was The First Due Officer. I was brought in late and wasn’t really up to speed as to what direction Chris wanted to go. I did know however that ...
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 ...
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