Tag Archives: Fossil Medic

CALLING ALL JAKES, BREAKING RECORDS AND DOING OUR JOB!

Blogging is one thing but members all across this Country are honoring these men in the same way.... by getting back on the truck! Police Officers are on duty tonight on the Va. Tech Campus. Brothers of IAFF L-1009 are staffing the rigs in Worcester, Ma. and the Mount Vernon (NY) Fire department stands ready to take in the next call.

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Ironfiremen.com says goodbye to Washington DC

WOW …  What a trip ! They say “all good things must come to an end” so I left DC this morning at 6am and headed back to the farm. I hated to leave. The 2011 Congressional Fire Service Institute Dinner  was AWESOME. I knew that this was going to be rushed trip but also one that I wouldn’t want to ...

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IAFF loses another Icon

IAFF reports the loss of General Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Vincent J. “Vinnie” Bollon. Brother Bollon passed earlier today (March 28, 2011) while at home. Mike Ward .. aka “Fossil Medic” has the story over on Fire Geezer. Brother Bollon served as IAFF General Secretary/Treasurer from 1988 – 2010. He was one of the longest serving “principle” Officers to date. ( Also ...

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Back from Baltimore

Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz had it right …. There’s no place like HOME! Yea … I know that’s not Dorothy  but it is how she would have looked had I been the costume designer for The Wizard of Oz … LOL Anyway, Rhett (The Fire Critic) and I made it up to Baltimore for EMS Today and, most importantly; ...

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