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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. ...

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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 ...

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Wounded Warriors

As with all his postings, it is well written and touching. He somewhat "opens up" in the post. That's something most Firemen have a difficult time doing. He showed personal feelings. He showed he cares. He is passionate about our profession and strong in his beliefs. Something in this post upset him and it showed... he cursed...

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Friday night "quicky"

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 ...

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING from IronFiremen.com

What did you expect?? You did click on IronFiremen.com you know… now get your minds out of the gutter… it’s Thanksgiving for Pete’s sake! LOL Just a quick post to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Special thoughts and wishes go out to our  Brothers and Sisters across the country pulling a tour today so that the rest of us can ...

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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 ...

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