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The top pic is from FDNY 10 House. For those of you who don’t know, 10 House is located next to where the Twin Towers stood. Now I know Memorial Day is for honoring our veterans but since 2001, I always add a thought and prayer for our fallen brothers and sisters from 9/11/2001. Although they didn’t know it at ...

Siting around reminiscing about old calls today…you know, the ones that really stick out in your mind. One of the many I have stored is back from my days as a “Melrose Misfit”. We ran an alarm at a facility that supplies, maintains and empties dumpsters. They have a large bay floor where they dump all their trucks so the ...

Ugggg the weather is BEAUTIFUL today and C-shift is pulling the tour. Brings to mind an earlier post titled “Anywhere but here” But in all reality, I’m more here today than I have been since January 16th. Yep… I broke down today and changed my helmet shield. It was difficult in 2 ways. First, I had to take off my ...

YEA BABY!!! If I make to 0750 in the morning I am outta here for a 13 day break! WOOOO HOOOO! I’m like a kid on Christmas Eve today. I was thinking of going to bed right now so I don’t have to wait so long to wake up and get outa here. The break has both good and bad ...

Tuesday, middle day of the cycle and again, it feels as if I’ve been here 100 hours already… Geesh! It’s been another one of those typical “staffing” days. EMT-I class, HTR training and who knows what else. Anyway, we marked the Engine out of service all day. Coon and Joe rode the box while the Officers traveled. Yea, both of ...

Well, 4 day break is over and “C-shift” is back to duty. We had our 2nd football game of the season yesterday against the Washington DC Generals and lost 28-2. Yea .. I know but, as it’s been said several times;the fact that we are even on the field is a win for us. The rain held off just long ...

Well, we all know that “the word” travels fast in the fire department and apparently I’m a hot topic for the rumor mill once again so lets set the record straight. I was injured last week. A dislocated shoulder early Monday morning. NO… it was NOT a football injury. NO… it was not from a bar room fight. YES.. a ...

It’s the middle day for C-shift and I can’t wait for 4-day. Today feels like it’s lasted 48 hours already. The day started out BEAUTIFUL. Joe is off on vacation so that has us running with the minimum … 3 on the Engine (and YES that’s counting the Officer and driver) and 2 on the Medic. Not a big deal ...

Well, the Roanoke Rampage had our first game this past Saturday and there’s good and bad news. The bad news?? We lost…9-0. The good news (and a lot of it) is that the game and entire day was a huge success. I’ll begin by saying this. Not many people got behind us. Most laughed. Others made the smart ass comments. ...

I CAN’T wait!! Tomorrow is the first home game for the Roanoke Rampage. We play for the National Public Safety Football League and will be hosting the South Carolina Commanders tomorrow @ 3pm at the Salem Memorial football stadium. Tickets are $7 and all proceeds go to our charity Steps 4 Billy (Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (CTCL). There will be an ...