I'll never get to make "those" calls again ... not to Jackson and it's killing me. This grief ... the depression.... it keeps knocking me down but I won't let it keep me here.
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Barefooted … for now
Despite the overwhelming support I received following my last post ("A Firefighter's Boots"), I was NOT able to return to duty and put mine back on. It wasn't because I didn't want to ... I did and you folks were a HUGE part of the reason why.
Read More »Getting high and rocking Fire Rescue International (FRI) 2012
It was another GREAT show and experience for us. We have a good time anywhere we go but this trip was AWESOME! If you didn't make it, start planning now to join us in 2013 back in Chicago.
Read More »The difference a year makes … Firehouse Expo 2012
He suffered and fought through months of grueling rehab and recovery. In true Firefighter fashion, he showed the same heart and determination after the fire as he did while engulfed in flame. HE SURVIVED!
Read More »Working Fire, Extrication and Firehouse Expo!
We caught a small job at shift break this morning... we were coming on, B-Shift was going off. It's a hell of a way to start the day.
Read More »To the Rescue
Even the days when thousands of people don't need us, there are still several hundred who do. We are always working ... even on our days off.
Read More »Booth Babes, FDIC another 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb and more!
I guess Rhett and I were kinda like the FoxFire "booth babes". I say that for several reasons. One of the reasons is because we were wearing kilts. Not dresses ... kilts (it's defined by what you ARE or are NOT wearing under em ...lol). Not just any kilt either. We were wearing our custom kilts from ALT KILT.
Read More »Dirty old Firehouses …
The closings became a huge battle between our members and administration. A lot of our Department's history came from within those walls. It was a house full of TRADITION, PRIDE, HONOR, RESPECT and BROTHERHOOD
Read More »Happy St Patrick's Day from IronFiremen.com
Today, instead of joining my Brothers and Sisters on the Parade route and raising a few pints in celebration of St Patrick's Day, I'm working day 2 of a 72 hour tour. Yea ... 3 days straight!
Read More »Taking "Brotherhood" to the FDNY and so much more… 3rd and final part!
A photographer captured and unbelievable shot of James, at attention, hand on the bell, a tear on his cheek and the American flag in the foreground. I can't describe the emotion I felt seeing the photo ... or the emotion it captured.
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