Tag Archives: Roanoke Times

The fire would empty every firehouse in the city causing the Department to "call back" members for duty. Typically, those members "called back" will staff "reserve" apparatus and place stations back in service.

"He said Tuesday that if an emergency services director assumes control of a scene "there are going to be a lot of hurt feelings and busted noses."

I’ve asked myself that question thousands of times since the attacks on our Nation back in 2001. My dad, Rhett (The FireCritic), Todd “Boots” Harris and myself recently sat down for an interview with Roanoke Times reporter Jorge Valencia. It was a GREAT interview and I hope he realizes what he was able to capture on his recorder. We sat ...

** Language WARNING for this post ** I guess I’m still absorbing all the information that is surfacing around the death of Osama bin Laden. There’s a lot to take in and the event has my emotions all over the scale once again. I’m happy, sad,  thankful and at times even mad … hang with me and I’ll explain. I, ...

We had a Captain’s meeting today and our Chief updated us on a briefing that he had recently given our City Council. Kind of a “State of the Department” if you will. Our “numbers aren’t that bad.  In my mind, there were 2 “stand out” categories… “Dollar Loss” … in 2010, we had around 3.6 Million Dollars in fire damages.  ...

I worked and extra shift yesterday (the 2nd half of it anyway) at Station #3. Rhett needed the day off so he could go to some kind of dance contest. Now, he put on like it was for his daughter but I know the truth.

Get out your Bush Gear boys ....About 30 homes were evacuated in Campbell County due to a wild land fire.

Here in "The Noke", our brothers and sisters were also faced with battleing two fires ... one residential and, the second; a commercial multi-alarm fire.