Tag Archives: training

Ironfiremen finds a new "hole" to climb into

LMAO .. is that a BEAUTIFUL title or what? I bet Dave Statter is wishing he never taught me about the importance of having a “catchy” title with your post. Yea… it’s all Statter’s fault.  AGAIN! LOL All kidding aside, I did find a new hole to crawl into today and I’ll get to that in just a moment. First, ...

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MIA

Yea… I’ve been absent a few days.  I gotta tell ya … it’s just been tough lately.  I’m pulling my 24’s at the firehouse and then working as hard as I can … finding anything that will pay to try and keep the farm “out of the red”. I’m worn out. We’re hauling any and everything, working other folks cattle ...

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Warm thoughts, extrication and Santa's Sexy Helper Day 17!

I just got a call from a buddy who is down in Florida. The Temp is in the upper 60’s and he’s walking the beach in shorts. Another good friend, Captain Joe Schmoe; over at Report on Conditions titled his last post  “Heat Wave.  The temp there yesterday was 78. He even has pics but he’s NOT gloating. Grrrrrrrrrrr! It’s ...

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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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Old firemen and dirty balls

I’m getting old! Well, I’m not so sure 41 is old but at minimum, I’m worn out. As young privates at #5, Scotty (Scott Mutter) and I wanted to, could and did run all night. Back then, we were busy. We caught a lot of work but also wound just as many street boxes (I even had the nick name ...

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The man we simply call "MEAT"

Just a quick post (catch up) tonight…Yesterday, Keith “Meat” Blankinship pulled his last shift. Meat retired after 22yrs of service with the City (2 with the EMS Department, 20 post merger), he is 49 years old. I have known Keith his entire career. We actually volunteered together back in ’88-’89. He is responsible for getting me interested and so involved ...

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FireCritic fighting mad ….

I’m guilty!   Guilty again. I guess I just have too much spare time on my hands and always end up picking on my “little buddy” Rhett from over on FireCritic. The sad thing is that 1.) he’s easy and 2.) I always have help.  Yea… it’s easy to get Dave Statter in on the fun when Rhett is involved. I posted a “Face ...

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Hump day..

Well, it’s our middle day of the cycle but after pulling that 72 hr stretch, taking off 24hr and coming right back, I feel like I’ve been here a month already. Of course I had to bust my butt all day yesterday catching up all the farm work missed from being here back to back to back so it really ...

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19+ pics..gonna be another long one!

Geesh. I’m still here and been up sine 04:00 (Damn you Schmoe!) We actually caught a little work this morning. Well OK, 2 sheds aint really work but its the most fire Opie’s seen since they kicked us out of #9. I’m working today for Capt. “Bucket head” Craft on A-shift and we haven’t had a break yet. I was ...

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