Tag Archives: Willie Wines

Here in "The Noke", we take a lot on pride in holding a majority of our fires to "room and content". Despite older homes and balloon construction, we do a good job at getting water on the fire quickly and efficiently.

I really haven’t checked in with a “full” post since our 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in Greenbelt, Md back on the 11th. I received a TON of e-mails, text messages and comments on the site from that post ( I Cried ) … THANKS! I was hesitant to hit the “publish” button on that post. I had so much I wanted to ...

I know …I know … I’m a fireman. Well guess what ??? Firemen are HUMAN … we have feelings and emotion. Most of the time, we are able to set them aside, to hide them from our friends, family and the public. I haven’t been doing such a good job of that here lately and for good reason. Although I ...

We did it! I’m still so proud and in a state of mind that I’m not sure if I can even post about it yet. All of you folks know that Kevin Totten (Salem Fire/EMS), Rhett Fleitz (Fire Critic) and I have been here in Baltimore for the past few days for Firehouse Expo 2011. You also know that we participated ...

I have so many mixed feelings that I’m not sure where to begin. David “Big Dave” Palmer, age 54 was laid to rest yesterday after an almost 2 year battle with cancer. He was buried with Fire Department honors. Read local coverage HERE . If you took the time to hit the link above, you now know that Big Dave ...

I’m lucky in that I have a big one …. I have a “fire department” family, a “blogging” family and of course my “kin folk”. I’ve mentioned several times lately how busy I’ve been since my return from California. This is the time of year when things get busy on the farm. My step dad lives in North Carolina and ...

Our West Coast Brothers have already proven to be GREAT hosts.  The Orange County Lawmen are taking very good care of the Rampage. This OC place is pretty cool as well but the time difference is proving a little difficult to adjust to (for me anyway). So, last night my baby sister came to the hotel after she got off ...

The Buckaroo and I were picking up some feed in town and decided to swing by Station #3 to see what my “little buddy” Rhett Fleitz (The Fire Critic) was up to. The Buckaroo just happened to be wearing his turn out gear so he decided to add his name to the run board….LOL I didn’t even know the little ...

Happy St. Patty’s Day from Ironfiremen.com I hope the “luck of the Irish”  rides with all you brothers and sisters out there on duty tonight. Regretfully, I’m one of those pulling a tour. But hey, I know all you Jakes out there with the night off will drink a green pint or 20 for those of us who cant be ...

I think I may be in a “slump”.  Now, I’ve never been the articulate type (yea.. I used a “big” word) but usually, I get my point across. I don’t know why but a lot of the folks I’ve met through this site say they love it because of my style of writing. I write like I talk. I “shoot ...