Tag Archives: Captain Willie Wines

The 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway is underway! The winners for Day #9 are listed below. View the prize schedule here. Today’s prizes wouldn’t be possible without our friends at J and M Supply , America’s Female Firefighters, MN8 FoxFire and Fire Cam. Be sure to check them out on Face Book and give them a “like”!

Today’s pries wouldn’t be possible without our friends at Firehouse Shirt Club, America's Female Firefighters and Fire Cam. Be sure to check them out on Face Book and give them a “like”! You can still enter to win if you haven’t already! Enter once per email address. CLICK HERE TO ENTER TO WIN!

The 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway is underway! The winners for Day #5 are listed below. View the prize schedule here. Today’s pries wouldn’t be possible without our friends at Box Alarm Leather and Fire Cam. Be sure to check them out on Face Book and give them a “like”!

The 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway is underway! The winners for Day #4 are listed below. View the prize schedule here. Today’s pries wouldn’t be possible without our friends at Crosstitched and Fire Cam. Be sure to check them out on Face Book and give them a “like”!

And here's the thing ... you can only "step up" so much .... especially when there's no (or little) forward movement or improvement. You can only beat your head against the wall for so long before you eventually develop a headache.

We're Firefighters! We are husbands, fathers, sons, brothers and uncles. We're no different from any of you. We're also APPROACHABLE. How many times can you read an article / post and then turn around and call or directly message the Author? Our contact information is posted on our sites / pages. We enjoy and encourage interaction and contact from our readers.

I crossed the State line and took a short trip into North Carolina this weekend. I had been invited to attend the County Line Fire Department’s Annual Awards Dinner. Actually, I was also their guest speaker. I had been fighting a stomach virus all week and wasn’t 100% sure I’d be able to make it. Rhett (FireCritic.com)  was unavailable for ...

Live tonight at 7:30 pm EST, I will be discussing Firefighter Suicide's and Mental Health on FOOLS Radio. FOOLS Radio is a part of the Fire Engineering Radio community.

Willie's only brother, John Charles "Jack" Wines, died this past weekend at the age of 41. Jack is the son of Retired Firefighter Willie Wines Sr. I have been with Willie over the past couple of days and he is maintaining.

Hey there readers...yeah, both of you. This is The Fire Critic guest posting on IronFiremen.com. In a recent court appearance, the Judge asked Captain Wines to refrain from posting about now former Buchanan VFD Chief Billy Joe Carter. Willie is well known as "by the book Wines" so I have put this post together to keep you up to speed.