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It was a good class that contained a lot of things that needed to be said. I'd bet every Department has a member or two that you wouldn't want in front of or behind you on the line.... am I right?

The Fire Critic (Rhett Fleitz), Andrew Catron (The Model City Firefighter) and I just attended the South Atlantic Fire Rescue Expo in Raleigh, NC.... WE HAD A BLAST!

The two beautiful young ladies by his side in the picture above right worked at what I could only imagine being some type of Sports Bar. The place was called "Scores". I assume it's one of those places that have twenty of so televisions on the walls so that their customers can keep up the "scores" of their favorite sport / game?

The members ended up "hand jacking" several hundred feet of 5" supply line off the Interstate and through adjoining yards to reach neighborhood hydrants. They were thinking "outside the box" and got the job done!

My comfort (if there was any) was in thinking that at least we were able to give a mom and dad a little time with their child. I didn't even know their names back then. I didn't want to. I didn't want to attach names with faces or images inside my head. I didn't want to think about if she lived or not. Did she make it? Did we do everything we could have?

Dean Russell, the Captain from #4 C-shift; did a GREAT job of "controlling the door" until we could make the connection and get the attack line in position. His efforts held the fire to a single apartment.

What we found was unbelievable.... the people we met, even more so. Brandon Whitehouse and Jon Cook were two of the members we were able to assist. You'll hear some of their story in the video below which was produced / directed by Jeycob Carlson for the NFE.

So I was challenged several times in the Face Book Craze “Cold Water Challenge”. I was challenged once by Kestin Wiemer (link) and the other by Bob Gard. Below is my video of my attempt of the challenge. The charities I choose were the Sons Of The Flag and the South Dakota Firefighters Benefit . I encourage you (if you ...

A guy on a roof with a riffle and we run a big red TARGET right by him playing a tune on the "Q" siren that was just screaming "shoot at us"!

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