You may remember my critique of Fire Engineering’s website a while back (read it here). The whole thing was kind of impromptu at the time and was done because I got pissed off one day. I look at the site ...
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Vote Now for CNN Top 2009 Heroes
CNN is currently hosting the 2009 CNN Heroes Competition “Ordinary people extraordinary impact”. Of the list of finalists is Paul Embleton. Paul created the BRAVE Foundation. BRAVE stands for Bomberos Resourceful and Valiant Efforts. You can visit his website here. ...
Read More »Richmond Firefighters Working Themselves out of a Job?
At least that is what the title to a piece by Chris Dovi in Style Weekly says. According to Dovi, Richmond firefighters will soon not have any calls at all. Meanwhile, the Richmond Ambulance Authority will be saving lives more ...
Read More »Kidnapped
A Ransom Note To The American Fire Service IF yoU CoMplY witH theSE S A F E T Y DeMAndS wE will LowER The NUMber of LODDss S SEAT BELTS WEAR EM A ACCIDENTS AVOID EM F FITNESS GET IT ...
Read More »Win a Fire Critic T-Shirt Hot off the Shelf
Announcing the Fire Critic’s First Ever Free Stuff Giveaway. The winner will be picked on October 30th. Be sure to read the rules. They are simple…two steps to enter for your chance to win!!! Ok, I have been chomping at ...
Read More »Tuesday Morning Job Security Check – Firefighter Drag Fail
No, they aren’t dressed in drag. Sorry to burst your bubble. Actually, I think I have seen a successful attempt at what they are trying. However, I have successfully done what they appear to be doing ONCE. Yeah, I think ...
Read More »Burnin it Down – A podcast by The Bravest Online
Last week, I found myself pondering doing podcasts.My issue is that I felt that the Medics have been doing so much with podcasts and that the Fire Service has been missing out. I am sure that there are others out ...
Read More »Embracing Social Media in the Fire Service
I have been using some sort of social media for years. I haven’t always used social media for firefighting, EMS, Networking though. I originally started out on myspace and have since discontinued the use of myspace for what I think ...
Read More »Monday Morning Shoutout – SConFire.com
This weeks Monday Morning Shoutout goes to SconFire.com. The website is the Fire/EMS news source for South Carolina. SconFire.com is run by a friend of mine Grant Mishoe. Grant is a Captain with the North Charleston Fire Department and has ...
Read More »I am looking for Bloggers who feed their RSS through Twitter
This may seem like a different language to some of you. The ones I am looking for will understand the question. I am looking for bloggers who have a twitter account and feed their RSS feed through their Twitter Account. ...
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