Check out this house fire in Norway? The fire is blowing out many windows as the video begins playing. Then pay attention to :14 seconds in at the possible smoke explosion in the rear of the structure.

So if you are interested in being a part of the "To be named" blog carnival let me know. Feel free to give me name suggestions as well! Of course, the first one will be hosted here....so don't worry about that! If you don't know what a blog carnival is follow this link and read about it. Give me some ideas on names too!

Attention all firefighters: the story below details a battle that will never happen to you. It might happen to someone you know, but I assure you it will not happen to you. The story is written by Chief Mario Trevino and is worth your time to read. This is probably one of the top ten articles written this year!

KidsFirefighter.com is this weeks Monday Morning Shoutout. The blog is geared towards kids, but there is plenty of information for the older "kids" too.

This is an older video. I don’t have the exact date. I must warn any younger viewers that parts of the video are graphic. The video tells of a pretty neat story of a Bristol Firefighter, John Jordan, who helped ...

This morning, Harry P. "Flip" Kissinger IV was injured in a vehicle accident on his way home from work. Harry is 35 and lives in Wake Forest. He is also a Lt. with the Raleigh Fire Department.

Here is something you rarely see in my department. Venting the roof on a single family dwelling. It isn't that we don't want to do it and it isn't that we don't know how to do it. It is more of a culture of firefighting that hasn't included venting roofs on SFD's.

I have been busy here at the Fire Critic headquarters (FCHQ) getting some loose ends taken care of. If you haven't noticed I have an awkward schedule of posting. It used to be more frequent and regimented, it isn't so much like that anymore.

How would you like to be a firefighter for a day? Ok, now what if I were to tell you it was an opportunity in the UK? Exciting isn't it! Do images of the great wall, Koala bears, the Eiffel tower pop in your head? I never was good at geography.

I have some links to share with you. Here they are: @NemoFightsFire has started a blog. He is a popular fire related twitterer and has begun his blog with a very powerful and very worthy post. Definitely a must read!!! ...