Fire Critic An Unadulterated View of the Fire Service
Captain Wines and I are on our way to honor the fallen brothers from the past year and remember their legacy. We will have the chance to speak with and hear from their family members while we work with Firefighter Netcast. Last year was a sobering experience, but at the same time it was very fulfilling to learn about the Fallen.
We hope to make as much of this trip as we did last year.
We left this morning and stopped briefly in Fairfield to see Willie’s grandmother. This is the second time we have stopped in and I love it. I don’t get to see my grandparents often since they live so far away. Being able to see his grandmother reminds me of mine. I cherish the opprotunity.
We are back on the road again.
Ok…actually now we are on campus. I started writing this in the van on the way up.
This is our first time staying on the campus of the National Fire Academy. This is one heck of a campus. If I remember the story right, this was a school at one point and was given to the United States by the family who owned it. Look it up, it is a great story.
Willie and are in our rooms and are going to enjoy dinner tonight with friends. Afterwards, we will be at the Ott house or The Command Post for drinks. We are more likely to be at the Ott house.
If anyone needs a bed while they are in town, we have an extra bed. Let us know and we will hook you up!
If you are interested in hooking up with us, you can email me at firefleitz@gmail.com or text me at 540-537-8158.
In the morning, we will be joining Firefighter Netcast in front of the chapel around 8:30 am. We will be available to talk, but our main goal will be recording the stories of families (survivors) of the Fallen.
Don’t miss the opprotunity to say hello to Willie Wines Jr. and I. We love meeting firefighters from around the World.
If you walk up to Willie and ask him if he is the cowboy from “Brokeback Mountain” I will give you one of our Brotherhood Chips!
