Who is Who? Rhett Fleitz of FireCritic.com & Willie Wines Jr. of IronFiremen.com

There seems to be some confusion as to who Captain Willie Wines Jr. is vs. who Lt. Rhett Fleitz (me) is. Just for clarifications sake, I would like to ensure everyone understands who we are and what we do.

In the photo below, Captain Wines is on the left and Lt. Fleitz is on the right.

Captain Willie Wines Jr. operates the blog IronFiremen.com (Wooden Ladders and Iron Firemen on Facebook). He is a 20+ year veteran of the same department I work for and his father retired from.

Lt. Rhett Fleitz (me) operates the blog FireCritic.com (The Fire Critic on Facebook). I am a 14 year veteran of the same department.

We don’t typically identify our department, although it isn’t hard to figure out. 

Captain Wines and I are often seen together, especially when we travel. We do speaking engagements together as well.

The reason for this clarification is because there has been an increase in confusion on Facebook as to which one of us is which. Willie has the mustache, I have the looks! ha.

Captain Willie Wines Jr. on the left, Lt. Rhett Fleitz on the right. Picture by Nate Camfiord. Gear by Honeywell (Morning Pride)