Monday Morning Shoutout

Monday Morning Shoutout – Hydrantgirl and her Firefighter

This weeks Monday Morning Shoutout goes to Hydrantgirl and her Firefighter (http://hydrantgirl.blogspot.com/). The blog began in February of 2009 when the author (Hydrantgirl) was trying to become a firefighter and was engaged to a firefighter. Since then a lot has changed. She is now a trained firefighter and paramedic who is still looking for the right job, and her firefighting fiance is now her husband.

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Monday Morning Shoutout – No Ambition But One

This weeks Monday Morning Shoutout goes to another brand new blog in the fire service blogosphere...No Ambition But One is a different kind of fire service blog. The "About" page simply states: We are a group of proud firefighters who are here to have a conversation about advancing and professionalizing the fire service. There are no sacred cows here.

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Monday Morning Shoutout – PGFD PIO Blog

This week's Monday Morning Shoutout goes to the PGFD PIO Blog. Mark Brady is the PIO for Prince George's County Fire Department in Maryland. His job, in my eyes, is one of the most difficult FD PIO jobs in the Nation. Why the most difficult? In my eyes because of the sheer size of the County, number of departments, it being a combination department, as well as many of the news stories and scandals that have occurred there.

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Monday Morning Shoutout – TNFireNews.com

This weeks Monday Morning Shoutout goes to TNFireNews.com. You might not believe how much work goes into a State Fire News web site. There is a small breed of us who have created web sites for our State's fire news. We have to rely on submitted content to make it work. Some have made a success of it, others have closed up shop. Still there are a couple who are trying to break through and make it work.

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