Tag Archives: Firehouse

HGTV shares the story of Jeffrey & Cindy Smotherman who turned a 100 year old New Harmony, Indiana Firehouse into the home of their dreams.

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The Best of the "Harlem Shake" EMS & Ambulance Edition Videos (8 Videos)

Here are most of the firefighter versions of the "Harlem Shake" as seen on Youtube. I posted one that is hilarious a week or so ago and since then firefighters have been busy making their own. The original one I posted now has over 5 million hits. I am not sure any top the original chickenman and spiderman.

I have great news everyone…Roanoke Fire-EMS firehouse #3 has completed their custom kitchen table. We began dreaming up this table about a year and a half ago…and started building it about 9 months ago. (photos by Drew Abel) Everything changed ...

This weeks Monday Morning Shoutout goes to the Green Maltese blog. The blog is run by John Shafer and he states "My goal is that Green Maltese becomes the place where fire service leaders can gain and share knowledge about the Green Movement and anything about Green (Sustainable) Building Construction."

This day in age, new fire stations seem more like the inside of a school or jail than a firehouse from back in the day...Wood trim, wood floors, two-story, cozy and warm firehouses have been replaced with concrete or tile floors, cinder-block walls, single story, institutionalized fire stations. My crew has found a way to make our fire station more like a firehouse...through our own hard work and dedication.

So there it is, the Top Ten Things You Can Do To Create Cohesiveness in your Firehouse. What do you think is missing? What would you add/delete. Do you think there is merit to what is written...or do you think The Fire Critic is full of it?

This is just ONE of those topics that firefighters might mull over and attempt to solve at the kitchen table.

Driver/Engineer Karl Larsen sent in these pictures of the table that they built for the station. Some of the specifications are: 5' x10' built on 1.5"x1.5" steel frame. The top is 3x4" solid oak hard wood with 1/2" mdf underlayment. The legs are 5" LDH. The center of the table has 12 outlets, the CHFD lights up red with L.E.D's when we recieve a call.