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I CHALLENGE Every Chief and Firefighter attending Fire Rescue International to at least register to climb. Whether you cannot physically climb, or have another conflicting event, you should register to climb and donate the $25.

This years "Best in Show" award according to the Fire Critic goes to SAFETY2GO.COM. Their parent company, Beams Seatbelts, (Seatbelts.net) has been in business for over 50 years manufacturing seat belts. One day, a local Fire Chief asked them to make a harness for them...the rest is history.

HUH? Speak for yourself. You are not talking about my department...not our firefighters. That is where some of this got personal. That the IAFC would allow this guy to come back and give a similar talk to 2007. Maybe I am missing something. Maybe I don't have a clue about firefighting at all. Maybe all of the great instructors in the American fire service don't have a clue and we need a wake up call from a Dr. in Sweden.

Loveland-Symmes Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder, IAFC President Jack Parow, and Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director Mark Light were on HLN with Robin Meade this morning. Willie and I were busy, so we had them stand in for us...ha. What a great opportunity to educate the public about what we do, who we are, and what we are about.

The second set of steps that we climbed to the 45th floor it was me and Willie. The others went on without us. They wanted to move quicker than we could move in our turnout gear. We accepted it. It gave Willie and I time to reflect without anyone within floors of us. Just us...climbing...for the 343. The quiet was only broke by the sound of Willie offering support in keeping me going. His encouragement which I desperately needed. It was tough. Willie wanted to make sure I was alright. Like any great Company Officer he was looking out for me. It was just us climbing, and we were able to pay our respects in our way without any distractions.

Willie and I are heading to Fire Rescue International. We will be participating in the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb, working with MN8 Products, spreading the word about Daily911Deals.com, and hanging out at John's Creek Fire Department...plus much more!

We were able to record about 10 individual podcasts. Many were produced for Tim Sendlebach and his crew at Fire Rescue Magazine. A couple others for Dave Statter and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. The audio for the NFFF will be available later on Firefighter Netcast. Art Goodrich was able to record a couple as well. He actually got to interview Rob Schnepp (Cyanokit) and Steven Pasquale. You might know Steven from his roll as "White Sean" or Sean Garrity on Rescue me.

Maybe I am just in the right place at the right time when it comes to these things! America's Female Firefighters (AFF) will be debuting their 2011 calendar in Chicago August 27-28 at Fire Rescue International (FRI). Guess who will also be at FRI. This guy!