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Instead of me adding my two cents and a call to action on account of what is in that post, I will simply as you to Read this post on Life Under the Lights Then send in a patch if you can.

Voting continues for the Black Diamond Boot Fire & EMS Blog of the Year. However, voting will end tonight. The winners will be announce Wednesday, February 2, 2011at 9pm EST on Firefighter Netcast (more information here) More later.

What has been interesting is how on Sunday, Rescuing Providence has narrowed the almost 150 vote lead by A Day in the Life of An Ambulance Driver to less than 100 votes. Last year, we saw the majority of the votes in the last two days. Anything can happen. It all depends on who is pulling for who and how many votes you can get (obviously).

The Voting Continues for the Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year Contest. Don't let any early leads make you complacent. Last year we saw some early leads and strong comebacks. Just today we have seen several blogs getting a lot of votes! Tonight (Wed. Jan. 26th), the finalists have been invited to be on Firefighter Netcast. The direct show link is here and it starts at 9pm EST!

Continue voting for the Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011 Contest!! On Monday we had around 700 votes.

The time is officially 00:01 am on January 24th and voting has begun for the Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011. You can vote once every 12 hours. Email it, share it, tweet it, Facebook share it, blog about it, and tell your friends!

Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011 Contest Finalists Voting will end at Midnight February 1st, 2011. You can vote for 1 Fire blog and 1 EMS blog every 12 hours. The winners will receive a pair of the X2 boots from Black Diamond Footwear.

These tips can be useful for any bloggers, although some of the tips might be catered to the crowd on the FireEMSBlogs.com network. I have been blogging in some form or another for the past 6 years. I have not learned it all, and I realize that best practices can be altered, discovered, or modified daily. I will follow up with many more "blog tips" in the future. This is a beginner "blog tip" to get new bloggers rolling and some extra tips for others who are looking for that extra boost.

This situation would be different if it were a 911 call or if the FD agreed to bill the private ambo (for profit) company for their assistance. I also see no problem in helping with a lift assist if it were a crew from their department. Many are faulting the FD for not helping. Why is it their fault? Why isn't it the private ambo companies fault for not planning, being irresponsible, poor decision making, and all around not caring?

This weeks Monday Morning Shoutout goes to Life Under The Lights or (LOTL). His blog focuses on para-medicine, although he runs the occasional fire. His insight on EMS 2.0 is thought provoking and well examined. He has recently been involved with Justin and Mark in their latest videos "A Seat at the Table"...