Tag Archives: Willie Wines Jr.

Today is the 5th Day of the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Read on below to see if you were a winner!

Today is the 4th Day of the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Read on below to see if you were a winner!

Today is the 3rd Day of the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Read on below to see if you were a winner!

Today is the 2nd Day of the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Read on below to see if you were a winner!

Today is the day! Today is the 1st Day of the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Read on below to see if you were a winner!

This is the schedule of prizes for the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway presented by FireCritic.com & IronFiremen.com. We are giving away over $10,000 worth of prizes starting December 14th and ending Christmas Day. 28 lucky winners will win 43 prizes and/or prize packages from 30 companies!

There are over $10,000 worth of prizes being given away including turnout gear from Viking Turnout Gear, Firefighter boots, helmets (including Phenix Technologies), Tools, Apparel, fitness gear, artwork, and more!

Each year, the crews at FireCritic.com & IronFiremen.com team up with great companies for a huge giveaway of great products. This year is no different. We focused on quality over quantity this year to ensure the giveaway was most epic! We are giving away a ton of great prizes!

While the beginnings of challenge coins may be questionable, most point to World War 1 as the beginnings of this tradition. Beings that the military began the ritual of not only creating coins, but trading and "challenging" with them, it is only fitting that the fire service has taken the idea and run with it since there are so many veterans in the fire service.

Six years ago, I penned the first post on FireCritic.com. I had no idea what the plan was for the site, but I knew exactly what I was doing. Still today, six years later, I use the phrase Captain Wines throws out occasionally... "We don't know where were are going, but we are making good time!"