Congratulations to the following blogs for being named the 2012 Blogs of the Year!
Reader’s Choice Fire Blog of the Year: STATter 911
Judge’s Choice Fire Blog of the Year: Backstep Firefighter
Reader’s Choice EMS Blog of the Year: Insomniac Medic
Judge’s Choice EMS Blog of the Year: EMS 12 lead
After weeks of nominations, voting, and judging…the blogs above beat out all the rest!
Hosted by EMS1, FireRescue1 and FireCritic.com, and sponsored by the American Military University, this contest has the goal of finding the best bloggers in the EMS and fire industries.
Below you will find all of the nominated blogs…The ones in bold were the ten finalists for voting. The ones bold and italic were finalists for the judges. The remaining nominated blogs are below that in no particular order.
You should definitly check through the list to see the blogs. You might find one you had never read.
Fire Blogs Shortlist for Voting and Judges
- FireGeezer
- Working the job
- FSWarrior
- CT Fire EMS
- Statter 911
- Hydrantgirl
- First In
- Backstep Firefighter
- Average Jake FF
- I never wanted to be a firefighter
- Firehouse Zen
- Fire Law Blog
- Legeros.com
- An Ordinary Fireman
EMS Blogs Shortlist for Voting and Judges
- Insomniac Medic
- Diagnosis: LOB
- Mobile Intensive Prayer Unit
- EMS Office Hours
- Trauma Queen
- Siren Voices
- Rogue Medic
- Paramedic Pulp Fiction
- EMS 12 lead
- EMT Spot
- Happy Medic
- Manchester egg 2010
- Rescuing Providence
- Firefighter/Paramedic Stories
The Rest of the Nominated Blogs:
- Target Solutions Fire Blog
- Firefighter Close Calls
- 1-Union-801
- The Fire Critic
- Belton Fire Department
- Chicago Area Fire
- Philly Fire News
- NYFD.com
- Rescue Humor
- Rescuing Myself
- Ambulance Stories in Mexico
- The Social Medic
- Not On My Shift
- Mitigation Journal
- Diary of a Benefit Scrounger
- Penn Care Blog
- Probie to Practitioner
- Hitting the Hot Spot
- CAL FIRE Inyo-Mono-San Bernardino Unit
- Firefighter/Medic San Diego County
- 5280Fire.com
- FlashPoint Fundraising
- The Working Class Conservative
- WorkingFire.net
- Hauling Humans / A Paramedic’s Perspective in a Fire Based EMS System
- The Code Coach
- Medic Madness
- CMFD.blogspot.com/
- California Fire News
- VentEnterSearch.com
- PGFD PIO Blog
- A Day In The Life Of An Ambulance Driver
- Sticky Side Down EMS Blog
- Life Under the Lights
- The Most Interesting Ambulance Crew in the World (Facebook Page)
- Coalition for Tactical Medicine
- Command Safety
- Westfield Fire Department
- Everyday EMS Tips
- Rescue Digest
- Paramedic Blog
- CFA Connect’s Blog
- Parapup Blog
- Life On Fire Report
- IronFiremen.com
- Brady Books Blog
- EMS Patient Perspective
- FireRescue1.com
- Situational Awareness Matters
- ASM-AETNA Blog
- The Howling Wolf
- Genola VFD
- Dan White on EMS1.com
- Pompierii Timișoara
- Montgomery County, MD Fire & Rescue News
- Street Watch: Notes of a Paramedic
- ER24 Blog
- Backwards and Stupid
- Fire Rescue France