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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.

Firegeezer has been on top of this story today. Check out the coverage here. There are still questions on the air quality due to the toxic chemicals that burned in the fire. Chemie-Pack storage facility in Moerdijk, Netherlands burned today.

Last year, I offered my top ten Christmas Gifts for Firefighters (last years list is here). The article has remained very popular even this year. Just in Time for Black Friday! This year, I am redoing the list for 2010. There are many new gifts out there and I want to make sure that the firefighters are getting what they deserve...The Best Christmas Gifts for Firefighters! This top ten list could be easily used year round. Be it birthday, anniversary, Christmas, Hanukkah, or whatever these gifts are bound to make you popular with the firefighter you gift them to. I challenge you to come up with a better list!

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.

I just got finished reading the chapter on Michael Goff in "Last Alarm" by Jerry Laughlin. The book was published in 1986 and features 5 true stories about firefighters who died in the line of duty. Michael Goff, a Petersburg (VA) Sergeant was killed when a wall collapsed on him following an explosion at an apartment complex. The explosion also injured many firefighters, EMT's, and civilians (some who had just been rescued).

Over the past several years, I have created several web sites. The Fire Critic has remained one of my favorites. The past several weeks has brought clarity to its purpose. In an effort to move the site forward, I have decided to update more often with videos, articles, and whatever else is new or interesting in the fire service. What this means to you is that you will have to check back more often to see what is new and/or scroll down further to see what you have missed!

I will admit, while I might now a little about web sites...I have not taken the time to learn a ton about my Droid. Simply put, I am not using it to its fullest potential. I am fine with that, but occasionally I will spend the time to add an application, change a setting, or see what is new. Brian Rueger, a retired USAF computer/ information systems operator AND retired FD Captain, likes to keep me abreast of the news surrounding the Droid. I get email links to new applications and news sporadically.

The Finalists in the Fire/EMS Blog of the Year 2009 contest have been announced. Start voting today. You may vote once every 8 hours! Did your favorite make the grade? Thanks to all who nominated their favorite blog!!!