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His view is that he can get more bang for his buck using Twitter than Facebook. He goes on to say (in my words) that he would rather the quick rich exchange of information as forced by Twitter than the random, sometimes useless, and less content rich updates on Facebook.

Jeff Harkey (FireNews.net) and Mike Legeros (Legeros Fire Blog) were on scene of a fire in Raleigh this morning. The alarm came in at 10:25 am this morning for The Hibernian Bar located at 311 Glenwood Avenue. The fire would go to 2 alarms.

As a fire service, we have a duty to make sure every attempt is made to utilize these grants. If we do not, the funding might not be there next year. Plus, free money? Who doesn't want that. Maybe you don't even know where to begin when writing a grant. There are several grant writing firms out there. Some offer customized grant writing, others offer samples of successful grants. What is $50 - $2000 (the higher for custom grant writing) when you could recieve thousands and maybe tens of thousands of dollars in grant money?

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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!

One Asheville Firefighter is dead and many others injured after a fire in a medical building near Mission Hospital. The current total is that eight other firefighters were taken to the hospital for various reasons.

As you know, Willie Wines Jr., Kevin Totten, and I climbed 110 stories as a part of the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Firehouse Expo. We climbed with 320 others, some of whom we knew already and others who we met for the first time. The event was a huge success. All I can really say is that you have to participate in one to really understand.

The difference between us and them was that we did it in honor of them. We did it without an airpack, without fear, without trepidation. We did it to help others never forget.

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This weeks Monday Morning Shoutout goes to SCONFIRE.COM. SCONFIRE.COM is a State News web site that has reinvented itself on FireEMSBlogs.com. The site is celebrating its 10th year online. It is run by Grant Mishoe.