Many fire service organizations spend countless hours and huge budgets in an attempt at changing our culture to ensure that all of us get to go home in the morning after every shift.
Read More »A Message To Those Climbing…Thank You
It Is Important That We Climb. We Remember. We Never Forget. We Honor Our Fallen. We Support The Survivors. We Share Our Experience So That Others Understand. That Is Enough For Me.
Read More »Will You Climb? Can you Climb? Will You Never Forget? Will You Carry a Name for me in Kalamazoo?
Seriously guys...The Charlotte Stair Climb sold out in 30 minutes. There better be 343 of us on the stairs on September 11th and at every other climb this year!
Read More »Are You a Leader? Will You Climb? 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at FRI Only has a Dozen Climbers.
I CHALLENGE Every Chief and Firefighter attending Fire Rescue International to at least register to climb. Whether you cannot physically climb, or have another conflicting event, you should register to climb and donate the $25.
Read More »Firehouse Expo Wrap Up – The 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb
This year's Firehouse Expo 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb was a great experience for me. Not only was it a return to the first place I climbed (my first was 3 years ago at Expo), but this time my wife joined me for the climb (her first time).
Read More »Best of the Rest – Firehouse Expo 2013, FDNY Probie Manual, Flame Fest, People Worth Dying For…and MUCH MORE!
Best of the Rest - Firehouse Expo 2013, FDNY Probie Manual, Flame Fest, People Worth Dying For...and MUCH MORE!
Read More »Support the Prescott, AZ LODD’s: Yarnell Hill NFFF Fire Hero Fund
All of the funds donated to the Yarnell Hill NFFF Fire Hero Fund will be used by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to provide long term programs and assistance to the families and the coworkers of the firefighters who died in Yarnell, Arizona.
Read More »Memorial Service Planned for Firefighters and EMT’s Killed in West, Texas Explosion
The Texas LODD Task Force is announcing the details on the combined memorial service for the families of first responders that were killed in the tragic events that occurred in the city of West, Texas.
Read More »Continuing Coverage: The Identities of Victims in West, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion
The victims identities in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion are still being processed. I have still not seen any "official" word on exactly who died and what their role was at the scene. Below you will find that there are currently believed to be 9 firefighters dead after the tragedy.
Read More »Pierce Manufacturing Announces New NFFF Program to Support Families of Fallen Firefighters
Donate to win a custom, one-of-a-kind Ford F-150 to support the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
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