A year ago today, I was in New York City, right next to Ground Zero...In one of the hotels that overlooks the site. I climbed to remember. I was honored to climb 110 stories within feet of where our Brothers climbed on September 11th. The same Brothers we continue to climb for each year.
Read More »Voting ends Tonight at 23:59 hours…Keep Voting
Voting continues for the Black Diamond Boot Fire & EMS Blog of the Year. However, voting will end tonight. The winners will be announce Wednesday, February 2, 2011at 9pm EST on Firefighter Netcast (more information here) More later.
Read More »Voting Continues and heats up for the Blog of the Year!
What has been interesting is how on Sunday, Rescuing Providence has narrowed the almost 150 vote lead by A Day in the Life of An Ambulance Driver to less than 100 votes. Last year, we saw the majority of the votes in the last two days. Anything can happen. It all depends on who is pulling for who and how many votes you can get (obviously).
Read More »Voting Continues and Listen to the Finalists Tonight on Firefighter Netcast LIVE!
The Voting Continues for the Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year Contest. Don't let any early leads make you complacent. Last year we saw some early leads and strong comebacks. Just today we have seen several blogs getting a lot of votes! Tonight (Wed. Jan. 26th), the finalists have been invited to be on Firefighter Netcast. The direct show link is here and it starts at 9pm EST!
Read More »Keep Voting for the Blog of the Year
Continue voting for the Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011 Contest!! On Monday we had around 700 votes.
Read More »VOTE NOW For The Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year
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!
Read More »The Finalists are Announced for the Blog of the Year Contest… Voting begins Monday!
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.
Read More »The Fire Critic Reinvigorated with great content, videos, and topics for firefighters
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!
Read More »So here I am at work and What should I see? Plus comments on the Fatal Seattle Fire
I am working today. We had an eventful morning running about 5 calls in about 4 hours. Mostly the usual and a pickup truck on fire on the interstate. Needless to say that people CANNOT drive! After lunch and a little bit of training I was trying to tie up some loose ends and I took a step into the watch room. I nearly lost my lunch when I walked in and found one of our Firefighter/Medics reading.....
Read More »Fire/EMS Blog of the Year 2009 Finalists and Voting
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!!!
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