On August 28th, firefighters in Kingsport, TN responded to a reported fire in a conveyor system at a business in the downtown area. Prior to arrival, an employee had discharged an extinguisher on the smoldering fire. Once crews arrived, they immediately begin investigating to ensure the fire was extinguished. Ladder 1's aerial device was utilized in accessing the source. Firefighters used additional extinguishers on the smoldering mulch. Crews remained on-scene and worked with employees to locate the source of the fire.

CANCER: A terrible disease that has effected us all in one way or another. I personally have lost family members to cancer, and recently, our entire department and community has been grieving the loss of one of our fire wives that passed away ...

While I am not sure that I was aware when I made my first post on my blog, The “Model City” Firefighter… THERE’S an APP for that! While browsing through my phone today, I realized that I had written my ...

As September approaches, I have been keeping up with the events that are being planned in Charlotte, NC for the Charlotte Firefighter's 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb. While I have climbed at a variety of venues, one of the best ones that I have attended is not too far down the road in Charlotte. I first attended the Charlotte Climb 2 years ago, and have made the trip every year since.

During 2013, I worked out of Fire Station 2: The Deuce for the majority of the time. We typically try to station (4) personnel out of this station, but due to staffing levels, it doesn't always happen. In January, I was transferred to headquarters due to our shift being down personnel, but I was still able to work out of Station 2 the majority of the time. A few weeks ago, the station assignments were released and I found that I would be getting transferred again.

When a life is lost at too young of an age, we sit and wonder what it would be like to still have them here or what they would be doing now. Colton Stout was introduced to me at the age of 5, and he was a small and ever thinking young man at the time.