This is the third part of Brian Edwards’ story about competing with the best in the business during his travels across the country. He also outlines his upcoming events that he is scheduled to participate in this year. In the first article, Brian ...
Read More »Becoming An Athlete
This is the second part of Brian Edwards’ story about setting out on a journey to become a career firefighter. In the first article, Brian talked about starting his diet after realizing he had to become “firefighter fit.” Click here ...
Read More »Remembering A Fallen Brother: Earl Morphew
Four years ago tomorrow, the fire service lost one of its best. Johnny Earl Morphew, Jr. was killed on his way to work during the early hours of January 28th, 2009. Morphew was a great asset to emergency services across ...
Read More »Hurricane Sandy: 9/11 Memorial Visit (Part 3)
I’ve been busy over the holidays spending time with my loved ones, but I wanted to finish up the write-up about the last day of my recent trip to New York. We put in two full days of work, and ...
Read More »Making a Difference for FDNY Brothers
I was recently contacted by Tom Stanton from Charlotte, NC about a trip that he is organizing to New York City. Tom and I have been in contact over the last couple of months talking about the Stephen Siller Tunnel ...
Read More »Charlotte 5K and Stair Climb: Intro
The air was cold, the wind was whipping, and around 70 runners gathered on Church Street in Uptown Charlotte at the foot of the Duke Energy Center. The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run was about to start and FDNY ...
Read More »My First Stair Climb
I’m on shift today and just finished my workout for the evening. I have been hitting the stair stepper hard for the last 10 days to try to get myself ready for the upcoming stair climbs. I am climbing 110 ...
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