Tag Archives: Iron Firemen

The week that most have us have been waiting for ever since dreadfully piling in our vehicles or on a place last year! No joke! The biggest fire conference in the United States and where everyone goes to refuel. The ...

If I told you that VIKING, Phenix Technology, Black Diamond, Majestic Fire Apparel and Leatherhead Concepts had gotten together to put up a prize of 10 complete sets of turnout gear, you’d be interested, right? But it gets even better: We’re ...

We are now one week out from the Biggest Party during FDIC! As firefighters from across the globe travel to FDIC, we all look forward to the great training opportunities, seeing the latest and greatest products, and visiting with brothers and sisters from ...

This past weekend, I had the honor of travelling to the Oxford (Catfish District) Fire Department to attend their Annual Fire Department Banquet with Cpt. Willie Wines (IronFiremen.com). Cpt. Wines had been invited by Chief Wayne Smith to attend the ...

As a background for those of you who are not familiar, my Department is staffed 24/7 with a minimum of 29 personnel on 11 pieces of equipment. Thankfully, years ago, a minimum staffing SOP was put into place by the ...

The past few weeks have been busy, but definitely a good kind of busy! While we were attending the Firehouse Expo in Baltimore, Cpt. Wines (Wooden Ladders and Iron Firemen) and The Fire Critic were talking up a show that they ...

Around 6AM on Saturday, July 19th, B-shift firefighters were alerted of a possible structure fire on Meadow Lane in the Colonial Heights community. Due to just clearing off of a medical run, Engine 6 (Colonial Heights) had an quick response time ...

This week, I attended the Firehouse Expo in Baltimore, Maryland for the first time in a number of years. Actually, the last time I attended this conference, I was a 16 year old Explorer with my volunteer department. It has ...

Read the first write-up on FDIC by clicking here! Courage & Valor 5K Since I have been promoting firefighter fitness and personal wellness to others through the website, I decided to run in the 2014 Courage and Valor 5K this ...

Even though I always look forward to FDIC each year, it seems to always sneak right up on me. With just a few days to go, things are busy, busy, busy. The good news is that it seems that this ...