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While each and every Line of Duty Death in the fire service has an impact on everyone in the fire service, some of them tend to hit home more than others. I typically feel a sense of emptiness as I ...
Read More »Toledo LODD Remembrance/Fundraiser
Reflecting and Remembering
This past week has been very busy for us here at ModelCityFirefighter.com. I have been in Detroit, MI, delivering equipment to the brothers and sisters with the Detroit Fire Department on behalf of the National Firefighters Endowment. While it is ...
Read More »Positive Attitudes: Detroit Mutual Aid
As most of you know, our crew had a very busy day yesterday. As we started Day 2 of the Detroit Mutual Aid equipment deliveries, we had 9 firehouses to hit in only a few hours. This did make the ...
Read More »When Dreams Become Reality…Detroit Mutual Aid
Within the last few days, brothers and sisters in the fire service headed North (and a few even same “south” from Alaska) to provide Mutual Aid to Detroit Firefighters. A large amount of the group is from the National Firefighters ...
Read More »Brotherhood: Tennessee to Michigan
Within the last week, things seems to be really taking off. This seems to be a few of the busiest weeks that I’ve have had in quite a while, but it’s a good type of busy. I’ve been writing quite ...
Read More »Mutual Aid Response to the Motor City
The Model City Firefighter is headed to the Motor City to provide mutual aid! A couple months back, the Detroit Mutual Aid Project was launched to raise much needed funds to purchase equipment for our brothers and sisters in Detroit, ...
Read More »Provide Mutual Aid to Detroit
The National Firefighter’s Endowment launched their largest campaign to date this morning. As we are all aware of the problems that Detroit Fire is going through, the Detroit Mutual Aid campaign is a “collaborative” campaign to bring fire nonprofits, groups and ...
Read More »FDIC: In a Flash
NFFF’s Stop, Drop, Rock ‘n’ Roll On Thursday night, the National Fallen Firefighter’s Foundation hosted their annual Stop, Drop, Rock ‘n’ Roll. The event was held to raise money for the Foundation, and always draws a great crowd. The food ...
Read More »FDIC: On the Floor
Today, I spent most of the day roaming the floor at FDIC. I was able to meet several guys that I have been in contact with online today and discuss their products with them. I also made several contacts for ...
Read More »FDIC 2013
The clock is ticking down until time to load up the vehicle and head to Indy! While last year was my first trip to FDIC, I venture to say it was the first of many. Last year, I made the ...
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