Tag Archives: Pride

A few months have passed since I posted a few galleries of Firehouse Kitchen Tables that were submitted to us at The “Model City” Firefighter. I am always impressed with the various designs/concepts that firefighters from across the country have ...

For those of you who have been following the site for some time now, you should be familiar that there are several topics that seem to occur in many of the posts on ModelCityFirefighter.com. One of the most frequent things ...

As firefighters, we are often in situations where seconds count. We train countless hours each year to help prepare us for those situations when actions must be taken quickly. Our time to plan and prepare is before the call even happens, and it could mean the difference between life or death. Firefighters are also not in the business of looking for recognition.

A few weeks ago, I posted a request for Firehouse Kitchen table photos. The table photos started pouring in once the first post went live! It’s great to see so many firehouses and departments that display PRIDE in their firehouse kitchen ...

Over the past couple years, our crew's have built several firehouse assignment boards that now are now used in three of our firehouses across the Model City. A few of these are dry-erase boards, and one of them is a more traditional chalk board. While this is a newer concept that not all the crews have "bought" into quite yet, it's something that I make every effort to fill out in the morning as we begin the shift.

As I was glancing through a few photos stored on my computer the other day, I was reminded of one of the signs that hangs in Nashville Fire Station #9: The Bottoms that reads: Everyone Goes Home on one side, and Is Tonight Your Night on the other. As the comments on Facebook were questioning the slogan "Is Tonight Your Night," I take that as a positive rather than a negative.

In 1949, the Glade Spring Fire Department, a small community volunteer department located in the hills of Southwest Virginia, was chartered. This is when the first piece of fire apparatus, a 1939 Chevrolet w/ a 218 inline 6 cyl. engine, was purchased ...

During my time at Fire Station 2, I wrote several articles about some of the projects that we completed around the station such as installing a flag pole, an assignment board at Fire Station 1, a patch wall, and there were ...

During the July 4th holiday, the City of Kingsport always hosts a July 4th Parade through the streets for businesses, churches, organizations, and politicians to walk and decorate floats to be on display for the public.  This is always a great time ...

After months of planning and some opposition, the Kingsport Fire Department held it’s First Annual Employee Recognition Ceremony. The event was held at the Kingsport Center for Higher Education auditorium in Downtown Kingsport. The opposition wasn’t that members were against ...