by Captain K | Mar 11, 2017 | Fire Departments, Fire Fighters & First Responders
The Climb Up the Ladder, The Climb up the ladder, a lot of people in the fire service plan and work for it, others are content with where they are. I believe some climb up the ladder by accident, they didn’t intend too, it just happened. I work in a smaller department...
by Captain K | Feb 20, 2017 | Fire Fighters & First Responders
Heritage, it comes from places and people we can’t control. It happens before we arrive to this earth and it influences everything in our lives while we are here. The heritage we are born with is one but the other would be the heritage in our careers. There is a lot...
by Captain K | Jan 23, 2017 | Fire Departments, Fire Fighter Humor, Fire Fighters & First Responders
I’m glowing! I heard from that backseat of our family SUV late one evening while returning home from a birthday party my daughter had been attending, I guess she was around 6 or 7 at the time. My wife looks into the dark back seat, screams and yell’s, “She is...
by Captain K | Jan 12, 2017 | Fire Departments, Fire Fighter Humor, Fire Fighters & First Responders, Heroes
It is now 2017, it seems the years seem to go by faster the older you get. I have been reflecting on 2016 at Fire and Axes and it was a very eventful year. Many great new products and many new friends have come to visit our site. One of the things we get a lot of...
by Captain K | Nov 16, 2016 | Fire Departments, Fire Fighters & First Responders, Fire in the News, Heroes, US Holidays
Be thankful every day, not just Thanksgiving, it sometimes hard to remember we need to do that. It is almost Thanksgiving and Christmas is now in sight. As I reflect on the past year I am blown away at how fast it has went by. As I look back at the past year I have so...