by Captain K | Aug 10, 2016 | Fire Departments, Fire Fighters & First Responders, Heroes
The firefighter’s wife faces challenges that most wives can’t comprehend. I of course don’t know this first hand because I am the firefighter. I have however as I’ve gotten older and listened to my wife and have really began to understand why our marriage is different...
by Captain K | Aug 1, 2016 | Fire Departments, Fire Fighters & First Responders, Heroes
Firefighting is often considered a man’s profession, but there are women in the fire service. The truth is women have been in the fire service for over 200 years. It is widely believed that the first female firefighter was Molly Williams, a slave from New York City...
by Captain K | Jul 6, 2016 | Fire Fighters & First Responders
Are You Old School……. Old school, vintage, back in the day. Whatever you call it, it calls to a time when mentioned of a simpler time. When things were a little slower and just easier. We’re they really, I don’t know but we all seem to remember them that...
by Captain K | Jun 26, 2016 | Fire Departments, Fire Fighters & First Responders
Hot is what it is, it is officially summer. For us here in the south it stifling at times. Those times are usually June through October and this year is no exception. As I’m writing this the heat index is 104. When it’s hot it brings on a lot of dangers in our line of...
by Captain K | Jun 17, 2016 | Fire Departments, Fire Fighters & First Responders, Heroes
Who is the Devil? In cartoons and comics he’s a cute little character sitting on your shoulder, pushing you to do something fun or wrong. Usually followed by the excuse “the devil made me do it”. He is anything but cute. He is the keeper of hell. The inferno, an...
