by Captain K | Oct 17, 2016 | Fire Departments, Fire Fighters & First Responders, Fire in the News, Heroes
We now live in a much different world We now live in a much different world than many of us grew up in. For a lot of us the world we went to work in, in the fire service is much different than when we started. If you are a regular reader of my blogs you know that I’ve...
by Captain K | Sep 8, 2016 | Fire Departments, Fire Fighters & First Responders, Heroes
Where were you when the world stop turning, that September day? The first line of a song by Alan Jackson, it really sums it up. If you were alive, you remember. It was a day that defined a generation. Each year as this date rolls around we see less and less about it....
by Captain K | Aug 29, 2016 | Fire Departments, Fire Fighter Humor, Fire Fighters & First Responders, Fire in the News, Heroes
It is 3 am and the tones go off. Not of one the best parts of the fire service. No one likes getting woken up in the middle of the night or that early in the morning. Sometimes it’s just a medical call, usually something simple. Others it could be a structure fire, at...
by Captain K | Aug 13, 2016 | Fire Departments, Fire Fighters & First Responders, Fire in the News, Heroes
Volunteer, defined by Webster’s as: noun; a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task. A verb; freely offer to do something. That about sums it up. When you think about it awhile it becomes clear that when you volunteer at the Human...
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...
