by Todd Gilbert | Aug 15, 2019 | Fire Fighters & First Responders
The United States was attacked in New York City at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. It was a day that would turn the World Trade Center, a prominent part of the NYC skyline into an icon that would forever be recognized around the world. The World Trade...
by Todd Gilbert | Sep 21, 2018 | Fire Fighters & First Responders
As kids it is unlikely that at any given time we did not sit in our sandboxes filled with toys and move about small fire engines, or plastic firemen in the hopes they would arrive in time to a fire and save that person in a burning house or apartment. We saw the...
by Todd Gilbert | May 7, 2018 | Fire Fighters & First Responders
Top 10 Gifts For Firefighters Under $25 The Thin Red Line. You know the one. The men and women that run towards danger and the possibility of helping if not saving lives at a possible sacrifice to their own. The thin red line. The men and women that put all others...
by Todd Gilbert | Mar 30, 2018 | Fire Fighters & First Responders
CHAOS. A somewhat funny acronym when you are a firefighter and everything is organized, the firefighters doing their jobs in the right place at the right time and progress fighting Grandfather Fire is happening. Then all of a sudden the Chief arrives in his fiery red...
by Todd Gilbert | Mar 8, 2018 | Fire Fighters & First Responders
The Thin Red Line They go into harm’s way because they have a calling to do so. They already know that on every call there is a chance they might not come home but that is never a force that stops them. They are periled when they leave the firehouse and drive...
by Captain K | Sep 16, 2017 | Fire Departments, Fire Fighters & First Responders, Fire in the News
Early Beginnings Firefighting in America has grown over the years. Dating back to a time as early as 1631. There are over 1.1 million firefighters in America serving in over 27,000 fire departments across the nation. These firefighters are mostly volunteer at...
