Posts Tagged: Brotherhood
What’s your story?
It's been a great, long, hot summer --- causing me to take some time away from blogging to spend with my family and friends. Although I haven't been writing much, I have been doing a lot of reading and observing. And, it's my observation that the need f…
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FRI2010 / FireEmsBloggers Meet Up
FireEmsBlogs.com Friends with Fire Rescue tear it up at Geno's East after spending the day seeing the expos at Fire-Resource International
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Religious Freedom and Dying Firefighters (The Secret List).
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Hey,
A few emails have come to us about the issue of the proposed Mosque in NYC near t…
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Firefighter Netcast Talks About The Wives
Tomorrow night Firefighter Netcast will be discussing the role of firefighter spouses and has amazingly asked Jenna Hatfield of the Blog "Stop Drop and Blog" and myself to participate. I am more excited that I can even say! Please join us at 8pm CST at…
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Flashover Clothing is Live
New firefighter clothing company launched just a few hours ago. Flashover Clothing offers great off-duty wear with no skulls, no clipart, and all pride!
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Run-to-the-Curb Radio: Chief Tim Sendelbach
It’s like “Run-to-the-Curb Radio” — but better!
“Firefighter Storytellers” is a natural outgrowth from my popular “Run to the Curb” series — as it offers a radio show designed simply to facilitate kitchen table type discussions bet…
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Fox River Grove, IL – Firefighter Water Fights
Today I headed over to Fox River Grove in Illinois to check out the firefighter water fights. I have never seen these before and heard from hubby that they are now few and far between because on the inherent danger of getting hurt. Some of the Fire Departments that I could see participating were Fox River Grove, Cary, Huntley, and Genoa-Kingston.
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Firefighters to help one of their own
CARPENTERSVILLE – Carpentersville firefighters will be participating in a fundraiser July 10 for Ron Eglinton.
Eglinton, a part-time employee at the Carpentersville Fire Department, recently had open-heart surgery. He currently has no health insurance…
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Rescue Me Starts Tonight
The NYTimes ran an article today interviewing Dennis Leary on tonight's premiere. I can only speak for myself but while this show isn't always realistic of the fire service I love that it brings up REAL issues firefighters deal with. Some of my favorite topics include relationship dynamics, PTSD, survivors guilt, the difference between "vollies" and career, and alcoholism.
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Get Fit. Get Safe. Make It Personal.
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Despite the fact that I wrote this piece for Fire-Rescue Magazine last year, I'm pretty sure its content is …
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Raising a flag about lowering THE FLAG!
It's after Memorial Day-2010 and I've been working on this blog for about a week, in hopes of having it finished prior to the start of the holiday weekend but life got in the way and that didn't happen.
In retrospect, I'm glad I procrastinated. I'm gl…
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Run-to-the-Curb is Top Story
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It's been more than a month since my presentati…
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Review: Sirens Apparel
My experience with Sirens Apparel has been nothing but positive. While they have a very small collection it is well worth the price. These 5 shirts are called their core 5. These designs are made to celebrate the lives of firefighters a…
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Volunteers the Series: Exclusive VTS Sneak Peek
VTS: Exclusive Sneak Preview of Content that will be featured in Loudoun MagazineThanks to Volunteer the Series for offering this blog an exclusive sneak peak to the interview they had with Loudoun Magazine that will be featured in their July edition. T…
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25 Ideas to Celebrate EMS Week
25 Ideas to Celebrate EMS Week25 Ideas to Celebrate EMS Weekby Greg Friese on May 18, 2009EMS week is about celebrating your individual accomplishments and recognizing the importance of EMS. This week look back and look ahead at your career in EMS. I …
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Disclosure Policy
This policy is valid from May 20th, 2010This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. These gifts will be clearly listed when receive…
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Annual Little Angels Pledge Run
Often being a firefighter's wife you get told about these great guy outings and events but never invited. You learn to live with this duality of families and find ways to enjoy your own alone time. Yet, every once and again you get invited to participa…
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Monday Morning Shout Out: Sanrio
“Danger, Will Robinson!”...For all my hardcore Firefighter's reading this blog you might want to skip this shout out. Remember my first post? The one where I said I would be honest about who I am? Well, here goes...I am in love with Hello Ki…
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@Run-to-the-Curb: Planting a Seed.
It should be no secret by now that I have a passion for story telling, and especially telling of the importance of sharing stories in the fire service as a means of passing down our history, traditions and values.
It's almost an obsession.
It's got…
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Wordless Wednesday: Wed, Apr 28, 2010
31 Cent Scoop Night at Baskin-Robbins® and help us honor America's firefighters. The Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation is donating $100,000 to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation™ (NFFF). Photo courtesy of Elg…
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Yardwork, Smencils, and Sex Talks
This last week as bee a rough one for us. My FF has been pulling a lot of hours at his part time job. It seems like I have only seen him for like 3 hours at a time before he needs to go back to sleep and get ready for the next round of hours. Today I did…
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Monday Morning Shout Out: Stop, Drop and Blog
Came across this blog as I started my own blog and have found many inspirational and insightful posts. I especially love that we share not only being FF Wives but an interest in Photography as well.Here is some info about her - taken from her INFO …
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The FDIC Experience: Returning Home
For the next four long hours I felt like I was in a scene from "The Terminal" --- the movie about an eastern immigrant stuck living in the airport with nowhere to go and unable to leave because he had no country to return to, and therefore no official citzenship anywhere.
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Autism Speaks Participation: Please Donate
Please join me in my fight to make a difference in the lives of the more than 1 million Americans living with autism today.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS0FSKUngTQ]I am participating in Walk Now for Autism Speaks to help find a cure for autism…
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