Posts Tagged: Christmas
8-year-old Boy Gives Savings to Family That Lost Home in Fire
SUMMERVILLE - For all of his eight years, Fischer Cook of Knightsville has saved his money. His allowance for chores, such as making his bed and organizing his room, went right into his savings account. Cash his parents, Michelle and Tony Cook, gave…
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Pre-arrival video: Christmas Eve house fire in Paris, Texas.
Quick knock down on what appears to be a room and contents.
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM FFR!
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All of us at FFR are wishing you and yours happy and safe holiday season! Stay tuned to us next year as we continue bringing you useful and relevant content as the Voice of the Fire Service!
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Christmas Dawn 1971
Mike's first Christmas on the job.
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Top Ten Christmas Gifts for Firefighters 2011
The 2011 Christmas season is in full swing.
This year will be no different. The best gifts for firefighters. Some of these are custom gifts and will require ordering...don't worry they are worth the wait!
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Winter Carnival radio entertainment. I still miss my “Special XMas”
Mike misses an old (2003 - 2007) Winter Carnival holiday venue.
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Not dead until the ambulance crew assesses the patient. A Winter Carnival memory.
A cautionary Winter Carnival tale of patient assessment
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Firefighters Rescue Oklahoma Boy, Tongue Frozen To Pole
[fblike]Yep, it happens. FOX affiliate in Austin is reporting this morning that an Oklahoma boy is recovering today after his tongue became frozen to a metal pole. Firefighters responded early yesterday morning to find the 8 year old boy on his tippy toe…
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YouTubers Burning Their Christmas Trees A New Post-Holiday Tradition?
[fblike]There seems to be a new annual trend on YouTube consisting of homeowners armed with Flip video cameras burning their Christmas trees in the backyard. As many times as I've seen the fire department pre-Christmas fire safety demonstrations of burni…
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Why modern Building construction (design) SUCKS!
I'm SICK. I'm not sure I can say it enough to make ya fully understand. I think one of "Santa's Sexy Helpers" must have "slipped me a mickey".. LOL. I've always said that if you ever hear that I'm in the hospital and really want to see (or cuss ) me, y…
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3 am Christmas morning
Culturally inept crew gets creative to solve a 3 am Christmas crisis, a Festivus Miracle!
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A PIO Social Media Christmas
I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
What would the holiday be without a good old PIO, PR, social media take on what if the first Christmas happened in the era of Facebook, Foursquare…
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“The Greatest Generation” white-knuckles through another Winter Carnival
The Greatest Generation are in their 80s and 90s. Uncomfortable preview for boomers and the Generation Z caregivers.
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Pass It Forward
What I am asking all of us to do is to pay forward the opportunities, experiences and hard work that we have been lucky enough to be on the receiving end of. I know that you can’t always accommodate all situations, but we, as a fire service cannot forget about the less fortunate in our own profession. I feel we have a duty and an obligation to find these smaller departments and offer them our help and not wait to be asked.
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Warm thoughts, extrication and Santa’s Sexy Helper Day 17!
I just got a call from a buddy who is down in Florida. The Temp is in the upper 60's and he's walking the beach in shorts. Another good friend, Captain Joe Schmoe; over at Report on Conditions titled his last post "Heat Wave. The temp there yesterday…
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25 Days of Blogging: Day 7
Ash and Dreams puts on the Holiday Theme....
Feeling festive tonight so just a simple post on some resources to make your blog festive.
10 Free Holiday Icon Sets to Give Your Site a Wintery Makeover: Winter and holiday themed icons and vectors that will help you spread some cheer online or give your site a cool seasonal makeover
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Fire truck lights! from 10jopi on Vimeo.
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Benjamin Franklin Fire Service Trivia
A few days ago I was the guest speaker at the local Rotary. I was giving the Rotarians a general overview of my department and how we provide service to the community. In preparing an outline for my remarks I recalled that a member in the club always throws out a historic trivia challenge during the meetings. His facts are great and always met with amazement and a rumbling across the room of “I didn’t know that!”
Not to be one upped I needed a great wow factor fact about the fire service to win over the hearts and minds.
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Top Ten Best Christmas Gifts For Firefighters List For 2010
Last year, I offered my top ten Christmas Gifts for Firefighters (last years list is here). The article has remained very popular even this year.
Just in Time for Black Friday!
This year, I am redoing the list for 2010. There are many new gifts out there and I want to make sure that the firefighters are getting what they deserve...The Best Christmas Gifts for Firefighters!
This top ten list could be easily used year round. Be it birthday, anniversary, Christmas, Hanukkah, or whatever these gifts are bound to make you popular with the firefighter you gift them to.
I challenge you to come up with a better list!
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Life at #3 Fire Prevention, Our Custom Kitchen Table, Working on Thanksgiving, Getting Ready for Christmas, and Life Around the Station
I will be working tomorrow (Thanksgiving Day). We will hopefully watch the parades and enjoy kicking back a little bit. We get to take it easy on Holidays. I will again be riding the seat as my Captain will have the day off on vacation.
If everything goes well, we will be getting a Thanksgiving meal dropped off. If everything goes bad, we will have a contingency plan. I will let you know what plan B is when I figure it out!
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Top Ten Christmas Gifts for your Firefighter Wife
FireCritic recently posted a top holiday gift guide last year Top Ten Christmas gifts for Firefighters . It is only fitting that there should be alist dedicated to Firefighter’s Wives.
Read More »Naked Firemen? An early Christmas results in nudity at the Ironfiremen Headquarters.
It's not even Thanksgiving yet but it all ready feels like Christmas here at the Ironfiremen Headquarters. When I got home this morning, something caught my eye on the front porch. Something didn't fit or was out of place. Hummmm..
A package??? Fo…
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Are you ready for Christmas? These Firefighters Are! Check out Long Hill Fire Department Station 3 in Trumbull, CT All Decked Out!
The firefighters at Long Hill Fire Department in Trumbull, Connecticut take Christmas seriously. The video below will show you exactly how serious they are about Christmas.
They also offer a fire truck decked out with Christmas lights for a nominal donation. Check out their web site here.
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100 $75,000 Neiman Marcus Camaro SS convertibles sold in three minutes
GM sells $7.5 million of Neiman Marcus Camaro SS convertibles in three minutes!
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Quick Takes
Monday's Quick Takes includes lots of new stuff and what you missed during the holiday from STATter911.com.
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