Falling down .. me and my pants
We had a good night .. I practiced what I preach for once. We stayed warm, dry, safe and in house. Today, I haven’t been so lucky. The Buckaroo and I headed out early to check, feed and water the...
View ArticleProduct Review .. Red Flag Warning
Red Flag Warning Author: Kurt Kamm Published by Aberdeen Bay 2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-60830-029-7 (ISBN-10: 1-60830-029-3) Serial Arson Mystery (294 pages) You can sample this book (or Kurt’s writing) by...
View ArticleUPDATE: Roanoke, Va multi-alarm fire @ Days Inn
“Fire Boy” Rhett Fleitz..aka The Fire Critic is on scene of the multi-alarm fire in Roanoke. Rhett reports that the building remains heavily involved with fire and Roanoke’s bravest are at work. The...
View ArticleFires and football ….
Dave Statter reported on a busy day for Washington DC Jakes yesterdayand it was just as busy for Roanoke’s bravest. Here in “The Noke”, our brothers and sisters were also faced with battleing two...
View ArticleArson fires on the rise, more of EMS Today and the fire truck bar.
We had a Captain’s meeting today and our Chief updated us on a briefing that he had recently given our City Council. Kind of a “State of the Department” if you will. Our “numbers aren’t that bad. In...
View ArticleAnother Hectic Day In “The Noke”
Well, hectic for me anyway. It’s my 3rd and final day of ”riding the car” this week. The Chief will be back to duty next cycle and I get to go back home to “Lucky #13″. As I said, in an earlier post...
View ArticleThe calls you just can’t “shake”
It’s like scoring the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl. Like hitting the home run with bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, game 7 of the World Series. The play of all plays if you will. If only...
View ArticleVeterans Day 2012
Not to confuse the two, Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans, while Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving. Veterans day’s origins...
View ArticleFirefighters: Job Security
I usually don't run posts like this but today I couldn't resist. Here's an arson case where the person being interviewed knows who may have set the fire(s). You wont believe who it is or why she says...
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