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Your Winners – The 2012 Fire & EMS Blogs of the Year

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Congratulations to the following blogs for being named the 2012 Blogs of the Year!

Reader’s Choice Fire Blog of the Year: STATter 911

Judge’s Choice Fire Blog of the Year: Backstep Firefighter

Reader’s Choice EMS Blog of the Year: Insomniac Medic

Judge’s Choice EMS Blog of the Year: EMS 12 lead

After weeks of nominations, voting, and judging…the blogs above beat out all the rest!

Special thanks to our Judges

Hosted by EMS1, FireRescue1 and FireCritic.com, and sponsored by the American Military University, this contest has the goal of finding the best bloggers in the EMS and fire industries.

Below you will find all of the nominated blogs…The ones in bold were the ten finalists for voting. The ones bold and italic were finalists for the judges. The remaining nominated blogs are below that in no particular order.

You should definitly check through the list to see the blogs. You might find one you had never read.

Fire Blogs Shortlist for Voting and Judges

EMS Blogs Shortlist for Voting and Judges

The Rest of the Nominated Blogs:

Posted by on March 23, 2012 • Filed under: Blog of the Year, Contests, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Voting for Your Favorite Fire and/or EMS Blog of 2012

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The quick links to vote are below:

Vote on for the EMS Blog of the Year

Vote on for the Fire Blog of the Year

Vote on EMS1.com for the EMS Blog of the Year

Vote on FireRescue1.com for the Fire Blog of the Year

Complete rules are here

Here are the blogs on the ballot(s) in no particular order…

EMS Blogs on the Ballot

Fire Blogs on the Ballot

Posted by on March 14, 2012 • Filed under: Blog of the Year, Contests, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Nominate Your Favorite Blog. 2012 Fire & EMS Blog of the Year Contest

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It is that time of year again…The 2012 Fire & EMS Blog of the Year Contest is here!

Actually, we are a little late out of the shoot this year, but it is even better than before!

Hosted by EMS1, FireRescue1 and FireCritic.com, and sponsored by the American Military University, this contest has the goal of finding the best bloggers in the EMS and fire industries.

Like last year, we will have both Fire & EMS Blogs of the year. However, this year we will award the following:

  • Judge’s Choice Fire Blog
  • Reader’s Choice Fire Blog
  • Judge’s Choice EMS Blog
  • Reader’s Choice EMS Blog

Go here to nominate your favorite blog

Important links:

In case you were wondering who has won in the past…

Posted by on March 1, 2012 • Filed under: Blog of the Year, Contests, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

IronFiremen.com is Giving Away a Pair of Black Diamond X2 Boots

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Willie Wines Jr. is giving away a brand new pair of Black Diamond X2 boots over at IronFiremen.com.

His rules are simple…To enter, all you have to do is submit a picture of you in front of your rig to him via email or post it on his Facebook Fan Page.

He has had an excellent start to the contest. Firefighters from across the Nation have submitted pictures. He has heard from some as far away as Spain, but no pics from their yet.

All the entries will be put in a hat and the winner will be pulled (and captured on video) by a special guest.

Full rules are here

Posted by on March 31, 2011 • Filed under: Contests, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, News • Tagged: , , , , , , ,

And the Winners are Iron Firemen and Ambo Driver

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Here is the moment you all have been waiting for…

The winners for the Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year for 2010-2011 are:

Iron Firemen.com – Fire Category

A Day in the Life of an Ambulance Driver – EMS Category

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It was a hard fought battle on both sides. This year there were around 90 nominations for 42 blogs and during the votes there were almost 5000 votes. All of the numbers were an increase from last year. Congratulations to both of you!

Iron Firemen won with 36% of the votes for fire blogs. Ambo Driver won with 37% of the votes for EMS blogs. It should also be noted that while Iron Firemen won with a sizable lead, Rescuing Providence gave the Ambo Driver a run for his money!

Thanks so much for the diligent voters and all who nominated their favorite blogs! Feel free to give me any feedback on what I can do to make it better! Next year I am looking at a few changes…but it will definitely be back!

This year, our winners will walking away with a brand new pair of Black Diamond X2 fire boots as well as bragging rights for the next year!

You can see the Black Diamond X2 Boot below as well as check them out via links below!

Black Diamond Boots - Web Site – Twitter – Facebook

Here is a bonus photo for you of the Black Diamond Babes!

Posted by on February 2, 2011 • Filed under: Blog of the Year, Contests, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, Must Read, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Blog of the Year Winners and Chief Billy Hayes New Show on Firefighter Netcast Live Tonight

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Tonights lineup on Firefighter Netcast includes the announcement of the Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year Winners as well as a brand new show hosted by Chief Billy Hayes.

Tune in tonight (February 2, 2011) at 9pm EST for a live show.

The direct link to the show is here

Chief Billy Hayes

Chief Billy Hayes is debuting a brand new show titled “Stop, Drop, and Roll with the Punches” on Firefighter Netcast.

You can read more about Chief Hayes here.

Stop, Drop, and Roll with the Punches will will focus on prevention and risk reduction in the fire service. His guests tonight included Mike Love, Jim Marva, and Dennis Rubin.

Tune in tonight to see what is new on Firefighter Netcast!

Posted by on February 2, 2011 • Filed under: Blog of the Year, Contests, NetCast, News, Podcast • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Voting ends Tonight at 23:59 hours…Keep Voting

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Voting continues for the Black Diamond Boot Fire & EMS Blog of the Year. However, voting will end tonight.

The winners will be announce Wednesday, February 2, 2011at 9pm EST on Firefighter Netcast (more information here)

More later.

Posted by on February 1, 2011 • Filed under: Blog of the Year, Contests • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Voting Continues and heats up for the Blog of the Year!

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Voting continues for the Black Diamond Boot Fire & EMS Blog of the Year.

While Iron Firemen has continued leading the Fire blogs with more than a 350 vote lead, the EMS blogs have a little competition going.

I have been watching the votes carefully since the voting began. I do this because I enjoy seeing the competition and to make sure there isn’t anything fishy going on.

I assure you that everything has been fair!

What has been interesting is how on Sunday, Rescuing Providence has narrowed the almost 150 vote lead by A Day in the Life of An Ambulance Driver to less than 90 votes. Last year, we saw the majority of the votes in the last two days. Anything can happen. It all depends on who is pulling for who and how many votes you can get (obviously).

Even the lead that Iron Firemen is enjoying should not be taken for granted. You just never know.

I have enjoyed seeing the various posts by these bloggers and others drumming up support. I would love to share them, but I want to be sure not to show bias. If I showcase 1, I would have to share all of them and more than likely I would accidentally leave a couple out.

Voting continues until Midnight Tuesday February 1, 2010!

Posted by on January 31, 2011 • Filed under: Blog of the Year, Contests, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Voting Continues and Listen to the Finalists Tonight on Firefighter Netcast LIVE!

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The Voting Continues for the Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year Contest.

Don’t let any early leads make you complacent. Last year we saw some early leads and strong comebacks. Just today we have seen several blogs getting a lot of votes!

Tonight (Wed. Jan. 26th), the finalists have been invited to be on Firefighter Netcast. The direct show link is here and it starts at 9pm EST!

Vote here every 6 hours

Voting ends on February 1st. The current tally as of 3:15 pm EST is:

Fire Blog of the Year:

Iron Firemen 319
The Happy Medic 170
FireGeezer 118
Fire Law by Curt Varone 108
Wildfire Today 100
Statter 911 65
Firefighters Own Worst Enemy 55

EMS Blog of the Year:

A Day in the Life of An Ambulance Driver 243
Rescuing Providence 121
The Happy Medic 99
EMS Office Hours 83
Life Under the Lights 77
EMS 12 Lead 36
The EMT Spot 29
Everyday EMS Tips 13

Total votes: 1634 (may be off from totals of numbers above due to time it took to compile the stats)

Posted by on January 26, 2011 • Filed under: Blog of the Year, Contests, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Keep Voting for the Blog of the Year

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Continue voting for the Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011 Contest!!

On Monday there were around 700 votes. You can vote every 6 hours.

Voting is here

Spread the word. That is all!

Posted by on January 25, 2011 • Filed under: Blog of the Year, Contests • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

VOTE NOW For The Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year

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The time is officially 00:01 am EST on January 24th and voting has begun for the Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011.

You can vote once every 6 hours. The voting frequency was changed to 6 hours (the same as last year).

The link to voting is here

Bookmark the page, or you can find it under the menu bar contests>Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011>Finalists and Voting.

Email it, share it, tweet it, facebook share it, blog about it, and tell your friends!

The 42 nominated blogs were ranked by our judges. The top ranked 7 Fire blogs and 8 EMS blogs made the cut. There were 8 EMS blogs because of a tie.

Full rules and details are available here

Black Diamond Boots is sponsoring the event and the winners will receive a brand new pair of their newest boots!

Posted by on January 24, 2011 • Filed under: Blog of the Year, Contests, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, Wildland • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Finalists are Announced for the Blog of the Year Contest… Voting begins Monday!

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I am happy to announce the finalists for the Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011 contest.

The voting will begin at 00:01 EST Monday, January 24, 2011.

Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011 Contest Finalists

Voting will end at Midnight February 1st, 2011.
You can vote for 1 Fire blog and 1 EMS blog every 12 hours.
The winners will receive a pair of the X2 boots from Black Diamond Footwear.

THE JUDGES have done their job and ranked each of the blogs. Those scores have been compiled and the finalists have been named!

The Finalists:

in no particular order

Visit the Fire Blog Finalists sites here:

Visit the EMS Blog Finalists sites here:

*there was a tie for 6,7, and 8th finalists so we ended up with 8

The voting page is here (voting is not open until 00:01 EST January 24th)

Congratulations to all the nominated blogs and all of the finalists!

Posted by on January 23, 2011 • Filed under: Blog of the Year, Contests, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Blog of the Year Contest – The Nominated Blogs

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Nominations for the Black Diamond Fire & EMS Blog of the Year Contest have ended. There were 22 EMS blogs and 20 Fire blogs nominated from a total of 85 nominations via email, facebook, twitter, and comments.

Our judges are currently ranking the nominated blogs and voting will begin on January 24th.

Voting will open up from January 24th – February 1st.

Get ready to vote for your favorite…last year the competition really heated up!

The best part of this competition is learning about new blogs. There are many new blogs since last year. I had heard of most of them, but some of them were brand new to me. Take a minute to check out all of the nominated blogs below!

(more…)

Posted by on January 20, 2011 • Filed under: Blog of the Year, Contests, News • Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Last Day to Nominate your Favorite Blog for the Black Diamond Fire & EMS Blog of the Year

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Today is the last day to nominate your favorite blog for the Black Diamond Fire & EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011.

Full Rules and Details Here

Is your favorite blog already nominated? Check here for fire blogs and here for EMS blogs!

Currently there are 14 Fire blogs and 22 EMS blogs nominated!

Nominations end at Midnight Tonight!

Voting Starts on January 24th!

Posted by on January 19, 2011 • Filed under: Blog of the Year, Contests, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Two More Days to Nominate Your Favorite Blog for the Blog of the Year Contest

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The nominations close on January 19th (at midnight) for the Black Diamond Fire & EMS Blog of the Year contest. So far we have 17 EMS blogs nominated and 12 Fire blogs nominated.

The winners receive a pair of the newest boots from Black Diamond Boots and bragging rights for the next year!

Voting on the 7 finalists decided by our judges begins on January 24th!

For rules and details look here!

The nominees FIRE blogs are (in no particular order):

The nominees EMS blogs are (in no particular order):

Posted by on January 17, 2011 • Filed under: Blog of the Year, Contests, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Video: Girl Falls into Fountain While Texting a Nomination to the Fire Critic For the Blog of the Year Contest

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A woman fell into a fountain while texting at the Berkshire Mall. She was so enthralled with getting her nomination in for this years Black Diamond Fire & EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011 contest that she was not paying attention to where she was walking…

Ok, maybe I made part of that up…but you should definitely watch the video. It is hilarious! She tries to walk it off like it didn’t happen. Everyone else walks on like it didn’t happen!

There is still time to get your nomination in for the Blog of the Year Contest!!! This years contest is sponsored by Black Diamond Boots!

For full information check out the Contest details and rules here.

Currently, there are 15 EMS blogs and 10 Fire blogs nominated for the contest.

View the nominated fire blogs here and EMS blogs here

Posted by on January 15, 2011 • Filed under: Contests, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, News, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , ,

Nominate your Favorite Blog Now. 17 Blogs Nominated So Far for the Blog of the Year Contest

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The Black Diamond Fire & EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011 Contest has had 17 nominations so far. The nominations have come via email, contact form, twitter (using #bootblog), and facebook. Five Fire Blogs and 12 EMS blogs have been nominated.

Nominate your favorite Blog Today! Nominations end on January 19th, voting will begin on the 24th!

For complete rules and details visit this link

Fire Nominated Blogs:

Iron Firemen – http://ironfiremen.com

ELAFF – http://www.facebook.com/ExcessiveLeatherAccessoriesforFirefighters

Backwards and Stupid – http://backwardsandstupid.com

Brotherhood Instructors – http://blog.brotherhoodinstructors.com/

Fire Truck Blog – http://firetruckblog.com

EMS Nominated blogs:

Trauma Queen – http://traumaqueen.net/

Rescuing Providence – http://rescuingprovidence.com

The Happy Medic – http://happymedic.com

Life Under the Lights – http://lifeunderthelights.com

Ms. Paramedic – http://msparamedic.com/

Social Medic – http://socialmedic.net

Ambulance Driver Files – http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/

Paramedic Pulp Fiction – http://www.paramedicpulpfiction.com/

Confessions of an EMS Newbie – http://www.emsnewbie.com/

Insomniac Medic – http://insomniacmedic.blogspot.com/

Rogue Medic – http://roguemedic.com/

510 Medic – http://510medic.com/

This years contest is sponsored by Black Diamond Fire Boots

Posted by on January 13, 2011 • Filed under: Contests, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Black Diamond Fire and EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011 Contest has Begun!

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This years Blog of the Year contest has begun. This years contest is “Black Diamond Fire and EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011″. Nominations will continue until midnight on January 19th (EST).

Full Details and Rules Here

Last years contest was a blast. Medic 999 won the contest in a very close and heated battle!

This years contest is being sponsored by Black Diamond Boots. The winners will receive a brand new pair of Black Diamond X2 boots.

That’s right, I said Winners!

This year, we will be awarding the Fire Blog of the Year as well as the EMS Blog of the Year.

Be sure to follow Black Diamond Boots (@fireboots) and Fire Critic (@FireCritic) on Twitter

Be sure to nominate your favorite Blog Today!

You can nominate in the comments here or on the contest page, via email (firecritic@firecritic.com), using our contact page, on twitter using the hashtag #bootblog, or under discussion on the Fire Critic Facebook Fan Page.

For complete rules and the timeline of events visit the contest page here.

Basically, nominations (1 per person per day) go from now until midnight January 19th. Voting will be from January 24th – February 1st.

We will announce the winner live on Firefighter Netcast on February 2nd at 9pm.

Check out Black Diamond Boots!

Black Diamond Boots - Web Site – Twitter – Facebook

Posted by on January 11, 2011 • Filed under: Contests, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Coming Soon on Fire Critic – The Black Diamond Fire & EMS Blog of the Year Contest

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Things are getting busy at the Fire Critic Headquarters!

2010 Black Diamond Fire & EMS Blog of the Year Contest

Some of you have asked about the Blog of the Year contest. I have not forgotten it. As a matter of fact, I received word today that we are good to go!

I will be posting more information soon on the contest, the page for the contest is here. It will be updated soon!

I am pleased to announce that Black Diamond will be sponsoring this years Blog of the Year Contest. More on the details in the near future!

So get ready to nominate and then vote on your favorite Fire & EMS Blog. Last years contest was a lot of fun and a huge success. Be sure to check out last years winner Medic 999! There were so many great blogs nominated…and there are many new blogs since the contest last year!

I am also working on the twitter hashtag for the contest this year.

Posted by on January 4, 2011 • Filed under: Contests, Fire Rescue Topics, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Thanksgiving Day Contest Winner – Kingsport, TN Station 6

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The winner of the Thanksgiving Day Giveaway is Kingsport, TN Station 6. Their submission is below.

I will be honest, I had the guys at the station pick a number without knowing what the number was for. Kingsport is the winner.

They have won a complete set of Emergency Services Monopoly including the Firefighter, EMS, and Law Enforcement versions.

I will be mailing it down their shortly.

Thanks to all the submissions!

Here is the winning submission:

Entry 4 -Kingsport, TN Station 6

This is our meal this evening here at Station 6 in Kingsport, TN. During the cooking of the turkey, we only had to cut the oven off once to respond on a medical call. Kingsport Fire Station 6. House of KFD Engine 6 and Sullivan Co. EMS Med 6. B-Shift. Engine 6- Captain Mike Deaton, Engineer John Hollowell, Firefighter Andrew Catron. Med 6- Paramedic Steve Monroe, EMT-IV Chad Brooks

Submitted by: Andrew Catron

Posted by on November 28, 2010 • Filed under: Contests, Fire Rescue Topics, Must Read, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Thanksgiving Day Giveaway. Win a Complete Set of Emergency Services Monopoly.

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Here it is,  a Thanksgiving Day Giveaway. It has been a long time since I gave anything away.

What is the Fire Critic Giving Away?

A complete set of 3 games. This includes one game each of Firefighter Monopoly, EMS Monopoly, and Law Enforcement Monopoly. The games are the prize. No cash value. The giveaway ends at 8pm on November 25, 2010.

This page will be updated throughout the day with entries.

How do we participate in the giveaway?

Simply send a picture of you or your crew working/volunteering on Thanksgiving (this year). The picture can be your crew eating, your crew on a call, posing in front of the station, posing in front of the truck, etc.

Law Enforcement, Firefighters, and EMT’s from around the World as well as U.S. Military are welcome to participate.

Send your picture to FireCritic@FireCritic.com, post them on the Fire Critic Facebook Fan Page, link to a post with the picture in them in the comments, or tweet them to me @FireCritic.

Be sure to include information on the crew, location, department, names, etc.

How is the winner picked?

I will pick the winner. The games will be mailed out promptly after the winner is chosen.

Disclaimer: Void where prohibited. If you don’t like the rules, don’t participate. In the event that FC is called out on “The Big One” today, he will complete the contest on Friday, November 26th, 2010.

Here is another giveaway ending on 11/30 over at EverydayEMSTips.com.

Entries are below

Entry 1 – Henrico County (VA) Station 8

Here at Henrico Fire Station 8 its all business today (lol). While we are waiting on our new station to be built we are in the friendly confines of this house. We started the day off with a great pancake breakfast, and will finish the nite off with some chicken, and mashed potatos.

While waiting for the football games we are watching the BOND-A-THON, and of course looking at Fire Critic on the web.

Working today are:
Boss: Lt. Mike “Soup” Campbell
Chauffer: Robby Owens
Firefighter/AIC: Robert “TEX” Goetz

Happy Thanksgiving, sorry for poor quality of photo….not alot of space and a cell phone camera!

Entry 2 – Boone County Communications Center (IN)

I’m a 911 dispatcher in Lebanon, Indiana for the Boone County Communications Center. Today at noon we took a call of a structure fire at Titus Bakery. Fire units from Lebanon, Center Township, Whitestown, and Zionsville responded as well as Boone County EMS and got a quick knockdown on the fire. I am attempting to attach a few pics that were sent to me. (4 pics below)

Submitted by Jayson Young (@jyoung1221)


Entry 3 -Minquas EMS (PA)

Working Minquas EMS (Chester County, PA). Jon Blatman (Medic) and Jason Brooks (EMT). Local country club invited us for lunch. Got here 30 minutes late because of a call… But got to eat.

Submitted by @JonEMTP

Entry 4 -Kingsport, TN Station 6

This is our meal this evening here at Station 6 in Kingsport, TN. During the cooking of the turkey, we only had to cut the oven off once to respond on a medical call. Kingsport Fire Station 6. House of KFD Engine 6 and Sullivan Co. EMS Med 6. B-Shift. Engine 6- Captain Mike Deaton, Engineer John Hollowell, Firefighter Andrew Catron. Med 6- Paramedic Steve Monroe, EMT-IV Chad Brooks

Submitted by: Andrew Catron

Entry 5 – Not much explanation but you can see it over at our Facebook page!

Thanks for all the Entries!

Posted by on November 25, 2010 • Filed under: Around the Station, Contests, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Announcing Medic 999 as Fire/EMS Blog of the Year 2009 #FCBLOG09

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fcems094It is my honor (or honour) to announce Medic 999 as the Fire/EMS Blog of the Year for 2009. Medic 999 is run by Mark Glencorse who is a Paramedic for the North East Ambulance Service in England.

Mark has run Medic 999 since December 2008 and discusses the times and tribulations of being a medic in England as well as hot button topics of paramedicine and prehospital care.

Mark has recently enjoyed the spoils of being featured in the Chronicles of EMS. Chronicles of EMS was born from the efforts by Mark and Justin of The Happy Medic (San Francisco) to dissect the differences and similarities in EMS services at their respective departments.

I have a lot to say about the contest…what I learned, what I didn’t learn, what I will do differently, and how this contest will be over the top next year!

Unfortunately for Mark, the only prize this year is BRAGGING RIGHTS. However, I predict there will be more in the future!

Thank you for competing, thanks to those who nominated and voted for Medic 999, and thanks to everyone for publicizing the event!

I would also like to thank the judges who narrowed down the 23 nominated blogs down to 10 by judging on certain criteria…

2009 Fire/EMS Blog of the Year Judges

n503421450_255292_1345Marty Martin

Search Engine Optimization Consultant
Marty Martin is an Internet marketer and search engine consultant with over 12 years experience in the web industry. He has consulted for companies and government organizations across the USA and Europe and has been a guest speaker at business organizations, colleges and universities.
http://mear.is/me
http://twitter.com/mosquitohawk

judge1Kirke Phillips

Kirke Phillips, known as ‘Mookie’, is a Firefighter/Paramedic/Web Designer in Texas. Mookie has been a firefighter since 1991 and is currently employed by the City of Leander. In 1997, he founded a personal website that has grown into what is today known as Texas-Fire.com, which provides news and community to Texas emergency services professionals. In 2001, along with his brother (also a firefighter) he founded CenTexFIRE Web Designs which hosts and designs websites. As of December 2009, Texas-Fire received over 3 hits a day, which includes Mookie, his brother, and their mother. On FaceBook

bioAndrew Catron

Andrew Catron is a career firefighter for the city of Kingsport in Kingsport, Tennessee. He entered into the fire service in 2005, and has been fulltime with KFD for two years. He is a member of the Town of Chilhowie Fire Department as well and maintains their website – www.chilhowiefire.org. Once he realized he enjoyed managing a web site he decided to start one of his own. Recently he began a web site for Tennessee Fire News. The web site is growing and he realizes nothing is built overnight. Check out TNFireNews.com – www.TNFireNews.com.

Medic 22

Blue_star_of_lifeMEDIC 22 is a Radio DJ turned Paramedic Student in the Pacific Northwest. After over twenty years of working in the broadcast industry, M22 decided to quit his full time job, return to school full time, switch careers and write about it. His website, strangely enough called www.medic22.com details the trials and tribulations of a middle aged guy going through paramedic school. His website is full of polysyllabic words and sometimes people actually even read it. Oh, and he doesn’t like biscuits. Be warned.

More information on the contest to follow….

Posted by on January 13, 2010 • Filed under: Contests, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Final Day of Voting and Monday Morning Shoutout

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The voting continues through 17:59 EST tonight!!!

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I have not posted anything besides the contest to give as much airtime for it as  possible. I am now posting the MMSO for this week.

The Monday Morning Shoutout goes to Firefighter Netcast this week. The reason for it is because we are announcing the winnner of the Fire/EMS Blog of the Year during the Live show. If you haven’t checked out the Firefighter Netcast, be sure to do so now. The netcast is brought to you by its hosts John Mitchell of Fire Daily and myself.

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The show airs at 8pm EST tonight. Listen, chat and call in!!!

Firefighter Netcast web site

Link for information on tonights 1st “Official” live netcast here (links and info on what we will be talking about)

Link to the show page on Blog Talk Radio (this is where you need to be to listen in)

Firefighter Netcast on Facebook

Firefighter Netcast on Twitter (@FFNetcast)

Be sure to continue voting through 17:59 this evening!!!

Posted by on January 12, 2010 • Filed under: Contests, Monday Morning Shoutout, News • Tagged: , , , , , ,

Updated: Fire/EMS Blogs Voting

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I apologize for the issues with voting. Trust me, it has been an issue that has bothered me. I have corrected the problem by changing the voting platform. You may continue voting and now you can do it once every 6 hours instead of 8 hours. This is solely due to the new platform not offering an 8 hour timeline.

Please click on the image below to vote now and thank you for your patience.

fcems093

Posted by on January 8, 2010 • Filed under: Contests, News • Tagged: , ,

Fire/EMS Blog of the Year 2009 Finalists and Voting

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fcems09_300x250_3finalistThe Fire/EMS Blog of the Year 2009 contest finalists have been announced and voting has begun. Our judges narrowed down the nominated blogs to ten. Now it is time to vote.

Click here to go straight to the listing of finalists and voting area. You may vote once every 8 hours.

Click Here to Vote

Our Finalists are (in alphabetical order):

Vote here, vote often, spread the word.

The winner will be announced on January 12, 2010 at 8pm EST on the FirefighterNetcast.com first “official” live netcast! Tune in to follow along and listen in for the winner!

Posted by on January 6, 2010 • Filed under: Contests, News • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,