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Top Ten Best/Funniest Firefighter Dance Videos

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You might remember me posting a video of Firefighters dancing to Poker Face by Lady GaGa back in August of 2009. The video was removed from Youtube, but then I found it again and added it back to the page. I have now taken the time to pick out some of the best firefighter dance videos.

Fire Daily posted one of the videos here (360 Burn Size-up of the Fire Web 3/2/2010) as I had hit on it a while back here.

The Top Ten Best and Funniest Firefighter Dance Videos…Enjoy!

10. Firefighter Dance
Description: the video starts out sllow but please watch all of it and rate and comments are welcome. i do not own any of the audio used and simply mixed together a few songs that sounded good with a few dj tools and myself and another fellow firefighter danced to it while another firefighter recorded it

9. Just Dance Lady GaGa Bunker Gear Dance
Description: With only 5 min of planning….Take 1…Action

8. Firefighters Got Rhythm
Description: Helping out the community

7. Firefighter Dance Video
Description: Some helicopter crewmembers take some time to develop some dance skills

6. Jake the dancing Fire Fighter
Description:

5. Newport Firefighters Doing Solja Boy
Description: four firefighters do soulja boy in front of their truck

4. The Firefighter Dance
Description: TRAINING BURN (since some thing he is neglecting his dutys)…Unprompted response after a firefighter sees the camera on him after fighting fire while training. But remember, after the work is done – nothing wrong with having a little fun. Be safe out there!

3. Fireman Pole Dance
Description: Fireman pole dancing on the fireman’s pole used to slide down to the fire engines from the upstairs floors. (with some unforseen consequences…)

2. Dancing Firefighter
Description: rookie firefighter paid to dance and man can he dance

1. Fire Fighters in Poker Face Music Video
Description: none

Posted by on March 8, 2010 • Filed under: Blogfest, Eyes on the Blog World, News, Top Ten Lists, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Blogfest 26 – The End

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I had a blast today on the first ever blogfest here at the Fire Critic headquarters. I started this morning at 8:22am and have finished now at 8:27pm. Twelve hours and 26 posts. Certainly a record for me! Some of it was serious, some was funny, some was in between. I hope you enjoyed the blogfest and look forward to another one in the future. Be sure to check out the posts either by link down below or just scroll down the page and go to the next page.

Here are the posts from today’s Blogfest in order:

Until next time consider yourself having overdosed on the Fire Critic!

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged:

Blogfest 25 – Firehouse Zen and "Tribes"

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Igot this link via Firegeezer. However, I am usually a regular reader of Firehouse Zen.

You must read the latest post about his take on why we wear what we wear in public.  How we are sending a message when we wear FD shirts. More importantly what message we are sending. We won’t hold the whole Notre Dame thing against him…jk.

Excerpt below:

When you are wearing your colors, your fire department colors, are you saying something good about your organization?  Are you trying to tell others that you are proud to be associated with that group? Or worse, are you ashamed to be wearing anything identifying you as part of your organization because of what they are and what they stand for?  if so, perhaps you should consider associating yourself with a different team.  I think if you wear the colors, but constantly bad-mouth the organization, then you probably should look really hard at what it is that you think the team is about and ask yourself if you really do want to continue being associated with that group.  Maybe it’s a message to move on.

Read the entire post here

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: ,

Blogfest 24 – They Call Him the Fireman…That's His Name

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Check out this little ditty of a firefighter having some fun at the station. Does anyone know where this Huntsville Fire Department is?

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , , ,

Blogfest 23 – Scores Feared Dead in Sierra Leone Ferry Accident

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Here is another reason why we have codes to follow in the U.S. Overcrowded trains, planes, automobiles, and boats in other Countries cause accidents and make other accidents worse just by the shear volume of occupants.

DAKAR, Senegal — Scores of schoolchildren and their parents on their way to start the new school year were feared drowned after a packed ferry sank off the coast of Sierra Leone, officials said Thursday.

The boat went down in a storm Tuesday night southeast of the capital, Freetown, and it was unclear how many people were on board. A statement by the country’s military spoke of the boat’s “overloaded capacity of over 250 passengers” when it foundered. It said that 40 had been rescued, and that “over 10 corpses have been discovered so far.”

Sierra Leone’s deputy transport minister, Osmond Hanciles, agreed that the wooden boat sank “because of the overloading,” adding that about 40 bodies had been recovered.

Read the entire story

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , ,

Blogfest 22…What is it?

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If you are just joining the Fire Critic today. I am in the middle of an all day Blogfest. We are on Blog post 22 now. I have been posting stuff about every half hour. This has been due to my diligence. As a matter of fact, I am actually typing this at 4:38pm EST. You will see it live at 6:57pm EST. I have running 2 hours ahead right now and that should get me through to my culmination some time tonight. I plan on posting only once or twice tomorrow morning in an effort to cause pause for September 11th.

So if you are just joining us read to the bottom and then go to the last page and keep going til you read Blogfest 1!

If you have anything to share please let me know.

You can also follow along on Twitter.

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , ,

Blogfest 21 – Breaking the Law and Getting Caught

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I love it when stupid people do stupid things. For instance if you are going to have drugs on you then don’t speed and get pulled over.

In today’s news we have a guy who is transporting 1500 lbs. of marijuana. Here is the problem…he was in a stolen truck. However, that did not get him caught.

For some unknown reason he lost control and rolled his truck. When the police got there they found his stash and once he gets out of the hospital he will face felony charges.

The DPS says the driver – a 25-year-old man from Agua Prieta, Mexico – was injured and flown to a Tucson hospital for treatment.

Authorities say the man will be facing multiple felony charges after he’s released from the hospital.

Read the entire story here

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , ,

Blogfest 20 – Governor Schwarzenegger – Dumbbell Finder

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This is hilarious. The Governor finds dumbbells. While I have never paid attention and looked for dumbbells. I do know that in house fires for some reason pornographic magazines always make it through. There must be some substance on them that makes them flame retardant. I swear that on a majority of fires I have been on somebody finds some porn mags. Then they always get moved around. You know the homeowners are aware of our find once they get in there! It is inevitable.

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , , , ,

Blogfest 19 – Falling Through the Roof

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Luckily they didn’t fall far. I don’t think anyone was hurt. You have to be aware of your surroundings! You don’t have to wait long, it happens at 0:03 into the video. Watch as the other firefighter on the roof just looks over into the hole at the two who fell through.

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , ,

Blogfest 18 – Google Yourself

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Alright all of you guys/gals that are soooo into yourselves like myself. To be honest I am pretty modest…probably more of a weakness actually.

Go ahead and take a minute to google yourself. I will google “Fire Critic” and “FireCritic”. Be sure to put your name, your blog name, your nickname, or your alias in quotation marks though. This will trim the fat!

“Fire Critic” gives me 8,720 results

“FireCritic” gives me 11,200 results

Luckily, my blog is the top search result. If it weren’t I would certainly have issues!

Bloggers and webmasters should do this routinely to make sure their content is being crawled by the google spiders!

They should also be doing this to see what others are writing about you, linking to, and whatever else comes up.

Let me know if anything funny comes up when you do a search of your own!

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , , , , ,

Blogfest 17 – A Look at the Fire Critics Office

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As I mentioned before, my office at home is utilized when I am not running around everywhere else. I snapped a photo for my mug shot for Firegeezer earlier here. When I snapped the photo for the Buffalo LODD shirt I decided to snap a few others of my office/Man Room/I Love Me room. I don’t really have too much “I Love Me” stuff but I do have stuff I have collected along the way. Actually, if you really wanted to you could probably piece together where I am from some of the stuff in the room. That is if you don’t know already. Enjoy the photos.

A photo of the first ladder truck in my City above. Below...some helmets including one leather circa 1880's from my home department.
A photo of the first ladder truck in my City above. Below...some helmets including one leather circa 1880's from my home department.
Fire Helmets and some Code 3 collectibles. MY PC American Classic on the right that was replaced with a PC American Heritage and a Cairns Leather.
Fire Helmets and some Code 3 collectibles. MY PC American Classic on the right that was replaced with a PC American Heritage and a Cairns Leather.

Fire helmets, Bell on the wall, 3/4 boots on the floor, and other momentos.
Fire helmets, Bell on the wall, 3/4 boots on the floor, and other momentos.
United We Stand. Proudly hung and given to me by my In-Laws.
United We Stand. Proudly hung and given to me by my In-Laws.

Wooden Axe mounted by the Fire Critic and hung above the doorway.
Wooden Axe mounted by the Fire Critic and hung above the doorway.
Book shelf with some helmets. Cocoanut Grove pictures flank it on the left.
Book shelf with some helmets. Cocoanut Grove pictures flank it on the left.

My desk plus all the mess that comes with it.
My desk plus all the mess that comes with it.

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: ,

Blogfest 16 – My Buffalo Tribute Shirt Arrived

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The mail just came and dropped off my Buffalo Firefighters Tribute/Memorial shirt.

The shirt reads: Buffalo’s Bravest. Lieutenant Chip McCarthy Rescue 1, FirefighterJonathan Croom Ladder 7. Gave the ultimate sacrifice in the Line of Duty. August 24th 2009. “So others might live”

If you haven’t ordered yours yet, I ran a story on it here. Get off your ass and order one. The profits will go to the families of the two fallen brothers. All the information and links you need are here.

Here is my shirt!!

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Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , , , ,

Blogfest 15 – Bathtime with Firemen – Funny Commercial

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Another great commercial featuring firefighters that will do ANYTHING to get the job done!

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , , , ,

Blogfest 14 – Toll rising for 9/11 Deaths

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While many of the bean counters like to disregard the toll that 9/11 took on its rescuers, many of the people who worked hours, days, and months following that day have perished due to illnesses borne of the “stuff” in the air.

These guys/gals gave hundreds of hours to help with the rescue and recovery effort. It is estimated that “About 50,000 firefighters, cops, EMTs, other workers and volunteers joined in the 9/11 rescue and recovery.” (source)

Of that…

NEW YORK — More than 800 World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers have died since 9/11— and cancer has killed at least 270 of those heroes, new data show.

The figures also show that 33 WTC responders committed suicide.

State researchers have tallied 817 deaths of workers and volunteers who toiled at toxic Ground Zero or the Fresh Kills landfill, where rubble was sifted.

“It’s still a huge undercount,” a source told The Post, adding that cases were still being collected.

Read the entire report by the New York Post syndicated on FireRescue1 and view the video below. These guys deserve better!


Watch CBS Videos Online

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , , , ,

Blogfest 13 – EMS EdUCast

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The EMS EdUCast is a website chock full of podcasts about anything and everything EMS.

Check out the site here.

Check out: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Podcasting But Were Affraid to Ask: EMS Educast Episode 26 here.

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , , ,

Blogfest 12 – Funny Pictures

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Blogfest 12

Here is a video of a collection of funny pictures for you.

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , ,

Blogfest 11 – Two Killed in Texas Fire No One Knew About

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Check out this story of a house fire that snuffed all the oxygen and blew out a couple of windows but then smoldered out. The unfortunate thing is that two people were inside at the time of the fire and died. I have heard of this type of thing happening but never run a call like this myself.

To think that at one point the fire was probably at a perfect state for a backdraft.

A Smith County Sheriff’s deputy on a routine welfare check call found the bodies of a man and his wife who apparently died of smoke inhalation from a fire in the couple’s home which no one knew about.

Neighbors and family stand in front of the home of the scene where two bodies were discovered early this morning in eastern Smith County. The deaths are being investigated by the Smith County Fire Marshals office.

Family members of 58-year-old Lester Battee and his 60-year-old wife Nelda said they had tried to reach the couple all day Tuesday and became worried when the couple did not answer the phone.

Read the whole story here.

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Photo from the Tyler Paper

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , , , ,

Blogfest 10 – Video – A Must See View of the Station Fire

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This is a firefighters perspective of the Station Fire.

This 6 minute video was given to KPCC’s Steve Julian, courtesy of a Monrovia city firefighter. The video is shot at the entrance to Big Tujunga Canyon. As fire creeps closer to structures, you can hear their concerns of laying out hose lines over fears that electrical wires above crews might collapse.

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged:

Blogfest 9 – Follow us on Twitter and Facebook

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Twitter here:@FireCritic – blogfest is live and I am online paying attention!

Facebook here: Join our group

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , ,

Blogfest 8 – PIO Social Media Training

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I found a pretty decent blog for PIO’s and other Administrators in the fire service. It is a good read for firefighters too. OK, I mean Firefighters and EMS Professionals….Vollie or paid…you get my drift anyone in the Fire or EMS field.

PIO Social Media Training

They have a post here that explains some of what I talked about Twitter here (Does First Come First Served work on Twitter?).

Check out the site!

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: ,

Blogfest 7 – Captive fire crew escapes inferno but mourns loss

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This article is about the inmate firefighters that Fallen Firefighters Hall and Quinones were leading when they perished in the Station Fire.

Read the entire article here.

Heads up to @FireInfoGirl for the link.

LOS ANGELES — As he reached the door of the chow hall, Henry Navarro looked to his right and uttered an expletive. Then he looked to his left and spat out an even stronger one.

Many of the inmate firefighters at Mount Gleason Conservation Camp had been training for years. But nothing could have prepared them for what happened Aug. 30.

The chow hall was supposed to be the “safety zone” for the more than five dozen people at the station. But it and every other building in the ridgetop camp were engulfed. Their supervisors — Capt. Ted Hall and firefighter Spc. Arnie Quinones — were somewhere out there.

The order was given to make a run for the crew carrier buses. Once everyone was in, senior inmate David Clary did a head count.

via Captive fire crew escapes inferno but mourns loss.

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , , ,

Blogfest 6 – Best of the Fire Critic

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Here is a list of posts that I have enjoyed the most or that I think are the best!

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , ,

Blogfest 5 – Fire Critic Mug Shot for Firegeezer

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I got my Firegeezer mug a while back. I actually bought two and gave one to a friend. I have never gotten around to taking a photo until now. This is part of my messy desk. Yeah, I operate on dual computers when I am at home although my office is basically my laptop and whatever else is in my laptop bag at the time! Click on the image to purchase yours today!

Boy those eyes from the Fire Critic banner sure do stare at you don’t they!

firegeezer mug shot

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , , ,

Blogfest 4 – Video – Hilarious Fireman Pole Dance Commercial

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blogging all day today!!! Stay tuned for more.

Check out this hilarious commercial…be sure to watch it to the end!

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News, Videos • Tagged: ,

Blogfest 3 – Tale of Two Videos – Nozzleman and Outside Vent Man

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First of all I have to give credit where it is due. So I am going to make you actually go to the other sites to view the videos. Leave comments there if you would like. That is the kind of guy I am.

These videos are pretty wild. Two videos, two firefighters, two jobs, one fire.

View the Outside Vent/Tiller man video here – courtesy of  TheHouseWatch.com

Then view the Nozzleman here scroll to the bottom. This link offers photos too.

The guys in the video are part of 30Engine in DC.

Posted by on September 10, 2009 • Filed under: Blogfest, News • Tagged: , , , , ,