Live tonight on the Firefighter Netcast Show will be our featured guest Brian Brush.
Wed. June 1, 2011 at 9pm EST
I like this guy!
He is very involved in the NFFF 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb events, is a co-author on FireServiceWarrior.com, and tells it like it is.
What isn’t there to like about this guy?
If you don’t have a clue who Brian Brush is, tune in tonight and learn!
Call in if you have a question!
Thursday May 5th, John and I will celebrate our 100th show on Firefighter Netcast live at 9pm.
The direct link to the show is here
Firefighter Netcast is the leading edge in podcasting and live netcasts for the fire service today. When we began in January 2010, there was one other show “Burning it Down” run by the guys behind The Bravest Online. Unfortunately they closed the door on their live podcast and left us all alone…until recently.
Nowadays there are other options for live fire service podcasting…but lets be clear that we are often imitated but never duplicated!
While we still have a lot to learn, we have continued to broaden our reach, fine tune our delivery, and offer the best fire service podcasting available.
You might ask why you can’t listen in every night to Firefighter Netcast…the answer is because these things take time. Our hosts have to create the shows and the content has to be rich. If we were running shows every night, our content would be watered down and we would begin repeating ourselves. In addition to all of that, we have families and careers.
Firefighter Netcast is comprised of many hosts (and a couple more to be added soon). Firefighter Netcast is run by John Mitchell and myself.
Our shows and hosts include:
We will be joined very shortly with host Doug Cline as well.
I would also be remiss if I didn’t mention the tremendous assistance that Willie Wines Jr. has been to Firefighter Netcast. He has helped us out so much and we are very grateful!
We have also done work for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation at Conferences and the NFFF Memorial Weekend. We produce FireHero Radio for the NFFF as well.
But the most important aspect of Who we are is our listeners! We enjoy the live listeners who chat in the chatroom as well as the majority of our listeners who catch up with us on our web site, facebook, twitter, and most importantly itunes!
I must say that I have had a blast since January 2010 when we got started. I have enjoyed all of the people I have met, the ones I have yet to meet, and the places I have been!
In case anyone is counting, we HAVE had more than 100 podcasts, but this is our 100th live netcast! In addition to the live netcasts, we have recorded dozens of other shows at conferences and other places!
Thanks for making Firefighter Netcast the BEST fire service podcast!
Thanks for the memories!
Dave LeBlanc is about to set out on his own after being a guest on several Firefighter Netcast shows including Art “Chief Reason” Goodrich’s show “The Voice of Reason”. You can find those shows and all of the archives over at Firefighter Netcast (http://firefighternetcast.com).
Now, DAVE IS BACK and BETTER THAN EVER! Dave LeBlanc is setting out on his own and created his own show on Firefighter Netcast titled “The Front Seat” (previous working title was “Taking Up”).The Front Seat will be airing tonight at 9pm EST. He will be on the air with John Mitchell and I. It has been a while since John and I have gummed it up on The Firefighter Netcast Show as we have been rolling out new shows about every month here at Firefighter Netcast.
Listen in to The Front Seat tonight live at 9pm EST
Feel free to call in and talk with Dave, John, or I tonight live!
PLUS…tonight you get to hear me talk!
The Firefighter Netcast Family is proud to have Dave join the ranks of our dedicated and loyal hosts.
We are sure the the ever expanding listener base will welcome Dave’s show and find it to be a very useful tool for learning!
Just look at that stache! I bet that gets all the babes! What do you think Parapup? Giving Willie a run for his money?
Updated: Here is a great article from BackwardsandStupid.com on Depression in his own words and experiences. Check out how he has learned and copes with depression.
Recently, 4 firefighter suicides in the Phoenix Fire Department have raised eyebrows. The need for counseling and prevention are real and have been identified.
Firefighter Netcast recently had Jeff Dill on a show about a Battalion Chief from suburban Chicago, who holds a Masters Degree in Counseling. Chief Dill has established CSSF, Counseling Services for Firefighters, which offers behavioral health support to firefighters; trains senior fire officers, and educates clinicians on the benefits of understanding the life and emotions- of firefighters. Visit the CSSF here - CSFF Web Page and on Facebook.
This is a topic that needs to be discussed. Listen to the podcast and watch the video. You never know, someone you know might be exhibiting signs and be in need of help right now.
You can listen to the podcast from Firefighter Netcast right here.If you are in need of immediate assistance, the contact information for the CSSF is here.
Below is a video about the steps that the Phoenix FD has taken to assist firefighters in preventing suicide.
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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!
Join Tiger Schmittendorf live tonight on Firefighter Storytellers on Firefighter Netcast.
Visit Firefighter Netcast online here
The direct link for the show is here
If you have never listened in to a show on Firefighter Netcast you should check it out! You can even call in and share your stories!
Tiger’s guest will be retired Lt. Patrick Coghlan from the Buffalo Fire Department. Pat is a 34-year veteran of Rescue One and Vice President of the Buffalo Fire Historical Society. More than that, Patty is a real character with a bit of a crusty exterior — but when you peel that away — you find a big guy with an even bigger heart and a very special fondness for telling stories and preserving the rich history of the fire service.
On Thursday, John Mitchell and I (FirefighterNetcast.com)had the opportunity to speak candidly with Chief Kelly Edmison of the Union City Fire Department in Obion County, Tennessee.
Chief Edmison was able to offer his view of the “Firefighters Watch as House Burns” story that enveloped the Fire Service and headline news just weeks ago.
In listening to Chief Edmison talk last night, he gave credence to many of my thoughts. He also explained what the future holds for all of the Municipal fire departments in Obion County.
He further went on to explain that:
Chief Edmison was also afforded the opportunity to give his accounts on STATter911.com in the days following the incident. Dave Statter was very quick to jump on my back for my opinions of what I thought about the incident. Thanks for the traffic Dave!
I found humor in the fact that other than Dave calling the Firefighters morally and ethically wrong we actually had very similar viewpoints about the incident. I guess Dave just hadn’t pissed off his quota of firefighters that week.
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Chief Kelly Edmison of the Union City Fire Department in Tennessee. will be joining John Mitchell, Art Goodrich, and myself Thursday night live at 9pm on Firefighter Netcast.
Chief Edmison has been following the story and has been trying to educate others on what exactly is going on down in Obion County.
If you haven’t seen the latest news on Obion County, check it out on Statter911 here.
The direct show link is here at 9pm EST. This weeks show will be 1 hour long.
Chief Kelly Edmison has been in contact with Dave Statter discussing the latest developments in Obion County that effect all of the Municipal FD’s in the County.
Thursday night at 9pm, Chief Edmison will be joining John and I on Firefighter Netcast.
We will be discussing the dilemma. We will also be joined by Cheif Reason Art Goodrich of ChiefReasonArt.com and fellow podcaster on Firefighter Netcast who hosts his own show The Voice of Reason.
Here is the promo for the netcast.
Unfortunately, Dave Statter will probably not be able to join us.
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Tonight on Firefighter Netcast, John and I will be discussing the dilemma in South Fulton, Tennessee.
The direct link to the show is here on Blog Talk Radio
Or you can call 347-327-9920 to listen in live. Press 1 when you call in to talk with us live as well.
Be sure to register on Blog Talk Radio (free) so you can join in the live chatroom discussion as well!
I posted on this topic here and here.
Here are some other links for the dilemma in South Fulton.
Join us live at 9pm EST. Call in and offer your point of view.
Here are some more links:
Join Firefighter Netcast tonight at 9pm with the topic “Is there is too much to know how to do, and do well, for a volunteer to keep up?” 9pm EST
We will have Josh and Patrick on from the blog No Ambition But One (http://noambitionbutone.wordpress.com/)
The direct show link is here (blog talk radio)
Here is some reading regarding this topic:
No Ambition But One articles on the topic
Patrick – http://noambitionbutone.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/has-the-urban-world-passed-by-the-vollies/
On FireCritic
http://firecritic.com/2010/09/is-this-case-and-point-for-volunteerism-you-be-the-judge/
On Firefighter Nation
Last week, John Mitchell and I met up in Chicago for Fire Rescue International. I was accompanied by my good friend Willie Wines Jr. (IronFiremen.com) and we enjoyed a good bit of room in the Fire Rescue Magazine booth.
First of all, we had a blast. We were able to run into a bunch of great friends and meet plenty of new ones.
While we were there we had many things to accomplish:
Amazingly enough, we were able to accomplish all of them. Unfortunately for us, we had many technical issues we had to overcome. Lessons have been learned and we will be more efficient next time.
The first of our shows was The Voice of Reason featuring Art Goodrich, Rob Schnepp, and Steven Pasquale. Steven plays firefighter Sean Garrity on Rescue Me. You can listen to their show right here from Firefighter Netcast or you can watch it on Youtube below. This is the first videocast that Firefighter Netcast has produced.
Read more about the show at ChiefReasonArt.com.
Many thanks to all who made that happen.
We were also able to record two shows including 3 interviews for FireHero Radio. FireHero Radio is a new project we are working on with Dave Statter for the National Fallen Firefighter Foundation. Listen to them below.
Art Goodrich, Rob Schnepp, Steven Pasquale, John Mitchell, and Rhett Fleitz
As for The Firefighter Netcast Show, we were able to record a short interview with Motorola on their new radio the APX 7000XE. We will have that online soon.
We also planned a post show recap of what the went on at Fire Rescue International. That didn’t quite work out the way we planned due to more technical difficulty. However, we were able to have Dave Statter and his wife Hillary Howard on the show to discuss the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. You can listen to that right here.
The FireRescue Magazine podcasts will be available by the beginning of the week hopefully.
We had a blast hanging out with everyone. More to come in the future!
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Firefighter Netcast offers you this interview with Art “Chief Reason” Goodrich on “The Voice of Reason” With Steven Pasquale of Rescue Me and Rob Schnepp
Art Goodrich posted about this interview here: http://chiefreasonart.com/2010/09/01/…
ChiefReasonArt – http://chiefreasonart.com
You can listen to the podcast the usual way (the player at the top of this post). Or, you can enjoy Firefighter Netcast’s first videocast of this event below as seen on youtube.
Art Goodrich, Rob Schnepp, and Steven Pasquale
Art Goodrich, Rob Schnepp, and Steven Pasquale
Art Goodrich, Rob Schnepp, and Steven Pasquale
Art Goodrich, Rob Schnepp, and Steven Pasquale
Art Goodrich, Rob Schnepp, and Steven Pasquale interview (Rhett Fleitz and John Mitchell can be seen producing)
Art Goodrich, Rob Schnepp, and Steven Pasquale interview (Rhett Fleitz and John Mitchell can be seen producing)
Art Goodrich, Rob Schnepp, and Steven Pasquale
Art Goodrich, Rob Schnepp, and Steven Pasquale
Steven Pasquale (Sean Garrity on Rescue Me)
Steven Pasquale (Sean Garrity on Rescue Me)
Art Goodrich, Rob Schnepp, Steven Pasquale, John Mitchell, and Rhett Fleitz
Art Goodrich, Rob Schnepp, Steven Pasquale, John Mitchell, and Rhett Fleitz
Willie Wines Jr. and Steven Pasquale
Willie Wines Jr. and Steven Pasquale
Art Goodrich and Steven Pasquale
Art Goodrich and Steven Pasquale
Steven Pasquale and Rob Schnepp
Steven Pasquale and Rob Schnepp
Steven Pasquale and Rob Schnepp
Steven Pasquale and Rob Schnepp
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FireHero Radio from the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: A talk about the Everyone Goes Home Program with Ralph Webster and Mike Brooks
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I had all these plans….
We will be rolling out some audio today. However, things just haven’t gone quite as planned. Luckily for us, we are back on track.
Yesterday at FRI we were busy. As luck would have it our entire system was down for recording first thing in the morning. We have a secondary “remote” set up however, and we put it to use. Our Zoom h4n came in very handy. It would have been a lot more handy if we didn’t then let human error in to ruin our first couple of podcasts. They are salvageable and we will be working to remedy that first thing this morning.
John and I learned early on that you have to roll with the punches, learn from our mistakes, and always have a backup plan.
The day wasn’t an entire spoil though. We did have fun!
We were able to record about 10 individual podcasts. Many were produced for Tim Sendlebach and his crew at Fire Rescue Magazine. A couple others for Dave Statter and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
The audio for the NFFF will be available later on Firefighter Netcast.
Art Goodrich was able to record a couple as well. He actually got to interview Rob Schnepp (Cyanokit) and Steven Pasquale. You might know Steven from his roll as “White Sean” or Sean Garrity on Rescue me.
Sean was a blast to talk to, and Art got to shoot the shit with him for a while after the interview.
All of that audio will be available later.
Here are some photos from the day. We have Willie Wines Jr. (IronFiremen.com) helping us out and he has been a huge help. He has been snapping the photos.
Tactics? We don’t need no stinking tactics! Or do we?
Tonight on Firefighter Netcast, Art Goodrich delves into Positive Pressure Ventilation with Chief John Kriska.
Be there at 9pm EST.
The direct link to the show at 9pm is here on Blog Talk Radio.
Check out Taking it to the Streets with Christopher Naum on Firefighter NetCast.com Thursday night August 19th at 9pm ET with a live online radio call-in show addressing the most current issues affecting the Fire Service. This month Christopher Naum’s guests include Battalion Chief Matt Tobia with the Anne Arundel County, MD Fire Department, a metropolitan combination Fire / Rescue / EMS agency in Suburban Baltimore, MD and Battalion Chief Greg W. Collier, Mount Laurel Fire Department, NJ and NFFF/EGH Region II Advocate discussing the emerging and prevailing issues related to situational awareness on the fireground and incident scene, with a show entitles; “We Have A Situation; Are You Aware?”
The direct show link is here live at 9pm EST
Go to www.FirefighterNetCast.com to listen and participate live, with a national and international audience of firefighters, officers and commanders from rural heartlands of Oklahoma to the suburbs of Chicago and the urban streets of DC. Or download the program later in the week for later use. Check out the premiere show with featured guests Chief Billy Hayes (DCFD) and Chief Doug Cline (High Point FD, NC). Also, if you haven’t taken the time, check out the latest on the FireEMS Blogs Community at CommandSafety.com and TheCompanyOfficer.com. Taking it to the Streets is a Buildings On Fire Series and Fire Fighter NetCast.com Production.
The National Fallen Firefighter Memorial Weekend is being held this October 1-3. Plan on attending if you can. If you cannot, be sure to spread the word via twitter, facebook, or on your own web site. All the information is located at FireHero.org. Watch the video below as well for more info.
At FDIC, Firefighter Netcast had Ron Siarnicki and Cathy Hedrick on the show. You can listen to that podcast here.
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The show starts at 9pm EST!
Tonight the Firefighter Netcast Show will be live with two firefighter wives. We will be discussing the ins and outs of being married to a firefighter.
The direct link to listen in and chat with us and other listeners is here.
If you want to join in on the chat you can register for free. If you register you can also sign up for reminders of future shows!
Our guests are:
Shari Simpson
Shari runs the blog Two in, Two Out (http://2in2outblog.com).
Jenna Hatfield
Jenna runs the blog Stop Drop and Blog (http://stopdropandblog.com/).
I have been busy with Firefighter Netcast and some of my other sites.
If you have a guest who wants to be on Firefighter Netcast, an idea of a topic or guest, or good or bad things to say about it we want to hear it!
We have been wrestling with going to 1 hour shows instead of 2 hour shows. More than likely this will happen soon because we are going to start producing shows for other people soon.
The first of those will be on May 17th when we turn over the mic to Chief Reason Art. More information will follow!
Let us know what you think!
We just recently posted an article on Firefighter Netcast about our shows, check it out here.
Firefighter Netcast is the most downloaded Fire Service related content on itunes!
Spread the word, follow us on facebook, and catch us on twitter. All the links are on the top of FirefighterNetcast.com!
Yeah, I know that I have not been posting much. I have plenty of articles to write I just need to get them done! Some great stuff coming soon!
Tonight I will be LIVE on Firefighter Netcast with my co-host John Mitchell. Our guest will be Jason Hoevelmann of FirefightersEnemy.com (A Firefighters Own Worst Enemy).
Be here (link) at 9pm EST for the event.
Learn more about it on FirefighterNetcast.com!
See you there!
If you have not seen it yet, Firefighter Netcast is the home of live radio and podcasts on the internet. We were at FDIC and recorded many great topics with great guests.
The guests include Chris Naum, Billy Goldfeder, Ray Gayk, Tim Sendelbach, Mike Kirby, Scott Shaw, Fred Simon, Tiger Schmittendorf, and Tom Merrill.
The hosts of Firefighter Netcast are John Mitchell of Fire Daily and myself.
Rhett Fleitz, Deputy Chief Ray Gayk, Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder, and John Mitchell
The training value of some of our podcasts from FDIC are great. Much more is great for conversation.
Take some time to check out our podcasts and listen to our live netcasts in the future!
Here are the links:
Challenges on the Modern Fireground with Tim Sendelbach (Editor in Chief of Fire Rescue Mag), Captain Mike Kirby, and Firefighter Scott Shaw. Mike and Scott work for Cincinnati FD.
Changes in Building Construction and Fire Behavior with Christopher Naum (CommandSafety.com and TheCompanyOfficer.com)
From Blue Shirt to Bugle – The Most Difficult Transition in Your Career with Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder and Deputy Chief Ray Gayk
Distribution of Photos and Videos Taken by Firefighters at Work with Lawyer/Firefighter Fred Simon (FirstResponderLiability.com)
More coming too! We still have to finalize editing on our discussion with Ron Siarnicki and Cathy Hedrick with NFFF/EGH, discussion with Justin Schorr and Chris Kaiser, and discussion with Tiger Schmittendorf and Tom Merrill.
Once we are completed we will add the links here!
Stay tuned for more coming up this week. John is hard at work editing our audio for Firefighter Netcast. Our first show we recorded at FDIC: Distribution of photos and videos taken by firefighters at work with featured guest Fred Simon (First Responder Liability) is now available for our listeners!
You can go to FirefighterNetcast.com to read more about the episode and listen, or click on the link below to listen to it immediately!
Distribution of photos and videos taken by firefighters at work
There are plenty more podcasts from FDIC which will be posted this week! Stay tuned!
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I managed to attend FDIC this year for the first time. I was there in the official capacity as co-host of Firefighter Netcast along with John Mitchell (FireDaily.com). I was also there representing The Fire Critic and many other projects I am in.
I must state first and foremost…
Tim Sendelbach, Shannon Pieper, and Paul Andrews at the Fire Rescue Magazine Booth
A sincere thanks to Fire Rescue Magazine, Firefighter Nation, and FireEMSBlogs.com for sharing their booth with Firefighter Netcast. Special thanks to Dave Iannone, Chris Hebert, Tim Sendelbach, and Jeff Berend as well as the rest of the crews of the aforementioned companies. The hospitality, networking, assistance, and conversation was very much appreciated!
Firefighter Netcast made its debut at FDIC pulling off 2 live netcasts from the show floor as well as around 10 hours of total audio. The first live netcast featured Ray Gayk and Billy Goldfeder and the second with Tiger Schmittendorf and Tom Merrill. We had to scratch on the live netcast with Ron Siarnicki and Cathy Hedrick on Friday, although we did tape the podcast. The netcasts are online and the other audio will be presented as podcasts and should be published on FirefighterNetcast.com once we complete editing this week.
The rundown of the week…
Rhett Fleitz, Jason Quimbly aka @Fire_Captain (twitter), Chris Kaiser, Justin Schorr, and John Mitchell
The hijinx began with John picking me up at the airport…. This guy is like my wife (not always right, but never wrong). We get a long well and it only took a little while for me to piss him off! Then again, and again, and again!
We had lunch with Chris Hebert, Dave Iannone, and Bill Carey and enjoyed the company. These guys are a riot to hang out with unless you get Bill riled up and he starts yelling!
John and I picked Tiger up at the airport where the real fun began. John and I were both meeting him for the first time. If you were in the truck with us, you would think we had known each other for years (years I will continue to try to get back).
Tiger’s wife couldn’t understand how he would just get off a plane and into a vehicle with people he has never met. That is how we are. We wondered the same thing… especially with us! We were going to take him to dinner at Chucky Cheese! That would have sealed the deal!
Rhett Fleitz, Ron Siarnicki, Cathy Hedrick, and John Mitchell
We also met up with Fred Simon (FirstResponderLiablility.com). He is a lawyer and a firefighter! Our first show on Thursday was with him and we plan on having more commentary with Fred in the future!
Just to show how well we get along with others… I ended up sharing my room with Fred for two nights. He had intentions of commuting back and forth to Louisville, but I wouldn’t have it. Fred is a great guy and we had a great time hanging out with him!
John and I had a very busy show. As a matter of fact, we were so busy that we only had a little bit of time to get around to many other exhibitors at the show. I never did make it over to the Lucas Oil Stadium to see all of the apparatus. That was a bummer.
Rhett Fleitz (The Fire Critic) poses with the booth babes at Black Diamond Boots!
As I said before, I did make it to one spot and these booth babes hounded me to have their picture taken with me! What can I say… The Fire Critic is on the up and up!
Sorry I wasn’t able to get around to taking a ton of photos with the babes…work had to be done.
However, you can check out the following links for more pictures and information on our time at FDIC!
Justin Schorr (The Happy Medic) and Chris Kaiser (Life Under The Lights) met up with us and became part of the entourage that is many of the bloggers, followers, and twitter friends of FireEMSBlogs.com blogs.
Chris McCorkle (BlackJack Holder) and Rhett Fleitz
I also got to meet and hang out with Chief Reason Art Goodrich (ChiefReasonArt.com). To me, this guy is somewhat of a Fire Service Legend. He is one of those guys who emboddied the great things about Firehouse.com forums, then a creator (If I am not mistaken) of IACOJ, then on to Firefighter Nation, and finally culminating with his own blog. Art is a GREAT guy! He is opinionated and sticks to his guns. He is very articulate with his comments and his depth of knowledge shines through when he talks. You would think this guy has an entire research team that provides him with a thesis before he opens his mouth… It is that good! Many thanks to Art for snapping a lot of the photos we got at our booth!
The team at Fire Rescue Magazine was very helpful with Firefighter Netcast. I am not sure they understood what it is we were planning on doing, but they seemed to be impressed with our delivery!
Brandon Roark and Rhett Fleitz
I got to meet up with a ton of guys who stopped by to see me and what we were doing as well. Some of these guys I have known through the internet for years. Guys like Brandon Roark (South Bend Indiana), Jason Quimbly (@Fire_Captain on twitter), Robbie and Danny Owens (Henrico Division of Fire, VA), Some guys who know me via VAFireNews.com from Portsmouth, Chris McCorkle of BlackJack Holder, Martin Grube (FireRescueTV.com), David Furtado (The Battalion), and many others.
I was able meet up with Jason Hoevelmann (FirefightersEnemy.com), who presented his class and actually had to turn people away it was so packed. Jason will be a future guest on our show!
Tiger Schmittendorf took John and I to the ISFSI party and I got to meet Dan Shaw and Nick Martin (Traditions Training). We recently had them on Firefighter Netcast and enjoyed meeting them in person!
At the ISFSI party, I got to meet Billy Goldfeder for the first time as well as Christopher Naum (CommandSafety.com and TheCompanyOfficer.com). Chris was a guest of our show on Friday and has been on our show as a caller in the past. I spoke with Doug Cline who will be presenting in my area in September.
The Wild Beaver...Our office in the late night!
Our late evenings were spent at the Wild Beaver. The Wild Beaver is kinda like a Coyote Ugly and was packed with firefighters! Plenty of networking and drinking went on there!
If you are in Indianapolis, the best steaks we had were at St. Elmo’s and Harry and Izzy’s.
Not to worry, if your name doesn’t appear in this post it will in the future. I still have to do a post on the FireEMSBlogs.com meetup! That will be coming soon!
Then we will have several posts up here and at Firefighter Netcast on the netcasting and podcasting that was done! Come back often to check it out! There are also a ton of other photos to share!
I had a blast at FDIC 2010! I have so many people to thank and so many stories to tell! I met so many friends for the first time and others for a second.
I will be bringing you my FDIC show in retrospect soon!
In the meantime, check out the following live netcasts from Firefighter Netcast. We will have many more podcasts online this week after editing. Stay tuned for that!
(if you have a blog post, pictures, information, or whatever else you would like me to include in the post let me know here or at firecritic@firecritic.com)
The two live netcasts we were able to record (all others were not live on the internet and will be available soon):
Unfortunately we had to scratch on our live netcast friday and were unable to offer it to our remote friends. We did record the show live at FDIC though! You will be able to hear it later this week!
Here is a little taste of what is coming. I posed for these two lovely fans (Booth Babes of Black Diamond Boots) of Firefighter Nation and The Fire Critic! I was also signing boobs and kissing babies! More on that later….just a little teaser!
Rhett Fleitz (The Fire Critic) poses with the booth babes at Black Diamond Boots!
Here is how you can maximize your time at FDIC!!!
Join up with Fire Critic and many other bloggers!
I will be at FDIC Tuesday through Sunday. Be sure to let me know if you want to catch up. For the most part, I will be available at the Fire Rescue Magazine/FireEMSBlogs.com/Firefighter Nation booth #3755 along with my partner John Mitchell of FireDaily.com.
We will be there in our own capacities as bloggers as well as in official capacities as the on-air personalities of Firefighter Netcast. For our complete schedule (subject to change) please visit Firefighter Netcast and see who we will have on air and when!
We will be hanging out and enjoying visiting with our readers/listeners. We will also be networking. For instance, if you have an idea for us please stop by and let us know.
If you have a product for me to review, please let me know. I am currently reviewing Black Diamond pull on fire boots featuring Ortholite technology. Look for that complete review in the coming weeks!
On Friday, I will be in the company of some of the great bloggers in the Fire/EMS World. Don’t hold me to it, but so far I think that the following will be there: Christpher Naum of The Company Officer and Command Safety, Tiger Schmittendorf of TigerSchmittendorf.com and RuntotheCurb.com, John Mitchell of FireDaily.com, Justin Schorr of The Happy Medic, Chris Kaiser of Life Under The Lights, Art Goodrich of Chief Reason Art, and others!
The event is being called The Meetup @Indy. It is being hosted by Fire Rescue Magazine, Firefighter Nation, and FireEMSBlogs.com.
8-11 pm on Friday
The full information can be found here
The event is at Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery (10 West Washington Street) and is being sponsored by Black Helmet Apparel and Black Diamond Footwear.
Everyone is welcome!
Bill Carey over at the Backstep Firefighter Blog is hosting the 2nd Episode of the First Due Blog Carnival. The theme is “Influential Fire Reports”.
The subject of this second edition is “Influential Fire Reports”. What fire report, or reports, have had the greatest impact on you personally and professionally as a firefighter? This report can be of firefighter fatalities, close calls, near-misses and even fire or structural behavior. The report can be a federal, state, department or independent investigation, no matter so long as it is one that made a significant impact in the way you now think and operate as a firefighter or fire officer.
Read more about the episode at Backstep Firefighter and get your submission in by April 29, 2010!
Read more about the First Due Blog Carnival here.
Also to be noted is the Show Schedule for Firefighter Netcast at FDIC. Be sure to check out FirefighterNetcast.com for our show schedule, our featured guests, and other information!
Also plan on attending the FireEMSBlogs.com Blogger meetup on Friday night at Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery! Fire Daily has the rundown on all the information. Be sure to let us know you will be there!
Posting this week is light. The family is on the move in the big VA for spring break. Currently in Richmond and heading to Williamsburg shortly.
Thursday night is Episode 6 of Firefighter Netcast. Our show will feature Nicholas Martin and Dan Shaw of Traditions Training. The show is at 9pm and more information is available at FirefighterNetcast.com.
Click here to go directly to the show page and set up a reminder. You can listen by phone as well at 347-327-9920.
I WILL be at FDIC. There will be many other great bloggers on hand as well including Art, John, Tiger, Jason, Traditions Training, Justin, and many others.
There will be a get together and you are invited.
When: Friday April 23rd
Where: Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery just blocks away from the Convention Center at 10 West Washington.
What: Blogger/FireEMSBlogs.com/Firefighter Nation/Fire Rescue Magazine meetup.
The event is being sponsored by:
Fire Daily also gives information on the event here.
Firefighter Netcast will be podcasting live from booth 3755 Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, thanks to the generosity of the folks over at FireRescue Magazine, FirefighterNation.com, and FireEMSBlogs.com.
Firefighter Netcast mugs are being created as we speak!
Be sure to tune in to listen if you are not there or stop by and say hi if you are there! Our schedule will be out soon!
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