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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

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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?

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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!

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Blogfest 12 – Funny Pictures

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Blogfest 12

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

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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

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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

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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!

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Blogfest 2 – A look around the web

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Here is a little gander at what is going on around the fire web!

FirefighterSam is worth a read…the blog hasn’t been updated in a couple months but it is a great blog about a firefighter’s son!

FirefighterHourly.com is on top of what is going on all the time. The Fire Critic is a fan of Jay Lowry! Read about the latest LODD – Richard Holst Dies In Line of Duty In Suffolk County

What is better than 6 tips to improve your fitness? Why 7 of course. Check it out over at Everyday EMS Tips

FireRescue1 has this story: Firefighters persist in Conn. ‘forgotten firehouse’

FireGeezer writes about some German Firefighters who didn’t think things through enough and got some people hurt: Misguided Training Evolution Injures 9 Children

First Responder Liability explains some big news for KY firefighters:  Kentucky Affirms Sovereign Immunity for Fire Departments

Report on Conditions blog has a 2 part post on Remembering Katrina. Check them out here.

Legeros over at the Raleigh/Wake Fire Blog has a story about a fire back in Wilmington, NC the 1800′s. Check it out here. Wouldn’t it be cool to be known as just your last name? His first name is actually Mike…but I will call him Legeros until he tells me to stop! His blog is great!

The Bravest Online offers you a video of  Jamaica Firefighters Battle Hotel Fire! Raw Footage From Scene

Chief Reason Art mulls Sisterhood/Brotherhood over at The Kitchen Table.

Last but not least…check out the tail of a firetruck being given new life over at The Happy Medic.

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