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Thursday May 5th, John and I will celebrate our 100th show on Firefighter Netcast live at 9pm.

What is Firefighter Netcast?

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 - Facebook – Twitter – Itunes - Blog Talk Radio

Who is Firefighter Netcast?

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!

Posted by The Fire Critic on May 5, 2011 • Filed under: EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, NetCast, News, Podcast, Social Media, Technology & Communications, technology-communications-ems-topics, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: Art Doss, Billy D. Hayes, Christopher Naum, Dave LeBlanc, EMS Podcast, Fire Netcast, Fire Podcast, Fire Podcasts, fire radio, Fire Service Radio, Firefighter Podcast, Firefighter Radio, Firefighting Podcast, Firefighting Radio, NetCast, Podcast, Podcasting, Rhett Fleitz, Tiger Schmittendorf, Willie Wines Jr.

The FIRE CRITIC at EMS Today?

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Yeah that is right…I headed up to the EMS Today conference with Willie Wines Jr. We were there for Thursday/Friday.

Check out what Willie had to say about the weekend here.

You have to remember that this event last year was the first time I met most anyone who I knew online.

View last years article with photos here

This year’s trip had the same purpose as last year…network, meet people who I know from blogs, facebook, twitter. Willie had the same reasoning for going. We got out of town later than we wanted, but I am learning to let go of schedules and go with the flow….so that is what we did. We left when we could and we arrived when we did.

Not even 10 miles out of Roanoke, I spotted something that resembled a fire engine but seemed out of place. After all, this was the area where I live…I think I would recognize a fire engine like this one. Hell, there are only a few in the area that don’t have tailboards…and this one had ladders up the back? As we got closer, more and more of the engine resembled something from across the pond.

And it was…a Mercedes Fire Engine being driven around the World. We got some photos. They are…

FollowThatFireEngine.com

Connect with them on facebook and twitter as well. They will be in NYC on March 7th. They are currently in/near DC.

That is a pretty neat idea with a great purpose!

Willie snagged the photos while I drove.

It would have been nice to catch up with them some other way…but it wasn’t in the cards. They are moving on and will eventually drive 26,000 miles in 28 Countries covering 5 Continents in 1 fire engine over the span of 9 months. They are doing this for 3 charities.

Godspeed!

EMS Today

And eventually, Willie and I found our way to the Baltimore Convention Center.

We got in, and secured our room. After that, we contacted some friends about getting us some credentials (we worry about those details once we get there). While getting those, we bumped into @scoolgirl101 and @leatherheadff. The bad thing was that I kinda missed the introduction and didn’t realize who the were at first…the good thing is that I found out later who they were for sure!

Some Aussies with Willie and I

Soon after, we met up with Dave Statter. Someone at EMS Today asked me if Dave and I really hated each other…the answer is yes. We cannot stand each other. He hates me because I am a firefighter and he is not. I hate strongly dislike him because…well because he is Dave Statter. Does anyone else need another reason? If he weren’t Dave Statter I think we could be friends!

Actually, we sat down and had a small dinner before the meetup. Willie shared a poorly edited video by Dave about our meetup here. He also wrote about our visit prior to the meetup here.

After that, it was over to the meetup. We had a blast. I got to see a lot of my friends again and meet some new ones for the first time. I would list them all, but then I would leave out some so I defer to others. However, I did get to meet up with Russell Stine who I was looking forward to meeting as well as others.

I got to network with plenty of people.

Probably the biggest joy of going to EMS Today is seeing what the EMS bloggers and podcasters are doing. EMS is a little different than Fire in blogging and podcasting.

In many ways, EMS is a little ahead of Fire in blogging and podcasting. However, as far as blogging goes Fire is making some headway.

Check out the Podcasting set up by the ProMed Network. They did a great job. There was also a good bit of video available by the newly formed First Responders Network. They do a great job!

Willie and I had a blast.

Here are some other images from the weekend.

: Chris Montera and Carissa O'Brien competing in the cookoff

: The ProMed Network Podcasting booth

: Willie is ate up with EMS

: a rather large rescue/medic unit

: Some Aussies with Willie and I

: @MsParamedic and @Medic61

: Willie Wines Jr. and Kelly Grayson...the winners of the Black Diamond Fire/EMS Blog of the Year contest

: Me talking to some Roanoke County guys

: Me talking to PGFD PIO Mark Brady, Chris Hebert, and John Mitchell

Posted by The Fire Critic on March 6, 2011 • Filed under: EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, News • Tagged: Dave Statter, EMS Today, First Responders Network, Follow That Fire Engine, FollowThatFireEngine.com, Podcasting, ProMed Network, Willie Wines Jr.

Final Day of Voting and Monday Morning Shoutout

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

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.

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 The Fire Critic on January 12, 2010 • Filed under: Contests, Monday Morning Shoutout, News • Tagged: Fire Critic, Fire Podcasts, FireCritic.com, Monday Morning Shoutout, Podcasting, Rhett Fleitz

Firefighter Netcast – Coming January 12, 2009

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For a little while, I have been talking about podcasting. It is one of those things that was on my list of things to do way before Fire Critic came about, but it just kept being put off. A short while ago, I looked around for a partner in crime. John Mitchell (FireDaily.com) and I decided we would give it a go. Since then, we have been diligently working on all things “podcast”.

We ran a test podcast the other night and it was insightful. To be completely honest we learned a lot.

On January 12, 2010, we will be debuting the first of many live netcasts over at Firefighter Netcast.

What is Firefighter Netcast you might ask? Our goal right now is to create a brand of prerecorded podcasts and live netcasts. We also hope to create live radio shows at the spur of the moment if the need arises (think of breaking news reports for large incidents). You never know, you might see us at events in the future doing a live netcast (yes Firehouse Expo and FDIC we are available).

The show on January 12th will be live. We will be discussing LODD’s and everything encompassing them. Did you realize we finished the year with less than 100 LODD’s? Do you think they should all be considered LODD’s? Do you know of other firefighter deaths which should be considered LODD’s? Are we doing enough to prevent LODD’s? How many LODD’s are acceptable if any?

Join us on the 12th to let us know what you think! You will be able to live chat while the show is going on as well as call in to speak with us!

You can click here to subscribe to the show on January 12th!!

Catch up with Firefighter Netcast on Twitter (@ffnetcast), Facebook, and Blog Talk Radio!