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.
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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!
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)
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!
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!
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:
- FireGeezer
- Iron Firemen
- Fire Law by Curt Varone
- Wildfire Today
- Firefighter’s Own Worst Enemy
- The Happy Medic
- STATter 911
Visit the EMS Blog Finalists sites here:
- Rescuing Providence
- The Happy Medic
- Life Under The Lights
- Everyday EMS Tips
- A Day In The Life of An Ambulance Driver
- The EMT Spot
- EMS Office Hours
- EMS 12 Lead Blog
*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!
The 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):
- The EMT Spot - TheEMTSpot.com
- Engine 9 RFD – EngineCompany9.Blogspot.com
- Everyday EMS Tips – EverydayEMSTips.com
- Fire Daily – FireDaily.com
- Firehouse Zen – FirehouseZen.com
- FireGeezer – FireGeezer.com
- The Happy Medic – HappyMedic.com
- Medic 999 – 999Medic.com
- Rescuing Providence – RescuingProvidence.com
- STATter 911 – Statter911.com
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!
This weeks Monday Morning Shoutout goes to The EMT Spot. This is a must read for EMT’s. Being that most Firefighters are EMT’s he has you covered too. The EMT Spot is a hybrid website/blog that appears as if it a blog, but its offerings are more of a website. He has a certain posting schedule and appears to stick to it.
The insight offered by first hand experience is great. Steve Whitehead is the man behind the site. He is a Firefighter/Paramedic for the South Metro Fire Rescue Authority (Colorado).
The mission of his site is:
Welcome to The EMT Spot! I created this website for you. Whether you are an EMT basic, an intermediate or a paramedic, I made this site with the purpose of delivering information valuable to the professional Emergency Medical Technician.
If you are an EMT or on the road to becoming an EMT, first allow me to offer my congratulations. At some point you were faced with the same question that all of us have faced. Do something safe, something predictable, something socially appealing or go your own way and choose the life outside the convenient norms. You, like me, choose this second path, a life less ordinary. You chose to swallow Morpheus’s red pill and follow Alice down the wormhole. I commend you.
The EMT Spot
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