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Firefighter gifts and the bond of brotherhood is the gift of giving, to the public we protect and the firefighters we serve with. My blog, like my life, is filled with personal firefighting experience, news, firefighter links the largest gift shop of fire dept holiday gift ideas for firefighters and their families.
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Fire Dept Collectibles and Classic Gifts
We are proud to share with you some of our favorite Firefighter classic collectibles and gift ideas perfect for holiday gifts, retirement presentations, birthday presents for your favorite firefighter or a great way to say congratulations on graduation from the Fire Academy.
Firefighter Photos and Art
Every Day Firefighter Gear
Featured Fire Dept Shirts and Gifts
Stop By Our Facebook Page For Firefighting News, Shares and Brotherhood
Firefighter Photos and Art
Every Day Firefighter Gear
Featured Fire Dept Shirts and Gifts
Stop By Our Facebook Page For Firefighting News, Shares and Brotherhood
Firefighter Bunker Gear Doesn't Make You A Firefighter
Firefighters know that Firefighter Bunker Gear and a uniform doesn't make you a firefighter. Going the extra mile every day, every call, every training does. Do it from the heart and live it strong.
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The Fire Academy and Firefighter I Training
Did you grow up wanting to be a firefighter, riding on fire trucks and putting out fires while wearing all the bunker gear, boots, helmet and SCBA or did it just seem like a good idea one day? Sometimes people witness a fire or emergency before they decide it's something they want to do also. Whether you have always dreamed of it or decided recently to become a firefighter, all the formal training starts the minute you join up at the firehouse and continues on into the fire academy when you start your Firefighter I Course.
Whether you are taking Firefighter I to become a career firefighter or volunteer firefighter, the training is totally the same. If you enroll in classes at the academy nights and weekends it's about three and half months of some intense training including classroom lecture and hands on live fire training.
Or learning how to hook up a hydrant
Remember to give it your all. Learn it, practice it over and over. Go back to your station and talk to your firefighters there, I'm betting they will be happy to do it with you. They remember because they were at the Fire Academy once too. You may not have to use all the skills you learn, and you may not use all of them often, but when you need to use them seconds count. Lives are on the line.
Make your education and Firefighter I mean something not only when you are a rookie but later on when you are the seasoned veteran working in the field and teaching the new recruits.
Be proud of your graduation from the Fire Academy. Trust me, you will work hard to learn how to be a good firefighter. And just when you think you learned it all because you graduated and passed your Firefighter I test, well, the learning just begins. Great firefighters never stop learning. They practice, train and keep their skills as sharp as their axes.
Whether you are taking Firefighter I to become a career firefighter or volunteer firefighter, the training is totally the same. If you enroll in classes at the academy nights and weekends it's about three and half months of some intense training including classroom lecture and hands on live fire training.
Go to each class prepared. Get some binders or notebooks because you really want to take alot of notes. You will get a textbook and a work book and homework. Yes, homework and reading assignments too. Being prepared for the Fire Academy means showing up for every single class with your reading assignment and homework done, properly shaven, alot of fire academies have a dress code for class and they mean it too.
Bring your gear, all of your PPE and SCBA when its needed for that class. Whether you pack it in gear bags, wear it or carry it, make sure you have it or your class is wasted and there's a good chance the instructors will send you home for the day with a class to make up. Firefighters Need To Be Prepared - So Do It Right.
Bring your gear, all of your PPE and SCBA when its needed for that class. Whether you pack it in gear bags, wear it or carry it, make sure you have it or your class is wasted and there's a good chance the instructors will send you home for the day with a class to make up. Firefighters Need To Be Prepared - So Do It Right.
Being a firefighter means learning right from the beginning that there are rules to follow and many of them will save your life or someone elses.
It means understanding from Day 1 that we are a team. We work together, we learn together, and very often we laugh and cry together. Always a team.
Whether you are learning to pull your 1-3/4" handline off the first response fire engine to do an interior attack on a structure fire
Or learning how to climb out a window of a structure on fire maybe with a victim to rescue
Or learning how to hook up a hydrant
Remember to give it your all. Learn it, practice it over and over. Go back to your station and talk to your firefighters there, I'm betting they will be happy to do it with you. They remember because they were at the Fire Academy once too. You may not have to use all the skills you learn, and you may not use all of them often, but when you need to use them seconds count. Lives are on the line.
Make your education and Firefighter I mean something not only when you are a rookie but later on when you are the seasoned veteran working in the field and teaching the new recruits.
Be proud of your graduation from the Fire Academy. Trust me, you will work hard to learn how to be a good firefighter. And just when you think you learned it all because you graduated and passed your Firefighter I test, well, the learning just begins. Great firefighters never stop learning. They practice, train and keep their skills as sharp as their axes.
Firefighter Featured
Firefighters and their families are amazing. Most people have no idea how much time, sacrifice and dedication into firefighting, both from the firefighters themselves and their families. We are firefighters too and personalize our designs just for you.
Firefighter Honor Courage Dedication
No truer words were ever spoken about firefighters. Day in and day out demonstrating not by words but by actions their Honor, Courage and Dedication to their fellow firefighters and to the communities they serve.
Firefighter Movies
Firefighter movies are filled with drama, action and the spirit of firefighting brotherhood. Everyone loves a real life hero and firefighters in movies are heroes in fire trucks we can look up to. In the movies and on TV firefighters are jumping over the flames, carrying people out of buildings against all odds and in some films the ending is sad, but our admiration of those who give all lives on.
Or lighten it up a little with Adam Sandler and Kevin James as firefighters bonded through the job and friends forever. This is some funny firefighters with hearts of gold. And a happy ending. Not all firefighter movies have to have sad endings.
Honor the 343 FDNY firefighters with 9/11 documentarys and memories caught on film forever. Never forget those we lost and keep the memory of that day alive forever.
Firefighter DVD's are great gifts for firefighters for the holidays, birthdays and especially a great gift idea for graduation from the fire academy or retirement present for a fireman who's put his years in.
Action packed movies like Ladder 49 and Backdraft are classic fire and flames, life in the firehouse and filled with bigger than life heroes. Kurt Russell and John Travolta fill your TV screen with daring rescues, walls of flames and make you part of every fire dept in spirit. Volunteer and career firefighters all know the adventures in the movies are not quite the reality but watching it makes for some great movie night fun.Or lighten it up a little with Adam Sandler and Kevin James as firefighters bonded through the job and friends forever. This is some funny firefighters with hearts of gold. And a happy ending. Not all firefighter movies have to have sad endings.
Honor the 343 FDNY firefighters with 9/11 documentarys and memories caught on film forever. Never forget those we lost and keep the memory of that day alive forever.
There are some great workout DVD's for firefighters and everyone who wants to challenge themselves to stay physically fit. Work out with FDNY Captain Michael Stefani for 30 minutes a day on DVD in the comfort of your own home or buy a copy for your fire station. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this video go to Widows and Children's Fund of the Uniformed Firefighters Association
Firefighter DVD's are great gifts for firefighters for the holidays, birthdays and especially a great gift idea for graduation from the fire academy or retirement present for a fireman who's put his years in.
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