Two years ago, we decided to create a neutral, unbiased and un-intimidating medium were we could share ideas, methods, and techniques of this great profession. We truly believe that firefighting is an art, and we want to protect the art for generations to come. The avenue to a safer fire service is by being pro-active rather than re-active in both our training and our tactics. We want to bring back the aggressive yet safe attitude to the fire service, in order to continue to protect each other on the fire ground. This can only be accomplished through educating each other and sharing ideas, tips and tricks.
We can honestly say this site has been much more of a success then we could have ever possibly imagined. We started this website with the intentions of sharing some information on the local level. Thanks to each of you, it quickly became so much more than that. We have gotten emails, comments, and material from people all over the world! The thought never crossed our minds that this is what would have become of the site after two years. The overwhelming success of this site would not be possible without each and every one of you. No amount of thanks could possibly be enough. It is because of you, our loyal readers, that this site is what it is!
Here are some of the statistics from first two years:
We have had 148 posts, with 1839 comments.
We have had over 600,000 visits to the site, with an average of over 2,000 per day.
We have had over 10,000,000 “hits.â€
We are accessed regularly in more than 30 different countries.
We have some big things in the works for the future. We are extremely excited about them and will be unveiling some new things very soon. Thanks again for an amazing two years! Stay safe, and train hard!
Congratulations you guys! I just want to say thank you for making this site a reality. This website has been a huge help to me being a new truckie and all (Coming up on my 1st year) You guys are great and keep up the good work!
Happy Birthday from Germany!!!!
Not bad for a couple a Knuckle Draggers. Keep up the great work.
Keep up the great work men. We all appreciate it.
Happy 2nd Birthday! This site is one of my most valued training aids, and helps firefighters regardless of experience or riding position. I’m looking forward to whatever new things you have in store for us.
I’d like to send a BIG thank you to you guys for sharing this site with the rest of us. I know the guys on my shift visit each day and many of the topics on the site are discussed and shared though out our department. The idea of using the Press-n-Seal for covering face pieces has become our in house method of practicing making connections with our RIT PACK and using the varios features of our SCBA. Such a simple and cost effective tool that we may have never come across without your site. THANKS A MILLION
Jason Greer
Lancaster City Bureau of FIre
B – Platoon
Congrats for the last two years of success. This is more than just a site for you “truckies” out there. It’s a site for real firefighters who truely love the job! Thanks for all of the information that everyone brings to this site. You guys are doing a great job. Keep it up!
Stay safe and train hard…
Happy Birthday! Thanks for the great job you do in trying to make the job safer.
Happy 2nd Birthday!! Thanks for a great site, keep up the great work.
As a new volunteer firefighter in northeast CT, I look forward to your new posts. Nothing better than being shown tips by the pros. Keep up the grgeat work
Keep up the great work! All I can say is T-shirts! T-shirts! T-shirts! (shall I continue?)
Hey you guys are awesome. This site is a daily check list for me and one of the first sites that I recommend for all of the probies that come through my station. Excellent!! Keep it up!
Congratulations my friends on a job well done. Please keep up the fine work. I think Jason is on to something…
I too have brought material obtained from this site back to the crew at work. Safety Safety Safety is always a GREAT topic in my book and that is what this site encourages.
Jason beat me to it….. T-Shirtsss!!!!. Would love to have had one for the FDIC comming up.
Happy Bday from Nassau County N.Y.
Great job and keep up the great work. This site has provided me with some excellent information and an outstanding resource.
Congratulations!!! This site has been awesome, and it has become a regular part of my training routine. I have learned so much, and have passed this site on to many of my Brothers in Columbus, Ohio and used the site for training while on Ladder 28 there. I am now a member of Charleston, SC fire department where I hope to put this site to use as well. Keep up the great work:)
Congrats!!! on a great web site. Keep up the good work. This site is a huge help to the fire service. I tell ever one I know about this site.
Thank you
Now get back in the sink!
Thanks for creating this great website. It is very informative and helps get new and innovative ideas spread throughout the country, and the world. Congratulations on the past 2 years. Look forward to lots more!
Columbus OH Ladder 15 2 unit
Happy B-day can’t wait to see the new stuff.
Thank you to the originators, those who have sent in material and of course those who comment on the articles.
I have attended tha National Fire Academy a few times, but what is always consistant is that I learn more from my class mates and those who are attending other classes. This web page is doing that.
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK TO ALL….
Now, I agree, T-SHIRTS… Stickers… coins, lets get that going. 🙂
Stay safe all.
Thanks for the dedication and time that make your website such an important tool for the fire service.
Happy birthday! Thank you for creating this site and helping to share the experience and ideas of brothers and sisters in the “service”.
Happy belated! Congrats on the success!
Great site! I have used some of your video’s and pictures for our morning Quick Drills and to raise issues for discussions with great success. Keep it up
Be Smart!
Hey Brothers sorry I am a bit late but congratulations on the great site and job of getting the message out to the brothers. Keep up the good work.
Stay safe
JL
Happy second B-day. Can’t believe it’s been that long. I still remember the days of Jimm bugging us at the station to check out the site during the first few weeks/months. Keep on keepin’ on.
Lt. THUG
now all you guys need to do is charge a fee to get access to this great information…kinda how the NFPA charges big$$ to get their information.
We are humbled by the suggestion that you feel our site and information are worthy of charging a fee…
When we started this site we had a few things in mind that we always (and never) wanted to do. We never wanted to advertise on the site, and we never wanted to charge for the information. It tough to use the word never, but those two principles have always meant a lot to us. It’s been two years, and so far so good.
It may sound foolish, because trust us, we could probably make a boatload of cash by going back on those two things, but that’s not or motivation. So far this site has cost us money; we have not earned a dime from it. Money was never our focus, sharing information and simply “talking fire†is, and always has been, our main focus. You can’t put a price on that.
The best way to “repay†us for our efforts would be to share the site with as many people as possible, and continue to send in, and contribute the great information. The more readers and the more information sharing the better!
We do have some plans on producing some shirts, stickers, and other related items in the very near future. Not we are planning on making boatloads of cash (although that would be nice) the idea is to offset our costs, and be able to justify spending more time on the site in order to make it even better.
Thank you for your continued support, we are having just as much fun with the site as each of you. Stay Safe!
enogh of all the chit chat regarding building size up, entry techniques and so on…..let’s get to the real important stuff….like when are we gonna start seeing those vententersearch T shirts available for sale????
Sooner or later I’m gonna have to spend my weekly allowance on something else.
Dave,
Good question! Maybe we should ask Jeff. I haven’t read a response or reply from the man in along time. What happened to Jeff or the other contributors?
Nevertheless, excellent site! I just hope that the you guys do lose focus amongst brothers.
Dave,
Good question! Maybe we should ask Jeff. I haven’t read a response or reply from the man in along time. What happened to Jeff or the other contributors?
Nevertheless, excellent site! I just hope that the you guys don’t lose focus amongst brothers.