Greg Friese of Medical Author Chat called me up the other night and we chatted about firefighting, emergency medical services, and writing.  He recorded the conversation and it is now…View post

After reading yesterday’s post, a firefighter friend (and the originator of the phrase “BedHead“) reminded me of that old firefighting maxim (I included it in Population 485), “Try before you…View post

After 20-plus years answering fire and EMS calls, one is frequently able to develop a fairly realistic and sometimes entertaining idea of what is going on at a scene even…View post

It is a privilege to be counted among the tens of thousands who have served as volunteer firefighters.  And although I will be many states away when it happens, my…View post

Remember a little while back I said I got to fight a wildfire with my old NAAFD crew (and the DNR rangers, and the Weyerhaeuser crew) when I was up…View post