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Fire at 1133 Pilot Street - Maple Grove Apartments

Sunday, January 7th, 2007
Roanoke Times story on the fire The story was is on VAFireNews.com under "Hotshots" Roanoke Firefighters respond to an Apartment Fire at the Maple Grove ApartmentsRoanoke Fire-EMS responded for a Building fire at 1133 Pilot Street NW. E13, L13, E9, E4, E5, L7, M10, M4, BC-2, and Salem Engine 2 responded for the reported fire. E13 advised of a heavy column of smoke which could be seen as they

Fire at 1133 Pilot Street - Maple Grove Apartments

Sunday, January 7th, 2007
Roanoke Times story on the fire The story was is on VAFireNews.com under "Hotshots" Roanoke Firefighters respond to an Apartment Fire at the Maple Grove ApartmentsRoanoke Fire-EMS responded for a Building fire at 1133 Pilot Street NW. E13, L13, E9, E4, E5, L7, M10, M4, BC-2, and Salem Engine 2 responded for the reported fire. E13 advised of a heavy column of smoke which could be seen as they

Fire at 1133 Pilot Street - Maple Grove Apartments

Sunday, January 7th, 2007
Roanoke Times story on the fire The story was is on VAFireNews.com under "Hotshots" Roanoke Firefighters respond to an Apartment Fire at the Maple Grove ApartmentsRoanoke Fire-EMS responded for a Building fire at 1133 Pilot Street NW. E13, L13, E9, E4, E5, L7, M10, M4, BC-2, and Salem Engine 2 responded for the reported fire. E13 advised of a heavy column of smoke which could be seen as they

Back from Christmas in Nashville

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Ok, I am back from Christmas in Nashville. It took a little while to catch up on the emails. I have so many things to post and so many things that readers want posted. Let me go over the vacation real quick for you and a few Christmas presents worth mentioning. My lovely wife got me two huge presents this year. The first one is this compact Canon Power Shot digital camera. This will be perfect

Back from Christmas in Nashville

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Ok, I am back from Christmas in Nashville. It took a little while to catch up on the emails. I have so many things to post and so many things that readers want posted. Let me go over the vacation real quick for you and a few Christmas presents worth mentioning. My lovely wife got me two huge presents this year. The first one is this compact Canon Power Shot digital camera. This will be perfect

Back from Christmas in Nashville

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Ok, I am back from Christmas in Nashville. It took a little while to catch up on the emails. I have so many things to post and so many things that readers want posted. Let me go over the vacation real quick for you and a few Christmas presents worth mentioning. My lovely wife got me two huge presents this year. The first one is this compact Canon Power Shot digital camera. This will be perfect

Back from Christmas in Nashville

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Ok, I am back from Christmas in Nashville. It took a little while to catch up on the emails. I have so many things to post and so many things that readers want posted. Let me go over the vacation real quick for you and a few Christmas presents worth mentioning. My lovely wife got me two huge presents this year. The first one is this compact Canon Power Shot digital camera. This will be perfect

Back from Christmas in Nashville

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Ok, I am back from Christmas in Nashville. It took a little while to catch up on the emails. I have so many things to post and so many things that readers want posted. Let me go over the vacation real quick for you and a few Christmas presents worth mentioning. My lovely wife got me two huge presents this year. The first one is this compact Canon Power Shot digital camera. This will be perfect

Back from Christmas in Nashville

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Ok, I am back from Christmas in Nashville. It took a little while to catch up on the emails. I have so many things to post and so many things that readers want posted. Let me go over the vacation real quick for you and a few Christmas presents worth mentioning. My lovely wife got me two huge presents this year. The first one is this compact Canon Power Shot digital camera. This will be perfect

December 2006 Promotions

Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Here are the newly promoted officers of the Roanoke Fire-EMS Department. They are from left to right, 1st Lieutenant Toby Bedwell, Captain Matt Dewhirst, Lieutenant Scott Bradford, Lieutenant Breck Hudson, Lieutenant Chuck Sharp, 1st Lieutenant Doug Hurd, Lieutenant Tina O'Brien, Lieutenant Tom Gherman, Captain Mike Rose, Captain Tim Parry, 1st Lieutenant David Bocock, and 1st Lieutenant Brent

NFA Command and General Staff Class

Monday, December 18th, 2006
Here are pictures and the guys that attended the NFA Command and General Staff class which is 48 hours 6 days straight and goes over the IMS system and all of the different command functions. The Roanoke Fire-EMS employees who are attending are: T Collins, J Beckner, E Plaza, D Bocock, L Thompson, S Graham, A Austin, S Alford, C Trussler, C Martin,W VanDamme, B Conner, P Dillon, V Stover, R

NFA Command and General Staff Class

Monday, December 18th, 2006
Here are pictures and the guys that attended the NFA Command and General Staff class which is 48 hours 6 days straight and goes over the IMS system and all of the different command functions. The Roanoke Fire-EMS employees who are attending are: T Collins, J Beckner, E Plaza, D Bocock, L Thompson, S Graham, A Austin, S Alford, C Trussler, C Martin,W VanDamme, B Conner, P Dillon, V Stover, R

NFA Command and General Staff Class

Monday, December 18th, 2006
Here are pictures and the guys that attended the NFA Command and General Staff class which is 48 hours 6 days straight and goes over the IMS system and all of the different command functions. The Roanoke Fire-EMS employees who are attending are: T Collins, J Beckner, E Plaza, D Bocock, L Thompson, S Graham, A Austin, S Alford, C Trussler, C Martin,W VanDamme, B Conner, P Dillon, V Stover, R

“Firefighting in Roanoke” - The book signing

Sunday, December 17th, 2006
Yesterday was the first book signing. I did not have a clue what to expect, but it went very well. Perry Franks, Jerry's brother, set up the event at the Roanoke Antique Mall. We had the good fortune of the article in the paper mentioning the event. I showed up a little early and was pleasantly surprised to find that the Rocky Mount Fire Department had sent up their 1929 Seagrave. That truck is

“Firefighting in Roanoke” - The book signing

Sunday, December 17th, 2006
Yesterday was the first book signing. I did not have a clue what to expect, but it went very well. Perry Franks, Jerry's brother, set up the event at the Roanoke Antique Mall. We had the good fortune of the article in the paper mentioning the event. I showed up a little early and was pleasantly surprised to find that the Rocky Mount Fire Department had sent up their 1929 Seagrave. That truck is

More Retirees Breakfast Photos

Friday, December 15th, 2006
Mike Overacker has posted some more photos of the breakfast on RoanokeFirefighters.com. Check out the pictures here.

More Retirees Breakfast Photos

Friday, December 15th, 2006
Mike Overacker has posted some more photos of the breakfast on RoanokeFirefighters.com. Check out the pictures here.

Christmas Shopping?

Monday, December 11th, 2006

Everyone needs a good calendar, and The Year in Pictures by JL Bussey should be a great calendar. I don’t know what pictures Jan chose for it, but I find it hard to believe she’d choose anything I didn’t love.

Christmas Shopping?

Monday, December 11th, 2006

Everyone needs a good calendar, and The Year in Pictures by JL Bussey should be a great calendar. I don’t know what pictures Jan chose for it, but I find it hard to believe she’d choose anything I didn’t love.

A little homesick

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

I miss the mountains. That might seem a little odd considering I’m writing this sitting in the Appalachians as I write this, but I miss the Cascades. Fortunately for me, Jan at CascadeExposures is on th case with posts like this and this. Not quite where I grew up, but it looks like it.