Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. – Colin Powell LODD’s: F2015-21Apr 12, 2015Volunteer fire fighter dies in a floor collapse while working above a residential basement fire – South Dakota. F2010-22 Apr 12, 2010 Captain suffers cardiac death while attending training drills – New York. F2009-20 Apr 12, 2008 Fire chief suffers sudden cardiac death […]

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default. – J. K. Rowling LODD’s: F2010-14 Apr 11, 2010 Volunteer assistant fire chief dies at a silo fire/explosion – New York. F2002-18 Apr […]

Time for another recipe! Again, another one from Half Baked Harvest. Easiest One Pan Caprese Pesto Orzo Bake is just as it says, EASY! While this meal has a ton of flavor, as written it has no meat. My wife and I didn’t miss the meat and found it to be very filling. It made […]

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough. – Richard M. DeVos LODD’s: F2012-13 Apr 09, 2012 Career lieutenant and fire fighter killed and two fire fighters injured by wall collapse at a large […]

I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun. – Charles R. Swindoll April 8 has several interesting NIOSH reports! LODD’s: F2008-12 Apr 08, 2008 Volunteer deputy fire […]

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. – Oscar Wilde LODD’s: F2002-16 Apr 07, 2002 Volunteer fire fighter dies and two are injured in engine rollover – Alabama. F2000-25 Apr 07, 2000 A volunteer fire fighter died and a second was seriously injured after fuel tank explosion – Iowa.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best. – Theodore Isaac Rubin LODD’s: F2013-07 Apr 06, 2013 Career captain dies conducting roof operations at a commercial structure fire – Pennsylvania. 99-F14 Apr 06, 1999 Two volunteer […]

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. – John F. Kennedy LODD’s: F2014-05 Apr 05, 2013 Firefighter suffers fatal heart attack at fire station after returning from a fire alarm – New York. F2002-17 Apr 05, 2002 Fire fighter dies during the night at fire station – Kansas.

On this date, in 1968, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, TN. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. – Martin Luther King, Jr. LODD’s: F2007-36 Apr 04, 2006 Fire chief suffers sudden cardiac death after strenuous training drill – New York. F2004-14 […]

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill LODD’s: F2012-14 Apr 03, 2012 Senior captain suffers sudden cardiac death during physical fitness training – California. F2006-15 Apr 03, 2006 Assistant chief suffers a stroke during training and dies – Texas. F2003-15 Apr 03, […]