You’ve been looking…checking back…wondering whats going on, the answer is plenty! Updates coming soon. Chile, Scott Firefighter Stair Climb, 9/11 StairClimbs, Rastin Challenge, FDIC, and probably some gear and equipment stuff as well. I’ve got a lot to catch up on with the site. Several posts coming before heading out to FDIC to network and get another much needed dose of brotherhood.
Last year I put together an article titled, “Taking air for granted,” that highlighted the importance of VO2, touched on training on air, knowing your SCBA, and broke the ice. After continuing my training, competing, and preparing for the fireground, the importance of air continues to tug at me, why? Without air, we are dead, simple, that’s it. With the exception of divers, frequent swimmers, and other oddities, the ability to hold your breath for an extended period of time…
It’s absolutely hard to believe that I am almost down to single digits before my first International competition in Santiago, Chile. When I started competing in Seattle back in 2007 I never even imagined it possible or that I would want to. The people that I have met, the places that I have been, the opportunities, the challenges, the adventures, EVERYTHING has been so amazing. It was through Seattle that I met my International friends….brothers….bomberos, and now here I am…
Over the course of the last eleven-and-a-half years, Fredericktown Community Fire District Firefighter Jason Bostic has traveled the United States to represent his department, and the state of Ohio in competition. This September however, Bostic will be taking that to a whole different level as he heads to Santiago, Chile to represent the United States in the “Race for Life”. Held at the Constanera Centre Tower, firefighters will climb 1800 steps up the tallest building in South America to promote…
I’ve been meaning to get this review out there for a while about my rucksack/backpack from Get Hosed Apparel. Honestly I fell in love with it as soon as I opened the box several months ago, but I resisted temptation to blast a review out there 5 minutes after laying eyes on it. Even though I’ve never had a bad product from Jay, I really wanted to adventure with this one before I wrote it up. First of all, let…
For those that are checking out the website recently, or who have seen the jersey or sign at an event and wanted to know a little more, I decided to post a small bio about FF4CURES. I sat down a little over three years ago and began brainstorming a way to tie my love of writing, philanthropy, and competitions all together. Every event that I would compete in had a separate page, every year was different, and It gave…
I woke up this morning to recap the Bop to the Top and sort through a loss success even in failures. The first five words of that sentence are perhaps one of the biggest victories, “I woke up this morning,” how many people take that for granted? How many people have lost loved ones and wish for them to be here still? I love looking back an event like the Bop, many others, or any experience in life to seek…
What an amazing year that 2016 has been as things wind down and we prepare for a new year of possibilities, opportunities, and chances. I started out 2016 with some amazing climbs throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. I served as a second year ambassador to the Scott Firefighter Stair Climb for the L&LS and had a huge successful fundraising campaign to push to VIP status with some major help from MANY people! I HONORED to be one of two honoree…
This has been a long time coming. The first real major overhaul and revamp of not only the blog, but also the logo and branding of Firefighter4Cures. Its been on the radar, but just something that I couldn’t accomplish and something that I was very selective of who touches my project of the heart. They say that everything happens for a reason, people come into our lives for a reason, and that there is much meaning to this…. whomever the…
As I’ve said countless times with the blog, I am a seeker of all sorts of “cures”. Cures for diseases, better fitness, better wellbeing, better health, better firemanship, and sometimes just being better. A significant portion of my writing and work is truly about leaving this place better than we found it. This post is one that truly fits that bill as I see organizations, businesses, departments, and my media feed showing this trend of how damaged our methods of communication are. …