As you can see, Todd is on his way to the Harrisburg Expo, Todd is also sporting one of our new FireCompanies.com shirts.

Stop by and say "hey" show runs from May 21-23 we are at booth 508 which is right next to the guys from Firemans Chore in 509.

Also don't forget the Progress Fire Company / FireCompanies.com Expo Bash on the 22nd. There will be food, beer, and firefighting memorabilia for sale by Rescue 51.

See you there, if we can still see...

FireCompanies.com would like to thank the men of Engine 63 & Ladder 39 for their hospitality during a blizzard while heading to Long Island for the Long Island Mega Show.

While at the "Top of Da Bronx" we were greeted with a warm a awesome  dinner, and Rob Painter's hot chocolate with homemade wiped cream.

The engine ran 6 calls and truck truck 8. We look forward to our visit in the spring. Thanks again Rob.

As we finish our 8th year we would like to send our warmest wishes to you and your family. It has been a great pleasure and a honor to serve you and your organization, if it wasn't for the greatness of our audience, we would not be here, we owe it all to you.

As tough times approach we must stick together like the brothers that we are and help each other out, its what we do.

When 2010 rounds the corner we will be rolling out many new things, that will make your web site the BEST that it can possibly be. We will keep you posted on these changes

 
On behalf of Rick, Chris, Todd, Tom, Brian, Mihir, Mike & Dan we say thanks and be safe in 2010.

The #1 fire gear manufacture, Morning Pride meets with the #1 web site company, FireCompanies.com today in Dayton.

VEGAS NIGHT! Saturday, September 12th

I hope you’ll join us at our first ever VEGAS NIGHT! This event is dedicated to honoring and celebrating the life of Patrick Lyons, a former NYC firefighter who was killed tragically in the events of 9-11.

VEGAS NIGHT! will be our biggest and most fun event ever!

This event will be held in one of Long Island’s finest hotels and will be a great opportunity to help do some good, while having the time of your life.

The Pat Lyons Foundation is known for its great events, and we have always had an unwavering commitment to helping young people and children in need while honoring a great hero. Pat would be thrilled. Our events have been supported by countless people and businesses in the tri-state area and we have raised over $350,000 for children in need!

VEGAS NIGHT! is a chance to come together, celebrate life, remember a hero and help kids. This event will sell out so please make your reservations early. You don’t want to miss out on the fun!
I hope you can attend and be a part of this special night!


Volunteer firefighters REGISTER HERE for a big discount: (516) 626-2486 or (516) 398-3487


All other please register here: http://www.patlyonsfoundation.org   click on VEGAS NIGHT!


more information:

What:
Play games like Blackjack, Craps and Slots! Join the
Texas Hold ‘em tournament! Or, just enjoy the stocked bar, great food, music and some dancing!

Where:
Hyatt Regency Long Island,
1717 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, NY

When:
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 6:30 pm

Then What:
Cash in your chips for tickets to win GREAT prizes like a Vacation, an iPod, a Flat Screen TV, or you could win one of our great Harrah’s getaway packages or autographed memorabilia!

This week FireCompanies.com traveled to New Castle County Station 23 for a meeting with Dave from the Chief's Association and Bubba from Minquas.

Many thanks Bubba.

On Thursday we hit the road to our old stomping grounds in Delaware County to meet with the Yeadon Fire Company. I would like to thank the officers and members for the great hospitality, we look forward to working with you guys.

After a busy summer of shows we would like to take time to welcome the following departments to the family.

• Toms River Fire Co. # 2 (NJ)
• Lexington Fire Dept. (VA)
• CCFA Safety & Survival (NJ)
• Hopewell Fire Dept. (SC)
• Northampton Fire Dept. (MA)
• Ralston Fire Dept. (NE)
• Red Hill Fire Co. (PA)
• Brentwood Fire Dept. (NY)
• Southwest Fire and Rescue (NE)

Our Staffing Module will surely be one of our most popular modules. This will allow your members to login to update their availability status, from any computer with a internet connection. Members will update whether they are available as a diver, firefighter, officer, EMS, or fire police, also they will be able to add where they will be responding from, and for how long.

The status will be updated on your department's web site, this page will refresh every minute display the most up-to-date times and member availability. If you do not wish to have this viewed from the public site, no worries, you will be able to view from your members only site. For departments with multiple or substations, you will be able to create a staffing status page for each station.

Reporting will also be made available, this will allow your members to get points, or credit depending how many hours they have made themselves available. Another feature will be to alert when the "Station is staffed". Lets say for your station to be staffed you need 2 drivers, 2 officers, and 4 black hats, by going to the settings link you can determine what your stations needs, once all staffing requests have been meet, an icon will flash "Station is staffed". If at some point a members time has expired, a scrolling message will display what positions are needed. To see this module in action visit Progress Fire Company This module is free for First Due clients.

It was nice to see our many friends and clients at this year's Firehouse Expo, the show was a great success. I would also like to personally thank Dave Iannone and Chris Herbert for inviting me to lunch.

I would also like to say thanks to all of the brothers that helped at the booth, and to Rick for holding down the fort.

FireCompanies.com would like to welcome the DC Firefighters Burn Foundation (DC), Woolwich Fire Co. (NJ),  and the Keowee Fire Dept. (SC) to the FireCompanies.com family.