Beard Bros
Beard Bros The Holidays are upon us. As I worked on this piece, I was frequently surrounded by Christmas cards. The cards arrived from all parts of the area; from hospitals, [...]
Articles by Randy Anderson
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Flags ‘n’ Such
Today, I’m writing about flags. Why not? Everyone else is doing it. We have flags on our apparatus and personal vehicles, flags on our uniforms and bunker gear. Some of us [...]
LIVE! From Ohio
“Medic-XX, Engine-XX, this is your call. 123 Main Street, possible overdose. Pt is located on the front porch of residence, not breathing. PD is on scene, CPR in [...]
Socially Unacceptable
Social Media in the Fire Service Twitter. Facebook (Live!). Snapchat. Instagram. Probably others that I’m too far out of the technology loop to even grasp, being of the [...]
Dark Humor: Line in the Sand
In public service, we are often faced with difficult situations that no human should be thrust into. We are forced to bear witness to things that would drive most people mad. [...]
Part-Timers: The Forgotten Third Party
It’s 0905hrs on a Sunday morning. The career firefighter is sleeping soundly in his favorite recliner, enjoying the freedom to nap indiscriminately on a weekend, but also [...]
Get a Life! (outside of work)
Beer? Check. Meat? Check. Super Secret Squirrel BBQ rub? Check. Smoker? Check. Pager and/or radio? That’s a negative, Ghostrider. I am about to hit the road for two days of [...]
Her First Day (Mother’s Day)
Mother’s Day is right around the corner, so it only seems fitting that I should write about women in today’s fire service. I don’t know about you, but I [...]
On Scene Arms Race
I sit here at my desk, facing the street, typing furiously on my wife’s laptop because mine doesn’t have Microsoft Word. It is 2017. We have Drones. We have Cell phones [...]
