Briefing the chief...

Hey Everyone,

Hope your week is going well. Today is my Friday at work and off the weekend!! Woohoo!! I'm taking Wyatt to the Strasburg Railroad Museum on Saturday to meet Santa and to see there displays they put on for Christmas. My wife has to work, so I am looking forward to doing that.

This is another photo from the fire back in September. This is one of the Captains from Eden Fire Company giving a report to the Deputy Chief from Eden Fire Company who was the incident commander for this fire.


Have a great day!

Getting the roof...

Hey Everyone,

These are some photos taken from an Industrial Building Fire my department assisted on back in September. The first photo is of my truck, Truck 6-7 setting up to the roof along with Truck 2-3(East Petersburg) and an engine from the department we were assisting, Engine 2-11-3(Southern Manheim TWP)

The second photo shows where the fire was. The facility we were at has a on site fire brigade and they are one of the better ones in the area. We usually know if we get a call for this business, we have a job.

The third photo is of the Lancaster City Fire Department Engine 1 and members from Eden Fire Company acting as the rapid intervention team relocating to another part of the fire building.

Hope you have a good day!

Old Buildings..

Hey everyone,

Hope you are having a good week. I took this photo near the train yard I was at the other day. I was standing in the parking lot of Clipper Stadium when I took the photo. It is of the old Lancaster Arts Hotel right along Harrisburg Ave just before you get into the city.

On a seperate note, I want to extend my sympathies to my friends in the Harrisburg Bureau Of Fire on the loss of one of their long time volunteers.

December 7th 1941...

Hey Everyone,

Hope you had a great weekend. Please remeber what today is. "A day which will live in infamy" Thank you to all that have served, past, present and future. So that we can enjoy the freedoms that we have today.

For great Pearl Harbor Photos. Go to my good friend Bradley Myers photo blog for his excellant tribute he has up today.


Have a great day!

At the train yard....

No words today...Just photos from a local train yard...

Have a great weekend!

Wyatt and a statue...

Hey Everyone,

Hope you are having a great week. These were taken this past summer along Front Street by the Harvey Taylor Memorial Bridge. Wyatt and I were attending the KAPONA festival and were taking a walk when he noticed the series of statues. I believe it is actually a tribute or a memorial for PENN DOT workers that were killed on the job. The first thing he spots is the dump truck. He walks over and says hi to the little boy holding the truck. He kind of stands there for a moment checking things out and then decides he wants to play on the truck.

He kept wanting to leave with it till I had to explain to him that it was not real. He still had fun though..

Have a great day!



PS... I also want to say Welcome to a few new followers of my blog that I recently just noticed. Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you keep coming back and don't be afraid to leave a comment or two...

Fire in Da' Burg...My favorite fire photos from the year...

Hey Everyone,

Hope your week is going well. I cannot believe it is December already!

Ok, before I talk about the photos. Has anyone else been having problems with blogger?? Everytime I go to do a scheduled post, when I check the blog it shows it reverted back to draft. This morning, someone left me a comment and it shows 0 Comments initially but if you click on the post, the comment is there??


Any advice, suggestions???


Now to the photos, these were taken back in March of this year. I had buffed one fire in the city at the old Spot's restaurant on 2nd street in the downtown. As I was leaving the city, I hear Harrisburg Wagon 3 go available on my scanner. The dispatcher states for "Wagon 3, standby and prepare to copy" So I kind of pulled off to the side of the road, The box was then struck for a house fire on S 13th street in the 100 block with multiple calls being received. I was right at S 13th street, so I made a left turn and away I went.

I arrived right behind Harrisburg Tower 1 after parking well out of the way(Golden rule of fire photography, Don't get blocked in and in the way) and walked up and shot some photos. Out of all the fire photos I have taken this year, these seem to be my favorite ones. I honestly don't know why.

I don't know if it was because I got there early enough and was able to get some decent shots, I just think these are my best photos of the year. Don't worry, I divide my fire photos and family photos. I'll post my favorite family photos down the road.

Hope you have a great day and I hope my scheduled post works this time!