After having a number of people comment to about my "blog postings" at the start of each Tip 'o the Week, I had an inspiration. Since I'm writing about my experiences as a volunteer firefighter on a regular basis, why not start an actual blog?
The new blog is located at http://hoseroll.blogspot.com/, and will also be available from our website, http://www.fp2.ca/. For those of you that get the Tip 'o the Week, there won't be a lot of new content at first, but I plan on adding some extra content there that you won't see on the Tips.
On a more Fire Department-related note, we did a departmental softball game and family day in August. Taira and Iris were visiting my sister and her kids, so I invited my dad Kevin to come along. Dad grew up playing baseball in Levittown, PA, and was part of some pretty amazing Little League teams as a kid, but he doesn't get many chances to play baseball anymore.
We didn't have enough people for two teams, but we had a great scrub game, rotating through positions and getting lots of chances to bat. It was a great time, and afterwards we fired up the barbeques and the ping-pong table at the Fire Hall. Dad and I had a lot of fun, and it was wonderful to let him experience the sense of community and family that exists at the Department. Plus we triumphed gloriously at ping-pong!
Ultimately, it's that sense of community and family that I like the most about being a volunteer firefighter. It's something I got used to growing up in a small town, and something that I missed living in the city.
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