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Comment by MIKE USWFA on October 25, 2009 at 6:37pm

Steve this is a great question...The best boots that all of us use are ..Nick's..Whites...Danners are good...And never wear colored socks in a pair of boots...use white or gray socks...no black socks in boots....For what you will be doing...I suggest a regular pair of work boots made by one of these companies...Also Carolina is a good brand as well...Be safe!!

Comment by Steve Smith on October 25, 2009 at 5:04pm

Hi All,

I'm a volunteer Communications Operator for San Diego Co Sheriff's Dept. Our Comm Unit (R.A.C.E.S.) gets assigned to Fire camps and other fire related areas. We're required to use pretty much the same PPE as firefighters. I've got new (one use) Hathorne wildland boots and I'm looking for suggestions on types of boot socks for wildland use. I won't be tramping around on a fire line, just mostly plopping my butt down inside and around a Communications Vehicle (converted CDF Personnel transport truck). I've got a circulation issue with one of my lower legs so I need to protect it from as much chafing as possible.

Soooo, my question is what types of socks (brands, fabric, etc.) do you as firefighters use and what socks should I avoid?

Thanks for doing the heavy lifting and stay safe.

Steve Smith

Comment by Jimmy on June 13, 2009 at 3:44pm

Hello everyone, I am Jimmy. I am from Lancaster Ca, I now reside in Coshocton, Ohio. I am trying to be a Vollie &/or Firefighter. I have always wanted to become a Firefighter. I really hope I meet some ppl on here & learn from them. Y'all t/c & lets all be safe. God bless, Jimmy

Comment by Jason Koontz on March 24, 2009 at 2:10am

Ahhhhh, its so GOOD TO BE HOME!!!

Comment by Anastasios Papadopoulos on September 20, 2008 at 3:42pm

USA Today

September 20, 2008

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four people, authorities said Saturday.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the plane carrying six people was departing shortly before midnight Friday when air traffic controllers reporting seeing sparks. The plane headed for Van Nuys, Calif., went off a runway, through a fence and crashed on a nearby road, officials said.

Barker and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, were in critical condition at a burn center in Augusta, Ga., about 75 miles southwest of Columbia, hospital spokeswoman Beth Frits said.

Two other passengers and two crewmembers died, said the National Transportation Safety Board. Their identities were not immediately available.

At the crash site Saturday, the air was still heavy with the odor of jet fuel. A trail of black soot led off a runway, across a five-lane road next to the airport and up an embankment. The nose of the aircraft was gone and the roof was missing from two-thirds of the charred plane.

Barker and Goldstein had performed together under the name TRVSDJ-AM at a free concert in Columbia on Friday night.

“It’s absolutely terrible and tragic,” Columbia Mayor Bob Coble said.

The show, which included performances by former Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell and singer Gavin DeGraw, drew 10,000 people into the streets of Five Points, the neighborhood near the University of South Carolina, Coble said.

Neither Ferrell nor DeGraw were in the plane, their representatives told AP on Saturday.

One concertgoer said TRVSDJ-AM’s performance was unique and different.

“It was literally one of the best shows I’ve ever seen,” said Brett Flashnick, a freelance photographer who works for The Associated Press and attended the concert for a local newspaper.

Barker, 32, was one of the more colorful members of the multiplatinum-selling punk rock band Blink-182, whose biggest album was 1999’s CD “Enema of the State,” which sold more than five million copies in the United States alone.

After Blink-182 disbanded in 2005, Barker went on to form the rock band (+44) – pronounced “plus forty-four.” He also starred in the MTV reality series Meet the Barkers with former Miss USA Shanna Moakler, to whom he was married at the time. The show documented the former couple’s lavish wedding and life. Their later split, reconciliation and subsequent break up made them tabloid favorites.

Goldstein is a popular DJ for hire who at one time was engaged to Nicole Richie.

Barker and Goldstein performed as part of the house band at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this month.

Comment by Sue on July 11, 2008 at 11:44am

Hi just want to say hello and hope everyone is keeping safe..my husband is in ground support and has been on the Mariposa complex fire for the past 21 days.. I heard it jumped the lines last night... you are all in my prayers

Comment by Dana on July 7, 2008 at 11:45am

What CA fires was everyone on?
I just spent 14 days on the Lime Complex in the Shasta-T National Forest.

Comment by MIKE USWFA on June 19, 2008 at 10:41am

HELLO!..MY NAME IS MIKE AND I'AM NOT AN ALCOHOLIC..LOL..EVERYONE IS CALIFORNIA HAVE A SAFE FIRE SEASON...I MAY MAKE IT OUT THIS SEASON,,,ON ASSOCIATION BUSINESS....THEY ARE CERTAINLY OFF TO THE RACES....WITH ALOT GOING ON SO FAR!!

Comment by Hilary Shepard on June 18, 2008 at 11:53pm

Hello to all.... Just wanted to drop a hey y'all whats going on? Hope your season has kicked off safe. God Bless.....
Hilary

Comment by charline forsythe fire mom on April 28, 2008 at 1:36pm

hi. my name is charline. i live in pensacola fl. not a firefighter just a mom of a wildland firefighter.here things are burning again out that way. hope it is better for you today though. will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. stay safe and god bless.~firemom~