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What Have We Learned In A Year Online?

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Mike Legeros asked that question on Thursday at the FireGeezer/STATter911 booth. We returned to that question frequently during the show.

AWARENESS

Last year, most of the people that stopped at the booth thought we were helping ancient firefighters.  This year a lot readers stopped by to say hi.  From New York/New Jersey to the Carolinas.

Sympathy for the investigation unit who lost their futon to the dog, thanks for checking in every day!

We met folks from Sussex County, Delaware, southwest Virginia (Palmyra) and Georgia who promised to visit the site.

We should have made the Firegeezer card a sticker, dozens would have been placed on vehicles owned by “senior” firefighters.

ROCK STAR!

Bill “Firegeezer” Schumm was asked for his autograph! 

Dave Statter had a constant stream of fans and critics. On Friday and Saturday the buzz was about the proposed closing of two PGFD fire stations (HERE). Dave was struggling to get the article posted between a constant stream of visitors.

It was neat to watch Dave Statter do Saturday follow-ups on two earlier stories: the Moore sons who did CPR on their dad at the Catlett fire station and Doug Townsend who rescued his brother from a house fire in Montross (HERE)

THEY READ THE ARTICLES

I had a good, but uncomfortable, conversation with Harold Cohen, PhD, the principal investigator for the cancer presumption report prepared for the National League of Cities (original article HERE, follow-up HERE).

A member of the Dunkirk VFD stopped by, looking for Dave. Both blogs carried articles about an exposure incident. HERE, HERE and HERE.

Shortly after the “How Aggressive Suppression” item was posted, I had a series of e-mail conversations with Fire Engineering editor Bobby Halton. It was great that Ray McCormack stopped by the booth on Saturday and acknowledged what we wrote. A version of the conversation will show up in the Fire Officer textbook this fall.  Original item HERE.

GOTTA EMULATE THE IRONMAN

Cal Ripken Jr. played 2,632 consecutive Major League Baseball games with the Orioles. One of the reasons Firegeezer is thriving is because Bill posts five to eight items every day. There were a couple of days when it got under five, but something new was posted every day.

Without readers, this effort would be without joy. Thanks for visiting and, if you are in Baltimore for the 2010 Firehouse Expo, stop by and say hello!

Mike “FossilMedic” Ward

Posted by on July 27, 2009 • Filed under: commentary
  • http://www.legeros.com/blog Legeros

    My favorite question to folks of “what have you learned about yourself since…” is likely derived from decades of reading Esquire magazine, and their great “What I Have Learned” monthly feature.

  • http://www.legeros.com/blog Legeros

    My favorite question to folks of “what have you learned about yourself since…” is likely derived from decades of reading Esquire magazine, and their great “What I Have Learned” monthly feature.

  • http://home.gwu.edu/~mikeward/ Mike “FossilMedic” Ward

    Mike, you started a conversation that lasted through the breakdown of the booth on Saturday afternoon … thanks for asking the question.

  • http://home.gwu.edu/~mikeward/ Mike “FossilMedic” Ward

    Mike, you started a conversation that lasted through the breakdown of the booth on Saturday afternoon … thanks for asking the question.