Firefighter Gifts: The Brotherhood Bond
This bond is like a secret. Not because we won't tell you, but because we can't. There aren't really words to explain sharing the heat, the zero visibility, the work of the search, facing what is unknown and different every single time. After 14 years in the service, I've given up trying to explain it because none of us who share the bond really can. The bond is one of the truest firefighter gifts that is earned and protected once it is yours.
There is a pride that comes from the badges and patches - and the fire trucks we spend hours taking care of so it can bring us to that time. The Class A uniforms that hang proudly and make us stand tall never feel as much a part of us as our bunker gear and helmets, worn to fit just right like a pair of your favorite jeans and navy blue firefighter t-shirt with your station maltese. Your equipment of choice tucked back in the same pockets after you use them so your hands can find them even if your eyes cannot.
The Brotherhood of firefighting will always be alive and well, because being a firefighter is not just what we do, it is who we are and what we share.
Firefighter Is Not All We Are
Firefighting People
We care for those we love, friends and co-workers and we care for strangers in their time of need.
We are from all different walks of life, rich and poor, middle class. Teachers, plumbers, doctors and lawyers. Students, car mechanics and accountants.
We are firemen and female firefighters and we are proud, dedicated and are always training, for the present and the future.
Firefighters are dedicated, brave, Irish, Italian, Black, Female, Jewish, White......
The Fire Department Melting Pot!
Read any blog or forum on any of the numerous websites online and you will find firefighters networks and groups entitled "Irish Firefighters", Italian Firefighters, Black, Female, Jewish Firefighters and all together, with all of their differences they are still so alike. The brotherhood unites when we put on our t-shirts with fire department maltese, our bunker gear, SCBA and head out to fight the fires, battle the flames and serve our communities. One of the many gifts for firefighters are our differences, it's part of our bond.IRISH FIREFIGHTER APPAREL & GIFTS BY BONFIRE DESIGNS!
Fire Captain's Favorite Links
Firefighter t-shirts, gifts, clocks, mugs and more!
- Bonfire Designs
- Personalized gift ideas and tee's with exclusive designs for occupations and careers, funny t-shirts, wedding favors, easy shopping and fun to browse.
- Bonfire Cafe
- Bonfire Designs apparel including tee's, sweats and shirts styled for every fireman and for the ladies who put out the flames! We have flames, fire, future firefighter and exclusive rescue designs.
- East Windsor Fire Company #2
- My Fire Company! Great fire photos and videos! East Windsor Fire Company #2 features some of the brave firefighters that protect Mercer County, NJ and surrounding counties as well. We are proud to show off our yellow fire engines, firefighters in action photography by Cindy Rashkin our company photographer and links to training resources, equipment and apparel stores online.
- Personalized Firefighter TShirts and Gifts
- Resource for personalized firefighter t-shirts and holiday gift ideas you can totally personalize! Everything from Fire Dept logos, funny shirts, stickers, decals, flames and fire and Fire Chief gifts too. Excellent firefighter ties and mugs you can buy the way they are or personalize with name, rank or station.
- Irish Firefighter T-Shirts, Gifts & Apparel
- Shamrocks in flames for our Irish firefighters, American flags for USA patriotic heroes, female firefighter and universal fire department maltese cross t-shirts, apparel, firefighter clocks and luck of the Irish to you everyday!
- A Firefighters Blog
- As the Captain of a fire company for 14 years, I have finally found a way to express some of my experiences, thoughts and comments are always welcome from those who fight the flames!
- Earth Day Firefighters
- Visit Bonfire Designs For "Save Our Planet", Recycle and Green Friendly gifts, resources and links to keep planet Earth friendly!
- The Thin Red Line
- Learn about the symbolic "Thin Red Line" and what it means to firefighters!
- Yummy Chocolate Lens
- Firefighters love chocolate, everyone loves chocolate. Yummy chocolate lens I'm happy to share.
Firefighter Keepsakes and Gifts Personalized
Tile Coasters
Fire Chiefs Tile Coaster
Fire Chief apparel, tee's and gift ideas features a blue maltese cross and gold "Chief" with five bugles. Perfect for the Chief of the Fire Dept holiday gifts and birthday presents.
Firefighter Honor Tile Coaster
Flames in action caught real time and the words Firefighter - Honor, pride and courage
Irish American Firefighter Apparel & Gifts
St Patricks Day Firefighter Gift Ideas!
Female Firefighters By Bonfire Designs
Ladies Apparel With Firemen Themes!
Flame Heart Women's Cap Sleeve T-Shirt
Flattering ladies shirts with black, red and brown sleeves.
Women's Cap Sleeve T-Shirt
Firefighter Flames Tote Bag
Tote bags are roomy enough for shopping, travel and station wear.
Tote Bag
Firefighters and the Brotherhood
Firefighters. What makes us do it? After 15 years I still don't have the words for the answer.
Where else can you work your butt off, get too little sleep, work in often dangerous, hot, limited visibility environments and know the worse it was, the better you did your job. A team of people from every and any walk of life, all committed to their job, to eachother and to the communities they serve.
As one rookie firefighter said to me the other day, I don't know why I decided to do it, but I know why I want to keep on doing it. Well said.
Pictured left to right:
Firefighter Marcos, Firefighter MikeyG, Firefighter Pinkney, Deputy Chief Coran, LT "Pattycakes" Brunetti, Firefighter Triv.
Firefighter Equipment and Gear
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Firefighter Clocks
Firefighter Flames Wall Clock
Firefighters battling flames on fire dept logo gift mugs, clocks for home or office, t-shirts, sweat shirts, personalized tote bags and female firefighter style shirts! Great gifts & comfy tee's.
Personalized Firefighter Gift Watch Idea
Firefighter Leading News and Alerts
Safety, Training and Seat Belts
Fighting fires is a dangerous business whether you are a volunteer or career fire fighter. Websites like "Firefighter Close Calls" and "Everyone Goes Home" are updated almost every day with stories and photos of tragedies, accidents and warnings.
It's also updated all the time with new training information, safety and survival information and SOG templates you can format for your station's safety. Have you read this information too?
Has your fire department taken the National Fire Service Seat Belt Pledge? Have you implemented the "16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives?"
Visit our links below to strengthen your brotherhood pledge to firefighter safety.
If you are reading this but are not a firefighter, you can help strengthen our pledge too! Visit some of the links in our "Community For Firefighters" section below!
Firefighter Watches
Jewelry and Gifts From Bonfire Designs
Firefighter Watches and Jewelry Structure Fire Reported With Flames Showing On Arrival
Firefighters Save The Victim
This was a training exercise. We train hard, we practice our skills as though the incident was real. We have to, because someday again, it will be. When the training is over, the packs are filled, the tools, gear and equipment back on the fire truck - stripped down to our t-shirts and jeans, we critique the drill. We learn from every experience. We share our firefighting and search tactics. The firefighter bond of brotherhood grows along with our experiences.
Firefighter Gift Blog
Looking for a gift for a firefighter is not always easy and this blog has a full service gift catalog including featuring gift ideas, links to online shops with everything from apparel, tee's, clocks, decals, baby wear and watches. You name it, this is the place to look for it!
Check out the blog at: FIREFIGHTER GIFT BLOG
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Personalized Gifts and Apparel
Fire Dept Wall Clock
Firefighter gift clocks, ceramic coffee and travel mugs, watches, key rings and firefighter family gift ideas.
Wall Clock
Property of a Firefighter Dog T-Shirt
"Warning - Property of A Firefighter" pet t-shirts and a new and updated selection of firefighter theme logos available.
Dog T-Shirt
Firefighter Light T-Shirt
Classic fire department logos, maltese themes and ranks available for firefighters, fire chiefs, firefighter EMT and rescue departments. Great t-shirt assortment including classic navy blue!
Light T-Shirt
Firefighter Flashlights
Check Your Visibility
Fire Chief Gifts, Tee's and Apparel
United Firefighters on CafePress
Tee's and Gift Ideas For Firefighting Heritage
Facebook Firefighters
VISIT EAST WINDSOR FIRE #2 ON FACEBOOK!
Facebook is a great way to meet firefighters from around the world. Connect with fire depts in your area, your country and around the world. It's simple to set up a Facebook account and you can decide who you want to interact with. Visit East Windsor Fire Company #2 in East Windsor Township, NJ Mercer County.
Resources For Fire Related Training
Stay Safe Out There
- Fire Engineering Online
- Firefighter training resources from Fire Engineering.com. Find the latest information covering drills, reading a building, HIPAA, training tips and papers, webcasts, discussions and "TrainingDivision.com".
- Training Officers Drills
- Downloadable drills and templates with great ideas for training exercises you format to work out with your department's needs
- Firefighter Safety
- Everyone Goes Home is a website who's goal is to help the U.S. Fire Administration achieve its objective of reducing the number of firefighter fatalities by 25% within 5 years, and by 50% within 10 years. The adoption of the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives is a vital step in achieving that goal. Great resource for training, firefighting and safety information.
Rescue Me the TV Series
DVD's With Firefighter Themes!
Firefighters Go Green
Firefighter Energy Yard Sign
Fire Dept theme signs, banners and posters for your station.
Firefighter Energy Tote Bag
Earth friendly tote bags perfect for gear, uniforms, equipment and shopping for firefighters.
Firefighters Think Green White T-Shirt
Fire fighter tee's and apparel with eco friendly and organic designs.
Christmas Gift Ideas For Firefighters
Personalize With Names, Fire Dept and Photos!
Fire Dept Appreciation Gifts
Firefighter Safety and Training Resources
- Everyone Goes Home
- Life Safety Initiatives, resources, kits, free downloads and links.
- 16 Life Safety Initiatives
- Do you know what they are? Has your station implemented them? Click on the link to read them all on one page, it's easy reading, printer friendly and free to download.
- National Fire Service Seat Belt Pledge
- The National Fire Service Seat Belt Pledge to remember firefighter Brian Hunton is a promise we can all live with. From now on - NO firefighter will die because they were not wearing their seat belt. Brothers and sisters we can do this. We owe it to our families and each other. Do you have the courage to take the Seat Belt Pledge?
(excerpt Burton A Clark - Firehouse.Com contributor)
Downloadable pledge forms, resources and history.
- East Windsor Fire #2 Takes The Pledge
- This is my fire dept and I am proud we have taken the pledge. (That's my red helmet in the center photo below)

Click to visit EAST WINDSOR FIRE COMPANY #2
- Firefighter Close Calls
- Prepare yourself for firefighter line of duty deaths, close calls and photos that will make you shake your head. Use the links, resources and excellent training provided on the website. Share your close calls so we can all learn from the too.
EMT's and Firefighters
Rescue Me!
Firefighters are different than EMT's! Read more at my squidoo lens all about EMT's! EMT'S SAVE LIVES!

EMT's are more than just pre-hospital care providers, they are very often the difference between life and death......and the quality of life.
Firefighters Protect Our Environment
Firefighters are called upon everyday to save lives, protect property - buildings and their contents. But did you know that fire fighters work hard to protect planet Earth on an everyday basis.Fire and hazardous materials effects our natural environments, waterways, soil and trees. Fires effect wildlife and our animals. Firefighters work hard to prevent unnecessary consequences that may result from events as large as wildland forest fires to the smallest fuel leak at a motor vehicle accident.
Thanksgiving For Firefighter Families
Dr. BURTON A. CLARK
Thank you also for all the work you have done for the fire service, firefighter safety and for the great articles you have published that have brought many important issues to light providing motivation for firefighters and fire officers to make proactive changes geared to firefighter safety.
Read Dr. Burton Clark's articles here: Dr. BURTON A. CLARK Articles Published at Firehouse.com
New Jersey Fire Dept Has Manifold Catastrophic Failure on Hydrant
Click the photo of the actual manifold for full story on FirefighterCloseCalls.com
1. A loud noise 'like a freight train' was heard before the failure occurred.
2. The gauge on the manifold did not register an increase in pressure (this was mentioned several times).
3. The local water company notified fire department personnel that they had 'high pressure on the hydrant' requiring manual control of the pressure at the pump station.
4. The relief valve on the manifold did not relieve.
The fire department also submitted several photos of the failed appliance which are posted.
Snap-tite's history with these units is very good. They are rarely returned for warranty repairs and there have been no warranty catastrophic failures.
Earth 911 and Fire Prevention Importance
Earth 911: The Effects Of Fire On the EnvironmentEducate yourself to be "fire wise" and learn what you can do to help our planet.
MY HERO STOCKINGS - Firefighter Christmas Stockings
Looking for a unique Christmas gift for a firefighter on your list? Check these firefighter xmas stockings out!My Hero Stocking Company
Each stocking is designed to look like a firefighter turnout boot, complete with suspenders. Send us a station patch for your firefighter to have it placed on the stocking to make it even more personalized. Hand-sewn with great care, these custom-made stockings are sure to please.
Retired Firefighters place your station patch on the stocking and pass it along to your children or grandchildren. Give them a gift they will Cherish forever!
My Hero Stockings make perfect gifts for your loved ones, or for yourself! Made with pride in the USA.
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Honoring the Brotherhood of Firefighting
Fire Chief Gifts and Gift Ideas For Firefighters
Firefighter Christmas Ornaments
Courage Under Fire Firefighter Tribute Illuminated Animated Ornament Collection
Call To Duty Firefighter Tribute Illuminated Animated Ornament
Firefighter Kids Gear
September 11, 2001 Memorial Harley Davidson Motorcycle
Firefighter Robert Sitner East Windsor Fire #2
No firefighter website or blog will ever be complete again without remembering our brave FDNY brothers lost on 9/11. All 343 firemen are remembered on this classic custom painted memorial motorcycle dedicated to their memory by firefighter Robert Sitner.
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