Hello to all the firefighters (and other readers) of this brand new blog. It is great to see the World of Fire/EMS Service collaborate with the Blogoshpere once again. I am honored to be incorporated in this blog and to offer the view from Roanoke, Virginia and across the U.S. I look forward to reading what other authors on this site have to offer and I hope that I can live up to your expectations.

Let me offer a little snipet about myself. My name is Rhett Fleitz, I am a Lieutenant (Engineer) in the City of Roanoke, Virginia. I work for the Roanoke Fire-EMS Department and I have been here for almost 8 years. Our Department has approximately 280 uniformed Firefighers. Some are EMTs, and some are Paramedics. Our City has a population of around 100,000. Roanoke is located in Southwestern Virginia.

I began “blogging” with a site designed around my department. You can view it at www.RoanokeFire.com. The blog has been online for almost two years. Recently, I began a State Fire/EMS news site (VAFireNews.com). This site is designed as a News site for the State of Virginia. I have began writing for the site, which has offered a little bit of a change from blog posting.

If you want to learn more about my department you can visit our IAFF Local site (Local 1132).

Enough about me and my Department. I hope to get some more articles written and posted soon.

Feel free to email me with any questions or ideas for posts at FireFleitz@adelphia.net.

Written by Rhett Fleitz on November 6th, 2006 at 6:13 am.