<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:16:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/firefighting/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[With The Thin Red Line]]></title><description><![CDATA[A little while back, I spent the better part of a week up in northeastern Kentucky, shadowing and shooting the chief of the Maysville Fire Department. Was doing a story on Chief Kyle Carpenter for a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142159/@coloneljethro/with-the-thin-red-line</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142159/@coloneljethro/with-the-thin-red-line</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-142159]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[coloneljethro]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:14:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmZGR9ghvPfBxp57eV1H3MvpHAXrBQhxXgDbx9CbhNmPCH/maysville_fd_2_bw_copy.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fireman Rescue Operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rescue operations by Firemen are important components in the management of emergencies. Firefighters fight aggressive fires, rescue people during natural disasters, or extinguish industrial calls and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/firemanrescure/@maheshreachx/fireman-rescue-operations-e0fd34b0b9e1a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/firemanrescure/@maheshreachx/fireman-rescue-operations-e0fd34b0b9e1a</guid><category><![CDATA[firemanrescure]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maheshreachx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:26:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fireman Rescue Operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rescue operations by Firemen are important components in the management of emergencies. Firefighters fight aggressive fires, rescue people during natural disasters, or extinguish industrial calls and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/firemanrescue/@maheshreachx/fireman-rescue-operations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/firemanrescue/@maheshreachx/fireman-rescue-operations</guid><category><![CDATA[firemanrescue]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maheshreachx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:08:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old School Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know in my last post I promised some more cosplay edits and such but the last two days have been ridiculously exhausting and crazy so I haven't exactly been able to work on any. But since I like to keep]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153349/@driptorchpress/old-school-days</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153349/@driptorchpress/old-school-days</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153349]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[driptorchpress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 01:58:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmZDKWeAHjwwSNaMbWeQwtRzS4bQ8v9LFxaHD3fipft1S9/100_5734.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflection and Gratitude - The Seedpod Bench]]></title><description><![CDATA[A little while ago I did a post on the Steenbok Nature Reserve on Leisure Isle. While we were there, we came across the Reflection Seedpod bench - a commemorative bench to honour the losses of life and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/seedpodbench/@andrastia/reflection-and-gratitude-the-seedpod-bench</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/seedpodbench/@andrastia/reflection-and-gratitude-the-seedpod-bench</guid><category><![CDATA[seedpodbench]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrastia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2022 08:23:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqNQagnFkhF67VdVMQ7bHp8SDm9BGJrEBNX4qxq82xTaPpbZAiya4xFQGvYqZpE6DLoVren8iQtiSuFPngQj935hyhQG2RZ3A9cy6gELuGHztMdg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amateur Fire Fighters || My Actifit Report Card: December 23 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[My water tanker turned into fire engine 🚒 because of love for humanity It was late in the night, when many have exhausted out their daily activities; people were already asleep when I heard some voices]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193552/@maxdevalue/actifit-maxdevalue-20211223t215752132z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193552/@maxdevalue/actifit-maxdevalue-20211223t215752132z</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193552]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maxdevalue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 21:57:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvXSNcyT4tXW3w6Kin6p4AwW7es3C4RW27wL8FSjNdgQue468pbi5Zj3fvjJSNJGMxE35A5kbqnvvzxA6uLZb8DVvQK2xX7Cnq5ZRfr3?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Destruction Cause by Climate Change Driven Wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the past 5 years British Columbia, Canada has had 3 of the worst wildfire seasons on record. 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Today, the clear skies beckoned me to go for a drive, and I decided to see what it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-119845/@jacobtothe/farragut-fire-before-and-after</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-119845/@jacobtothe/farragut-fire-before-and-after</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-119845]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2020 23:42:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56ynwsjysm2XuNozdMysq1YNDRbt9X9VeerNm1981Q9QbBMBsBg3FaZG6wojycaPeT9RNBdMdXd5aHF82Uyok7m538BhWF8mBsHG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bernard Peak Wildfire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last Friday, before our area was filled with smoke from wildfires in California, Oregon, and Washington, my husband and I drove to Farragut State Park to look across the bay at the Bernard Peak fire. 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Here]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@driptorchpress/bone-piling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@driptorchpress/bone-piling</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[driptorchpress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:44:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpRRkNSnseh3NuL6KUBitJTXrc5K2pL71w4DAKHNte?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smoky Days and Sleepless Nights price drop]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been one heck of a month so far, in a bad way, so we've delayed the debut of our new book cover a little bit. But in the meantime it remains Christmas season! Or so the Elf on the Shelf tells me.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/firefighting/@markrhunter/smoky-days-and-sleepless-nights-price-drop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/firefighting/@markrhunter/smoky-days-and-sleepless-nights-price-drop</guid><category><![CDATA[firefighting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[markrhunter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 06:33:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP329mCbM1BxLBibQZaQjRzCugimkEbdmYQm9UCf6W4gsCuK6cGZqX1zZBRmZVQjsBGBhpUivpFNLHNSjDW5kztnEQcCHQFNkNmo4W4E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Drop]]></title><description><![CDATA[This was taken in Montana during the Sawtooth Fire (I think). This is a K-Max double rotor helicopter. The payload is called a Bambi bucket. I have no idea where that name started. I suspect it has something]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@driptorchpress/the-drop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@driptorchpress/the-drop</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[driptorchpress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:33:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMzdg8qnWcZayTSyUgKNN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[book review: Code Of Honor, by Kathryn Shay]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wasn't certain there was any point in reviewing Code of Honor, considering it was published eighteen years ago. (!) But hey, I did read it this year, and later learned it's still available on Amazon:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/review/@markrhunter/book-review-code-of-honor-by-kathryn-shay</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/review/@markrhunter/book-review-code-of-honor-by-kathryn-shay</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[markrhunter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2019 05:12:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTCbCd1L4AQP82AFWYYzZC15DpSZWeSYgzVPWNmuqMrboQdVSGwvuWFGXbWbkpARfHYtaMTtZDYYgFF7EDKgaJfvUBACT7ZJZpELctv7AtSDPndstCMjofwaUF77tqzsJUC4vgmAdY4KKC7fDqepzS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire Prevention: A Light Look at a Serious Subject]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article first appeared in the Albion New Era during 2009’s Fire Prevention Week. Fire Prevention Week is here, a time in which we try to – wait for it – prevent fires. Of course, Fire Prevention Week]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fire/@markrhunter/fire-prevention-a-light-look-at-a-serious-subject</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fire/@markrhunter/fire-prevention-a-light-look-at-a-serious-subject</guid><category><![CDATA[fire]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[markrhunter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 07:02:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKkzXhyseBP4PYz11eBDT8sW2oR1a4vfVFS6HmP4Ki8qHRvLJNtq8hxvQ1WPU6TRvxmDsxnhpxe79VC6kpeTsMK5j4qEKdLT1FwAyUGTmV3G1zVxhpg2URdbbeEmLqQvP9xr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old Firefighters Never Die: They Just Smell Smoky]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thirty-nine years ago today (July 14th, since I'm posting this early--or if you're reading it later), I walked into a former auto dealership, past a twenty-eight year old fire engine and a bread truck]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/firefighting/@markrhunter/old-firefighters-never-die-they-just-smell-smoky</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/firefighting/@markrhunter/old-firefighters-never-die-they-just-smell-smoky</guid><category><![CDATA[firefighting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[markrhunter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2019 02:39:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKkzXhyseBP4PYz11eBDT8sW2oR1a4vfVFS6HmP4Ki8qHRvLJNtq8hxvQ1WPU6TRvxmDsxnhpxe79VC6kpeTsMK5j4qEKdLT1FwAyUGTmV3G1zVxhpg2URdbbeEmLqQvP9xr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Crew]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Crew, Acrylic on Paper, 2014 Landscapes are great because perspective doesn’t matter. 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