SAN FRANCISCO — FireRescue1.com, a leading online resource for the firefighting community, announced it has taken home the award for Best Regularly Featured Web Column/Trade at the Western Publishers’ Association’s 2009 Maggie Awards. Each year, the Maggie Awards honor the best print publications and Web sites in the Western United States.
FireRescue1 received the award for Close Calls on Camera, written by Jason Poremba, a New York firefighter and the owner of firefighting video Web site FirefighterSpot.com. The monthly column is an innovative combination of dramatic firefighting videos with analysis and instruction, providing readers the unique ability to learn important safety lessons from incidents caught on tape.
FireRescue1 received three total nominations for the 2009 awards, with nods in the Best Web Article/Trade and Best Web E-Newsletter/Trade categories in addition to the Column nomination. The total exceeded FireRescue1’s one nomination for the 2008 awards, when it was recognized in the Best Web Article/ Trade category for the article “Young Chiefs Come of Age,” by FireRescue1 Editor Jamie Thompson.
“We are honored to receive an award that recognizes us not only as a leader in online media for the fire service, but among a much broader segment of trade media,” said Jon Hughes, Online Director for FireRescue1.com. “We of course share the credit for the award with our excellent columnist, Jason Poremba, whose ability to convey in an entertaining and impactful manner lifesaving tips is representative of the talent present in FireRescue1’s roster of expert columnists.”
Also taking home an award was sister site EMS1.com, which won the Maggie for Best Web E-Newsletter/Trade for the bi-weekly EMS1 eNews.
FireRescue1’s parent company, the Praetorian Group, received eight nominations for the 2009 Maggie Awards across its primary online portals: Police1.com, FireRescue1.com and EMS1.com. The eight nominations ranked the company among the most-nominated media companies for this year’s awards, and surpassed Praetorian’s total of four nominations from 2008.
The Maggie Awards, the Western Publications Association’s most prestigious publishing event, honors editorial, design and promotion excellence in magazine, tabloid, newsletter and online publishing. The Western Publications Association has represented magazine publishers and companies who interact with magazine publishing industry for over 50 years. The WPA presents more than a thousand Maggie Award nominations each year to publications across the Western United States.
About FireRescue1.com
With more than 83,000 registered members and 400,000 monthly unique visitors, FireRescue1.com serves the firefighting community by providing firefighters with the most complete range of information and resources available. FireRescue1 is supported by the Praetorian Group, the proven leader in online public safety resources. The experience and resources of the Praetorian Group has yielded a trusted and reliable online environment for the exchange of information between firefighters and departments from across the Unites States and around the world.
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About The Praetorian Group
The Praetorian Group is the leading online media and technology company in the public safety market. Our properties are visited by more than 1.5 million first responders and public safety professionals every month. Praetorian owns and operates www.PoliceOne.com, www.FireRescue1.com, www.EMS1.com, www.CorrectionsOne.com and www.Homeland1.com, as well as online video communities www.BLUtube.com, www.FlashoverTV.com, and www.ParamedicTV.com. We are deeply committed to providing resources and cutting edge information that help first responders stay safer, become better informed and more effectively protect their communities.
For more information on The Praetorian Group, visit www.PraetorianGroup.com.