It was four years ago today that the first post was added to this blog describing the Chicagoareafire.com web site. In the first month, seven entries were made in the blog describing the first fire departments that were uploaded to the site.
Here are a few stats from the fourth anniversary:
- 2775 entries have been posted to the blog
- 5760 comments have been made
- 182,000 spam comments have been stopped from clogging the comment section
- 200 fire departments and virtually the entire CFD have been uploaded
- the site has received more that 1,338,639 visits
- the site has been visited by more than 490,089 unique visitors
- visitors from 186 countries have viewed our content
- we have been visited by all 50 states and the District of Columbia
The staff would like to thank all of the contributors, photographers, and visitors for continually increasing the content and items of interest that have allowed the site to grow.
Thank you.
#1 by fmddc1 on August 11, 2013 - 7:17 AM
I truly do appreciate all the hard work you guy’s do on this site! I too read it every morning with my coffee as I am retired and living in FL. Makes me feel less home sick keeping me informed with all the CFD info and local suburban area stuff you post. Pus it gives us “OLD SMOKE EATERS” a place to run our mouths off. Thanks again.
#2 by Mike on August 10, 2013 - 11:38 PM
Great job !!! Keep up th good work .
#3 by Bill Post on August 10, 2013 - 9:36 PM
I would personally like to thank all the people who put this website together and a special thanks to the webmaster for all of day in , day out work and attention to all of the details that keeps this great website going.
#4 by chris r on August 10, 2013 - 9:01 PM
CONGRATS!!!!!! WAY TO GO. It’s only been 4 years since the first one, I thought it was older than that. I have been doing my behind the scenes stuff for two years, back then you could email an article for free and now it’s hard unless you sign up for a subscription and sometimes still can’t get the article you want. I used to use four different local papers for stuff. Now I’m down to two papers and multiple firefighting websites for information for caf.
#5 by cmk420 on August 10, 2013 - 7:26 PM
Great source for information on all things fire department-related in our area! Like others, I am here every day checking on things. Congrats and keep up the great work!
#6 by Drew Gresik on August 10, 2013 - 6:42 PM
Awesome job so far! Best regional fire blog on the Internet.
#7 by John on August 10, 2013 - 6:21 PM
Great site. I live in Ravenna, Ohio but my heritage is in Chicago and Mount Prospect. Chicagoland is a whole lot more interesting than NE Ohio!
#8 by Robert on August 10, 2013 - 5:12 PM
Keep up the good work guys. Everyone from the people who run the site to the photographers are all doing a great job keeping us updated
#9 by John Schuldt on August 10, 2013 - 4:52 PM
Great site. How can we help you. I recently retired as a chief from the suburbs and would be more than willing to help contribute whatever you need.
#10 by Tom Foley on August 10, 2013 - 4:03 PM
I visit the site daily. I’m a fan!
#11 by Tyler T on August 10, 2013 - 12:29 PM
Its a Great site that gives us information about all the fire departments in the local area and the incidents going on, Thank you & keep the good work up.
#12 by DMc77 on August 10, 2013 - 11:05 AM
182k spam comments? Wow!
#13 by Josh Boyajian on August 10, 2013 - 9:33 AM
Thank you, keep up the good work!
#14 by Dan Shevlin on August 10, 2013 - 9:02 AM
It’s a great site !!!