Firefighter Theme Weddings
From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire.
— Robert Frost
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Where to start when planning a firefighter wedding? How about the black, red, yellow and brass of firefighter regalia
and firetrucks. See if you can marry in the fire hall, ideally with
a firetruck as your transportation to the ceremony, or as your getaway
car.
Check your local prop shop, who might be able to rent you special items to add zing to your decor. What could be more romantic than strolling down an aisle lined with flower and tulle-draped hydrants?
For high drama, walk underneath an arch of pike poles held by the groomsmen (donning full dress blues) after the officiant declares you husband and wife.
Fortunately, firefighter cake toppers aren't hard to find.
Try JW Caketops or Colorado Carla.
As for the cake itself, your choices are endless. Gorgeous possibilities: a red velvet cake hidden in demure white icing. Or consider a sleek white cake with crisp bands of red satin ribbon, or a cake topped with orange/rust calla liles.
Want a more whimsical approach? We've seen a traditional white cake topped by a traditional white bride, with a ladder leading down the cake to the fire truck in front.
As for the groom's cake, popular choices include fire trucks, helmets, badges, dalmations and the Maltese Cross.
Setting the Scene
Many firehalls are built with gorgeous neo-classical flair. If yours is, bring the feel to your reception hall by renting grand fluted pillars for the corners of the room.
Look for table linens with a reflective quality. Shimmering yellow fabric on white linen is luxurious. Go whimsical by edging one or two table coverings in reflective tape.
A few types of flowers seem tailor-made for this event: roses, and callas. Both come in fire-tinged shades, starting with yellow or orange and reddening at the tips. Tie bunches of these with tulle swags for gorgeous pews, then tie off the center aisle with caution tape.
Sew or glue firefighter charms to your ringbearer pillow, candles, ribbons, guest book, cake serving set, and bridal bag.
Borrow a friend's Dalmation and draft him into service. Or if you want to stick with the two-footed type, give him a pillow with a Maltese emblem or firefighter charm. Alternative: have two more ringbearers walk up the aisle with torchlights.
Lean aerial ladders against the walls, and link them together with dramatic swags of tulle. Use a shiny pair of firefighter boots as a "wishing well" or a floral vase for your guestbook table. Spice up the afterparty (and picture ops) by slipping on a shorter, saucy dress — at at least for a few minutes, a firefighter helmet with a veil.
The Spice of Life
Want to add some zip to your dinner? Try hot dogs with five-alarm chili, habanero sauce, firehouse stew, flame-broiled steaks or chicken, Autumnal Fire beer. Or go for the traditional fare but serve eye-catching signature drinks like red apple martinis (apple vodka, apple juice and grenadine syrup).
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Sizzling Ideas for Favors
Favors for this one are simple — and cute. Start with a crisp favor box you'll tie off with a contrasting ribbon (red and white, yellow and white, chocolate brown and red). Then, fill with tongue-in-cheek treats like like Atomic Fireballs, Hot Tamales, Red Hots or candy fire extinguishers. Or set out these items in a red, white and yellow candy buffet.
Other possibilities: rolls of Lifesavers (get it?), personalized hot sauce, personalized barbeque sauce, or miniature flashlights on keychains.
Music to Their Ears
Call up your local Scottish/Irish musicians for live bagpipes at your wedding. Also, consider the Backdraft Soundtrack,
the
Ladder
49 Soundtrack,
and
The
Rising
by Bruce Springsteen.
Other ideas:
"Believe"
by YellowCard
"Into
the Fire" by Dokken
"Standing
Outside the Fire" and "When
You Come Back to Me Again" by Garth Brooks
"The
Fireman" by George Strait
"Fireman's
Prayer" by Plainfolk
"Ring
of Fire" by Johnny Cash
"Burning
Down the House" by The Talking Heads
everyone's dying to see them!
June 29th, 2008 at 8:00 am
I have picked a cake the one above with the airplane…does anyone know where I can get the figures?
June 27th, 2008 at 5:56 am
I am having a firefighter themed wedding next July…any ideas on colors?
June 27th, 2008 at 1:38 am
Blake I finally found the cake topper that I asked about below of the bride and groom dancing . Its www.countessbridal.com The owner has designed my own cake topper and its gorgeous. She even used the same insignia as my fiance’s brigade.
June 19th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
I think pink would be fine. You can use different shades of pink and different shades of red.
Here is a personalized pink axe/cake knife set on Ebay - They say you can request different ribbon too.
cgi.ebay.com/AXE-CAKE-KNIFE-SERVER-Firefighter-Wedding-AX-PINK-6-PC_W0QQitemZ320239754063QQihZ011QQcategoryZ102467QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247
Also here is a real cool cake topper on Ebay - The cake topper is red, but in their store they have different colors. If you don’t like red, you could send them an email to see if they would change the color. They also have other firefighter wedding items in their store.
cgi.ebay.com/Firefighter-PERSONALIZED-Wedding-Cake-Topper_W0QQitemZ280092552467QQihZ018QQcategoryZ20935QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247
You can also click on their store links on both these ebay sites. Both have other items in their stores for firefighter weddings. Cool sites for firefighter weddings.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Im getting married in October of 2009 and i need some help. I already order my dress its white a Clarlet. I was wantting to have a firefighter wedding but not sure if the clarlet color will fit in cause its kinda a pinkish color. Do you think i can fit the color in? If so please give me ideas. Thank you
June 16th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Cynthia,
Maybe try:
www.fairytaleweddingstore.com
Congrats!!!
June 14th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
looking for nurse and firefighter wedding favor tags
Also cake toppers
June 11th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Nancy,
I stopped off and talked to my jewler today, and she had a different thought about rings. I would like to talk to you about it and see what we can come up with as the truth about what rings to get. Email me off list, bellbrookfire44@hotmail.com
June 5th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I guess it has to do with the fact that it can bend and whatnot, but the diamond tipped ring cutters we use can’t cut the metal…so it would have to be torched off or somethin like that
Thanks for the info on the ring, I had thought of titanium but never had thought about carbide. What did you end up with as a metal Sandra?
May 30th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Hi Heather & anyone else who might need it, here’s the poem “Fireman’s Wife”:
Fireman’s Wife
When you are gone, I feel alone —
When you’re away, I want you home.
I miss you here, right next to me —
But that’s the way it has to be.
When duty calls, it seems unfair —
You should be here, but you are there.
Helping people, saving lives —
I am one of many wives.
God, keep him safe, watch over him —
When the work is hard, when the times are dim.
Late at night or the early morn —
When he is tired,
When his spirit’s worn.
Give him strength, be his guide —
Let him know you’re at his side.
I love this man, he’s one of a kind —
He’s one of the Bravest
The best you’ll find.
So this is what I ask of thee,
Just know how special he is to me.
Protecting the helpless, a defender of life —
I am proud to be A Fireman’s Wife.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Annie
can you please e-mail that prayer to me?
Thanx
emschick62@yahoo.com
May 28th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Heather,
The card is the fireman’s prayer … the background of the postage stamp is also the fireman’s prayer in the background. Thanks!
Annie @ www.perfectpostage.com
May 27th, 2008 at 10:26 am
OK so my fiance wants his ring to be a plain ring but etched into it he wants the diamond plated design (like a tool box or a fire truck). We saw the design once online but have not been able to find it anywhere again and all the jewelers look at us like we are crazy. Does anyone have any idea where I could find something like that?
May 14th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
that doesn’t make sense to me, how could it “bend” from doing physical labour, but then not be able to be cut off? I guess its just a risk you need to be aware of, the other option is that if you bought gold, it would scratch really easily and look worn really quickly
May 14th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
My fiance is a volunteer firefighter and we opted for his ring to be made of tungsten and carbine. it’s scratch-proof and fire-proof…good heavy metal but i’m not sure if it can be cut off…
May 13th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Sandra & Adam, my fiancee and I just ordered our rings. We are both volunteer firefighters and our jeweller recommended not going with titanium or platinum rings as these metals are so hard, if they get bent (can happen when doing physical labour firefighters are known to do), they CANNOT be cut off your finger. Something to consider…
May 13th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Caria you can find most on ebay.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:43 am
My wedding is June 14,2008 and i am looking for a firefighter cake topper and i see on some of the comments a cake topper that i want but i don’t know where to get it from, so can you please help? Thanks
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Adam -my fiance got a tungsten carbide ring, or look into titanium. Being a firie he doesnt like to wear jewellry especially when it heats up under his turnout gear!
May 1st, 2008 at 5:02 am
I love the ideas, bookmarked the page so I can keep checking back.
My fiance wants me to get a ring that holds up to heat well. She has seen what necklaces do to my neck (ouch) in training burns. Does anyone have a good idea where to look, or someone who has done the research already?
April 28th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
I’ve seen little firefighter figurines at the dollar store(Dollar General, Family Dollar). They have little playsets with them in it.
April 28th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
trying to find the firefighter figures for the cake that is tipping over. anyone have any info?
April 20th, 2008 at 11:32 am
annie,
I am curios what the background of the stamp is, I love it!
Also is the card the traditional Fireman’s Wife prayer?
April 19th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Here’s a card and postage stamp I created for my brother’s wedding.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Rose, those photos are awesome! I have been looking for a pic of firehat centerpieces FOREVER. Thank you so much for sharing them with us. You rock!
April 15th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Amy,
That dress is beautiful.
I don’t know how many bridesmaids you are having, but since you are in red, perhaps you could do the bridesmaids - one in a yellow - one in a burnt orange or dark burgundy color - then when you walk down the isle you will look like a fire ball in flaming color.
You could use these same colors in your bouquet flowers.
Each Groomsman bout should match the color of who he is walking with.
Just a suggestion, but you have the dress the hardest part is done.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:55 am
my firefighter wedding. i had 10 bridesmaids and 10 groomsmen , ajunior bredemaid and groomsmenand 1 flower girl and a ring bearer. me and the bridesmaids arrived at the church on the fire trucks. me and my new husband left on the engine that we met on to go to the firehouse where we both volunteer being greeting by 500 family and friends. our whole wedding was fire theme evening our cake. my girls wore apple dresses from david’s bridal. the guys tuxedo was black with apple. my ring bearer wore a fireman coat. my wedding colors were red, orange, yellow.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:48 am
I had a firefighter themed wedding here is my center pieces .and my guest book we also did a scrapbook of our life together and the guest really enjoyed looking at it. we also did a slide show while our guest were waiting for us to get to the fire house.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:45 am
my cake , cake topping and me getting off the fire truck
April 14th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Trying to really stick with the firefighter theme, going a little non tradtional here, I found my dress…..check out the pic and let me know what you think….my fiance will be in a class A fighterfighter uniform. I have no idea as far as bridesmaid dresses, suggestions would be great!
April 14th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Kristy,
I was wondering what your invitations looked like. Your wedding was beautiful. I have gotten several great ideas from all of you.
Thanks!!!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:59 am
i dont have any pics yet, but i’m making clay sculptees of lil firefighters doing all sorts of ‘jobs’ for my centerpieces. i have 12 tables, so i have ones ranging to climbing clay ladders to chopping, to putting out ‘the fire’(votive candles haha), to a lil kid dressed in too big of gear… its helps to have an artist for a parent!
March 23rd, 2008 at 3:15 am
where do you find matchbox fire trucks?is there a website? like 400 of them?
March 21st, 2008 at 9:46 pm
For our table numbers we are taking the shield of my fiances helmet and tracing it and then putting engine numbers 1 - 26 or however many tables you have. we also have matchbox fire trucks how do i make the wire things?
March 17th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
I am trying to find VS. She said she had a picture of using a fireman’s hat as a centerpiece if you read this VS please email me the pic. jennyspedding@hotmail.com thank you soooo much. If there is any other ideas out there please let me know.
March 13th, 2008 at 11:17 am
For table #’s you can use the matchbox fire truck with the wire coil and instead of table number’s you can assighn station or firehouse numbers.
ex. Station #1
ex. Ladder Co. #2
ex. Firehouse #5
March 12th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
I am using the idea off of this web page by using the small matchbox firetrucks with the wire holder for a name plate. They are supper easy to make!
March 12th, 2008 at 5:01 am
so i am planning on having my seating assigned at the wedding. i was going to us firefighter cookies (f/f cookie cutters) but i can’t fit peoples name on them.. does any one have any other firefighter based?? idea i could use for table assignments??
March 10th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Thanks for all the wonderful ideas that I have gotten off of this web site. I too am planning a firefighter themed wedding. If you have any more ideas I would love to hear them. Working on party favor ideas and music for the ceremony are probably the two biggest things I am working on right now. Any help would be GREAT. lvfd71@yahoo.com Getting married in May 2008
March 6th, 2008 at 9:09 am
my fiance wants a fire helmet shaped cake for his grooms cake, anyone have any clue how to make one? or where i can find a cake tin shaped like a helmet? (oh yes our whole recepetion is firefighter themed) our colors are red, white and blue, and we are going to have this wall that looks like an old firestation with the red brick wall and a ladder and a dalmation and my fiances gear hanging off the ladder and we are still trying to figure out how to make a fire pole? so yeah if anyone has any other ideas that would be great. we are getting married May 3rd 2008
2 more months to go.
Chrissy
February 28th, 2008 at 10:25 am
That is a lot cheaper, thanks, Jennifer! I think we’ll link to that instead.
February 28th, 2008 at 9:36 am
thank you very much for updating the website for me…..i also found another site that you can order the chrome and brass axes for alot cheaper price then the above site here it is — Plano American wedding axe — so just in case anyone else is looking for them at all
February 27th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Jennifer, try the link/engraved axe photo above again, we’ve updated it (they moved the page).
Their axes are solid brass and chrome-plated, they say. They offer engraving themselves or you can get it done elsewhere. No affiliation, we just linked to them because people were asking where to get these.
February 27th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Does anyone possibly know where i can find one of those axes that you can have engraved…….because it looks like the one in the picture above is chrome….and i have called the trophy shops already and none of them think they can engrave on the regular steel axes…..please help me my email is tribal83@verizon.net
February 26th, 2008 at 4:30 am
I personally am not a fan of the plastic hats, i think its a little bit cheap looking (please dont get offended its only my opinion!!!) But.. I had the most hilarious idea given to me, I am having those decorative sticks done up in vases, and my friends said ” why dont you put a little cat up there like its caught in the tree” I thought that was great
February 20th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Mindy you could do kids fire hats with candles and flowers. If you want to know more about it let me know.
February 19th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
FireFighter Wedding ideas?
I am getting married in Sept 2009
We are not planning a full blown fireman’s wedding, but want it fireman themed. I still needs ideas on centerpieces (long rectangular banquet tables)
February 19th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Rachael you can find it on ebay.
February 18th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
I was wondering if you can tell me where I can find the axe to use as my cake knife. I am getting married on May 16, 2009. My future husband is a volunteer firefighter and I think he would appreciate the axe as a cake knife.
February 14th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Help! I need to find a gold axe that we can walk under when we leave the church. I don’t care if I have to engrave it or if it has a plaque on it or anything I just need to find one. The only problem is that I need two of them and all of the ones that I found on the internet are like killer expensive. Please help me
February 14th, 2008 at 3:27 am
That cake is fabulous and i love the song hehe!!!
I made my cake by baking a square cake and cutting out a long part then a smaller square part for the front i cut it on an angle at the back. I then purchased wedding cake icing and added heaps of red dye to make it bright red. Then I rolled it out with a rolling pin and gently layed it on top of the cake. The windows are white icing, and i just found little props for the decorations. The wheels are chocolate biscuits etc.
February 13th, 2008 at 9:15 am
My “Fire Cake” is on YouTube
Our baker put our cake on this website for everyone to check out.
Just click play.
Or type in Fire Cake in the search engine
It is the 2nd one down posted by Helfen72
Turn the speaker volume up, the cake really had sound effects!
Enjoy!!
February 13th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Samantha–
Check out:
the Firefighter theme section at Fairytale Wedding Store
they have Firefighter Charms there for like .26 cents each. I bought these to put on our centerpieces and they worked out great. I bought the gold ones and spray pained all of them in a silver finish to match our stuff. If you need any help, please email me at firegirlkorb@aol.com
You can also check out my wedding pictures for more ideas
go to Kristy & Aaron at MomentsByMonica
Good luck and Congratulations to you!
February 10th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
i am getting married sept.27,2008 i am having a firefighter theme wedding i need alot of ideas because i have noone to help me my mom died 3 years ago and it is very hard without a mom to help make all the decisions need help really bad i have some ideas but i need some help also need to know if anyone knows were you can find some firefighter charms for the pillow and stuff you can e-mail me @ madbomber_3406@yahoo.com thanks alot
February 10th, 2008 at 5:14 am
SANDRA-
I LOVE THE CAKE YOU MADE PLEASE TELL ME HOW YOU DID IT!
February 5th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
please where did you find the picture from nov 7th 2007 of the groom holding the bride! I love it and have been searching for one like it for a year now. PLease write back.
January 31st, 2008 at 8:12 pm
I bought a cake topper such as Merritt’s. I would like to know where I can purchase the mini helmet, fire ext, and ax? Please help. Thanks
January 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Jen,
I’m going to use them as my centerpieces also. I’m going to put a candle in the middle with flowers around it. you would have to cut a hole in the top it put the candle in. Someone sent me a picture of how they did it. I can try and find it for you if you would like.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Hi there,
I am wanting to use the children’s plastic fire hats as my centerpieces but am having trouble finding a way to decorate them. Can anyone help me.???
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:23 pm
This iss the cake topper I made using one bought at walmart, the axe, fire ext & hat were bought at a local hobby shop for doll houses and the suspenders and tunrout are masking tape worked into the male. All in all cost me about 25 or so finished alot better than 90 or 100.
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:24 am
Hi Blake, any idea where to get that cake topper you’ve shown below with both the bride & groom as firefighters? I’ve been searching endlessly and that is pretty close to what I’m looking for!
January 18th, 2008 at 3:16 am
Cheap looking?? If I made something like that my nearest and dearest would throw themselves on the floor and worship my ankles or feed me peeled grapes, not that that’s a danger — I could never make that. It rocks!
I’ll try to find out where the topper comes from … I left a note for the photographer. Fingers crossed!
January 18th, 2008 at 2:54 am
heres a pic of the cake i made my fiance for his birthday… iknow its a bit cheap looking but feel free to ask i’ll tell you how i did it!! I.E the wheels are biscuits.
January 18th, 2008 at 2:50 am
hey blake, I desperately want that cake topper with the groom and bride dancing do you have any idea where you can purchase it??
January 16th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Do you know where I could get the fire fighter figurines that are on the cake that looks like it is falling down? Thanks!
January 13th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
I never thought of the idea of having a fireman themed wedding since me and my fireman are trying to go for the more traditional look but since we are having a co-ed wedding shower I am totally going to do a fireman themed wedding shower.
December 18th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Thanks Samantha! We had such a fun time planning our wedding, we would do it all over again the very same way!
December 13th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Kristy your pictures were beautiful. Lots of good ideas, thank you!!!!
November 30th, 2007 at 11:48 am
Some of my “Firefighter Wedding” pics are up!! If you would like to check them out go to:
www.momentsbymonica.smugmug.com
click on weddings 2007, then click on kristy & aaron.
Keep checking the website as she still has 400 more photo’s to post, that will have the cake, centerpieces and favors all in theme!
hope you like them!
Kristy
firegirlkorb@aol.com
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:43 pm
I am getting married on December 29th and i have been looking for a fire fighter themed wedding cake but I want a fountain under it and something cute but nice too. I am not into black for the cake so if anyone has any suggestions please let me know. All the cakes on here are too cute!!
November 21st, 2007 at 4:58 pm
I have been looking at wedding cake toppers and I have found some realy cute ones but I want to get a wedding cake topper where the firefighter is carrying the bride over his shoulder… I thought that would be really cute for our themed wedding. Has anyone ever seen one of these or is this something I would have to get customed made?
November 15th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
A few more interesting (hopefully!) photos I ran across. Some gorgeous Maltese cupcakes, a lovely firefighter topper I haven’t seen before, and an amazing ‘burning building’ cake with a dry ice insert at the top that gives off ’smoke’
November 15th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
I’m hoping someone can help me. I’m trying to find a cake for my wedding. We’re having a fire theme wedding and I was wondering if anyone know where to find a fire cake?
November 12th, 2007 at 2:36 am
Hey guys! I could def use some help. Trying to get some ideas for planning my wedding. I am a paramedic and my fiance is an EMT/firefighter. We are wanting to use this as the theme. I’m getting a lot of ideas as to how to incorporate the fire side of this but not so much the EMS side. Any suggestions? Anything is greatly appreciated! al_chaplin@yahoo.com Thanks!!
November 7th, 2007 at 1:55 am
Hey, I just wanted to share some cool firefighter cakes and grooms cakes I ran across.
If anyone has pics of their firefighter cake or wedding, we’d love to see them! Please post!
November 4th, 2007 at 2:25 am
hey everyone…just checking out the site, tryin to get new ideas for my firefighter/EMS wedding. My fiance and I are getting married in turnout gear, and of course riding on the firetruck. We are also getting married under the crossed ladders of two trucks. If anyone can throw some ideas my way, I would really apprechiate it! Thanks! Melanie EMT123184@aol.com
October 28th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Here is a AXE set, plus cake knife
ebay firefighter axe set (link)
October 28th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
Hey everyone, I am looking for the cake cutting axe, I cant find them anywhere…any ideas??? We arent getting married until june, but I cant find them anywhere…please help!! Thank you and congratulations!
October 11th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Bridesmaids in the Ambulance!
October 11th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
more wedding pics!
October 11th, 2007 at 8:44 am
We had our “Firefighter Themed” wedding on 9/22/07 and everything went perfect. everyone loved our whole theme and all the special touches we put on everything we did. A local news channel also came to our wedding and our wedding was on the news!! Our “Fire” cake was awesome as well. Our baker made a video of the cake, if you would like to see our cake , email me and I will email you the clip,
firegirlkorb@aol.com
Also, pics from our Firefighter Wedding!
October 8th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
New photos in the photo album from a couple’s adorable firefighter wedding! So many cute ideas … check it out! Thank you so much to the bride who posted them!
Firefighter photo album pics
September 20th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
found a good site for my previous question in case anyone else needs it. www.jwcaketops.com they have male ff with bride in dress, female ff with groom in tux, and male and female ff. great prices too. $40 for standard topper. many different occupations too.
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:54 am
Does anyone know where I can find the firetruck name holders above on this page??? I would really like to order them for my wedding!
September 1st, 2007 at 11:20 pm
wondering if anyone knows of wedding cake toppers of a female firefighter and man in suit or regular clothes? or any reliable place i can special order?
August 27th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Hi my name is christina, my fiance and myself are both fire and ems that is how we met. we are doing a fireman wedding everything down to driving the fire engin away from the church. if you want ideas for a fire wedding. you can never go wrong with candles fire is always a hit for a firemans wedding. also include your or your husbands fire gear into the reception. also instead of a ring pillow my 2 ring bearers are caring my fiance and my helmets. also caution tape and pictures of you and your husband training, in fires, or any other fire or ems related pictures and put them in the reception. good luck and have fun. I hope you have as much fun planning your firemans wedding as i have.
. if you need any more ideas feel free to e-mail me at firebitch1313@yahoo.com
August 16th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Need “Firefighter Themed” wedding ideas? I’ll be glad to help
firegirlkorb@aol.com
August 14th, 2007 at 9:16 am
Gina
August 14th, 2007 at 5:23 am
FOR MY CENTER PIECES I WENT TO TO THE PARTY STORE AND GOT FIRE HELMETS AND CUT A SMALL HOLE IN THE TOP AND ADDED RED ROSES, SUNFLOWERS, ORANGE AND WITH CARNATIONS AND THEY CAME OUT GREAT ALSO IT IS A GREAT PROJECT FOR LITTLE ONES TO HELP OUT WITH. MY LITTLE COUSINS ARE HAVING FUN HELPING ME. IT COST ME ABOUT 6 DOLLARS EACH. YOU CAN GET TH STOAMFOAM FROM WALMART AND THE FLOWERS THERE TO FOR ABOUT 1 DOLLAR EACH BUNDLE.
August 13th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
we are looking for fire themed center pieces. NEED ideas weddings sept 15, 2007
August 1st, 2007 at 5:42 pm
I am having my wedding in 3 weeks and it is totally fire themed. I am a career firefighter and have done all the stuff myself including the cake topper. If anyone here wants ideas and or templates and how to’s please feel free to email me @ Buffalofire@yahoo.com. Anything I can help others with is my goal.
July 25th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Hi Rose,
Congratulations on your engagement! Since my fiance is a firefighter I found a small firefighters presentation axe to cut our cake that I’m going to give him as a surprise. The company I purchased it from is called Eagle Engraving. Their website is www.eagle-engraving.com and their phone# is 630-377-1056. It’s called a Desplay Fire Wedding Axe - 1.5lb chrome plated w/ hickory handle. I had it engraved with our names and the date. It turned out perfect and I can’t wait to give it to him!
Hope this helps and good luck with everything!
~Stacey
July 25th, 2007 at 8:52 am
I AM GETTING MARRIED ON MARCH 8, 2008. BOTH ME AND MY FIANCEE ARE FIREFIGHTERS AND WE ARE HAVING A FIREFIGHTER WEDDING THEME. I AM LOOKING FOR A SMALL AXE TO CUT THE CAKE WITH AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE ONE. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIS.
July 17th, 2007 at 10:33 am
Im looking for a graphic of a fireman and lady fireman or lady in a wedding dress to put on my reception invitations. Thanks I really like something cutsey but if not thats okay. Thanks.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
My fiance is a firefighter and we are getting married August 18th 2007. I also wanted to tie in the firefighter them in a subtle way. For our invitations we took our engagement pictures on a fire truck and had an invitation with our picture for the front on vellum and the top was tied with a red ribbon. on the guest book table i am having our engagement picture framed, and the firefighters prayer and the firemans wifes prayer printed on nice paper i found at a scrapbook store and framed. For the grooms cake i took pictures of his helmet and took it to the bakery and they are going to create his cake to look exactly like his own helmet. But make sure you lool at pictures of recreation type cakes they have done to make sure they will do a good job. i also have small fire charms on things like the cake cutters, our toasting glasses. I am using red flowers and when we leave since our wedding isnt close to home and we cant use a firetruck from his department, we decided to have him dress in all his gear and carry me out of the building as if he’s rescuing me. Hope this gives a few of you some ideas! Happy planning!!!
July 4th, 2007 at 2:42 am
Hey, I am getting married next June and of course my fiance and I are FF/EMT andwe are having a fire dept wedding. Well I want to find Save the Date fire magnets has anyone seen any or have any ideas? Can you make magnets? But any ideas will be appreciated! KirstenDane@aol.com thank you soooo much
July 3rd, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Stephanie,
I made my own “Fire Themed” Invites for my upcoming wedding. My Fiance and I got our engagement pictures taken at our firehouse and there was 1 picture in particular of us in our gear that we used for the front of the invite. We got copies made of the picture and used photo corner’s to hold them to the card stock. I also printed up what I wanted printed on the invitations and took them to a printing company to print .
On the front of the invite, under the picture it read:
“There is a wedding as you know, So off to the Firehouse we will go”, since our wedding is at our station. we also stated words like: “come join us as two flames become one” and “Come join us for a red hot time” all the printing was done in red ink as well. If you need any more ideas or have any questions, please email me at: firegirlkorb@aol.com
Kristy
July 3rd, 2007 at 8:12 am
Has anyone found firefighting themed invites??? If anyone has any ideas for the firefighting themed wedding, please email at steph22d@yahoo.com
Thanks so much!
June 19th, 2007 at 7:36 am
Hi Girls,
Congrats & Happy Planning! If you need any ideas for your Firefighter Themed wedding, please email me:
firegirlkorb@aol.com
I myself am having a Firefighter Themed wedding in September 2007 and I love giving helpful ideas to Brides to Be!
Take Care,
Kristy
June 19th, 2007 at 7:33 am
Stacy,
We tied word into our Invitation like:
“Come join us as Two Flames become One”
& Come join us for a “Red Hot” time!
Your idea for your Ringbearer is really cute!
Any questions email me:
firegirlkorb@aol.com
June 11th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Hi! My fiance is a firefighter and we are getting married Aug. 3, 07. I thought of a really cute idea that I’m really excited about. We are having our ring bearer drive a push petal firetruck down the aisle with the rings tied to the bell and he will be ringing the bell as he drives it down the aisle. I am also having firefighter charms sewn onto my garter. I bought a bag of an assortment of silver firefighter charms on ebay. Just thought I would share my ideas
May 31st, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Has anyone tied words into their marriage vows or ceremony regarding firefighting? I’m not finding any help.
May 23rd, 2007 at 5:48 am
call this guy for F.D. party favor ideas, helmet centerpiece, hydrant items, fire dept ballown weights.
718-967-1671
May 22nd, 2007 at 9:13 pm
At the former World Trade Center (where they’re rebuilding) you see red anthuriums woven into the fences. They are the perfect flower for firefighters because the red part, the flower, looks like the color/texture of a firefighter helmet and with the bright yellow center, the colors are perfect.
So we are having some anthurium arrangements at our wedding.
April 14th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Here are some ideas.
Your ring bearer can wear a firefighter suit. They have them on the internet…Do a search for firefighter costumes or firefighter child suits. If your flower girls dress is white, you can add red,yellow or orange flowers to her dress or firefighter appliques
Center pieces - Use a plastic fire truck or plastic fire hat…cut a hole in the top and add silk flowers into the hole for a centerpiece.
You can use the mini water pails. If they are different colors, you can spray paint them to your color or paint them with a fire design. Add flowers and you have a centerpiece.
You can use child size black/yellow rain boots and add flowers for a centerpiece or even use a real firefighter boot.
Use red and yellow tulle wrapped/twisted together for decoration anywhere needed. You can also buy fire fabric for your cake table or where needed. (Chair covers, cake table, food table, head table…Ect…)
Favors; Lifesavers in the matchbook - or red hots wrapped in tulle - or buy a candy mold of fire trucks (search internet - ebay) and make your own Chocolate candy.
Use caution tape as pew bows or for bows/streamers anywhere needed.
Use child party fire hats as decorations.
Axe for your cake cutter….Check internet/ebay
Use firefighter stickers for anywhere needed, such as on your bubbles given to guests. Even stick them to the table covers or on any glass decorations/centerpieces.
Check the toy isle for firefighter items that you can use for decorations…. Axes, hats, trucks, stickers,
April 14th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Kirsty, have a question? my fiance is a ff and we are getting married on May 6 2007 and we are having trouble finding the proper ediquette for a firefighter wedding cermony any thing that you might be able to help us with???? thanks ang
April 14th, 2007 at 11:51 am
I am getting married June 9th, 2007 to a firefighter. I am looking for a funny firefighter cake topper. I am also looking for a light weight old fashion firetruck to put on the cake also.
March 18th, 2007 at 8:41 am
For our favors we bought red and orange mesh fabric to look like fire on every table filled with: hot tamales, atomic fireballs, red hots and lifesavers. wrapped in red ribbon with a saying that says “keep the fires burning” with our names and wedding date.
We are also using a fire boot and doing a “wish boot” instead of a wish bowl. it will say “Fill the Boot” with a poem and people can write down wedding advice for us on paper with their name on it, put it in the envelope, and stick their advice in the boot for us to read.
Another thing we are doing for our flowergilrs, Instead of carrying a regular basket, they will carry a plush fire engine basket that I found at hobby lobby, one girl will throw red flowers, the other girl will throw white flowers. though it would be something neat and different.
March 15th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Me and my fiance are both firefighters and we as well are having that as a theme…well sort of. I am not going all out. Just having some subtle stuff. Like our Favors. They are match books, but because we can’t give people matches to play with, inside, there are two LifeSavers…get it?? We are making them ourselves with some paper ribbon (as the striker) and some stamps that have our names on them.
The fire Boot can be used for the “money dance”
I went with Silk flowers and was able to find some pretty cool ones in the fall. They start out yellow, go to orange and then to red. When they are all in a tight bunch…it looks like a ball of fire.
We are obviously having the reception at our new fire hall. We will have dinner in the truck bays and then go downstairs for the rest of the Party!!
March 14th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
By the way, me email is:
firegirlkorb@aol.com
March 14th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Stephanie & Shannon,
Please feel free to email me. I have tons of ideas and am happy to help and share ideas. I love doing this stuff!! I am having a Firefighter Themed wedding myself, my fiance and i are both volunteer emt’s & firefighter’s and our whole wedding from the ceremony to the centerpieces & favors, right down to the cake is fire themed. So please if you need ideas I have plenty to share.
Thanks,
Kristy
March 14th, 2007 at 12:37 am
Hi Iam new to this website. Iam marrying a firefighter so we decided to with a firefighter themed wedding. But iam stomped for ideas? I really dont know what to do for favors or center pieces? I already have red in my dress plus my bridesmaides dresses are red. I just not to sure what else do to. Please help? If anyone has alot of great ideas please post them, thank you so much!
March 12th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Hi guys,
So we are both Vol. firefighters, he is the chief…and we are having a firefighting themed wedding in Jan. Any ideas to add some fun to our wedding? Looks like lots of people have done this, I just need ideas, I’m going crazy
My dress has red in it, so we are on the mark there…Help
Steph
February 26th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Im getting married in March and Im looking for a cheap bride and firefighter groom cake topper what would be a good website?
February 25th, 2007 at 5:39 am
I am a 5 yr Firefighter my Fiance’ is the Asstiant Chief, We are having a firefighter themed wedding on Sept. 11th in house at our dept.
www.acharmingplace.com/store/home.php?cat=279
Here are some really cheap charms is all kinds of various FF designs. ie: Hydrant, Axe, Malteese.
Sorry for type O’s in a hurry for work
LIVE 2 LOVE & LOVE 2 LIVE
February 24th, 2007 at 8:38 am
I am getting married this May and we are just getting some last things together. We need some ideas on what we can do for our Grand March. We have an awesome song now we just need a cool entrance. We have the song FIRE by the Ohio Players from the Ladder 49 soundtrack. So if anyone has any ideas Im just racking my mind and I not coming up with anything.
February 21st, 2007 at 10:27 pm
I bought my firefighter wedding items on Ebay…GREAT PLACE>>>>Best prices on everything you need for a Firefighter wedding.
I saw a firefighter axe cake knife…At least I think I saw one. Just do a search for “Firefighter Wedding” and see what comes up at… www.ebay.com.
You have to become a member to buy, but that’s no big deal and you can sign up for Paypal.com to pay for your items if you want or just send Money Orders for the items you buy. Paypal is faster, because you use your debit card…pay for the item and they ship it faster then waiting on a Money Order.
You buy the items and it comes right to your door…What a deal…No running around like crazy.
February 16th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Barbara,
We have run into the same problem with finding an axe cake cutter set, there aren’t too many options for firefighter themed weddings. You could try going to www.ourdesigns.com or www.galls.com and maybe purchasing a brand new hand held axe. I think the route we are going to go is just buying a basic cake cutter set, and decorating it with red & black, and also glueing firefighter charms onto them so they will go with the whole theme. I bought the firefighter charms at www.fairytaleweddingstore.com. they also have a few other firefighter wedding accessories. hope this helps
February 14th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Krista..anyideas on firefighter cake cutters
February 14th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
I am looking for a axe cakecutter set as well..any ideas?? Wedding is in May
February 13th, 2007 at 8:31 am
I am trying to put together a FF wedding. It is just me ( the bride) and my best friend. Any suggestions? we are on a tight budget!
January 3rd, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Hi Guys,
I am new to the website, just wanted to say hi! My Fiance and I are both Firefighter’s / EMT’s and are having a “Firefighter Themed” wedding. If you need any Ideas let me know, I have plenty
Thanks!
November 25th, 2006 at 10:01 pm
Sara, Thanks for the tip on the site.. I have it bookmarked. Good luck to you and your future FF husband..
November 13th, 2006 at 10:33 pm
To Allie above with the where to find a fireman band…………i am a female ff and i am getting married to a ff and check out raru……..they have one or you tell em an idea and they send you sketches……..not to pricy for custom stuff ……….. after all it should be the only you will buy……lol……………www.raru.com……………good luck
November 12th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
I need some help!! Im getting married in the spring to a firefighter and am looking a wedding band for him with the firefighters’ maltese cross on it………. any ideas where I can find one?????
November 8th, 2006 at 1:36 pm
I am throwing a fireman themed bachelorette party. any ideas as far as games to play? or things to do? ANY suggestions help. (Yes, I already have the “pin the hose on the fireman” game
) thanks! maria
October 19th, 2006 at 5:04 am
to victoria…you’re best bet is to find a plain elegant invitation and find some matlese cross charms…firefighting invitations are very hard to come by!
October 19th, 2006 at 5:01 am
to leigh….u could always find some fire fighter figurines (sp?) @ the dollar store! they are really nice and don’t look cheap! we used one on each table along with our candles and they looked beautiful! also, to incorporate the fall season, you could use fall colors in your flowers, orange, red…these will also tie into the fireman thing because fire can look orange and red! hope i’ve helped!
October 18th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
I need ideas for firefighter wedding and a fall wedding. My half is fall his of course is fire i want it both. Help!!!!!!!
August 26th, 2006 at 8:53 am
I hope someone can help….my husband will be finishing up his term as a fire chief and I need to send out invitations. The party is formal, so I’d like to something with a gold maltese cross …any ideas where I can get invitations. Everything else seems to be for young children. Any ideas??
August 23rd, 2006 at 9:42 am
I am new to the group but wanted to say hello. I am newly married and my husband is a firefighter
August 15th, 2006 at 8:06 am
All u women that need ideas, just go to the staion and look around, look on their trucks or whatever ur men ride on, ask fellow fireman in that station.. IE., what r some of the tools and equip. used most often…get an idea and ask a cheif or station captain and see if u might borrow it and promise to return immed folowing ceremony… just some thoughts hope it helps!!!!
August 15th, 2006 at 7:56 am
Heather, # 22 u might think about a scrapbooking store, they always have different papers for pictures that can b used for invitations..
August 13th, 2006 at 9:51 am
My fiance and I are both fire fighters, as well as most of the wedding party. We are trying to find Class A uniforms to rent or at a reasonalbe price, considering we need four of them. Please Help.
August 11th, 2006 at 7:48 am
we make ceramic fire helmets in 3 sizes…personalized…favors…cake toppers
August 5th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
my fiance and I are getting married March 3, 2007. We are both firefighters and that is how we met. I am having a tradional wedding but would like some firefighter themes ties into it. please help!!!!!
July 13th, 2006 at 4:20 pm
I am engaged to a firefighter and we are getting married Feb 24th, 2007. However, I am finding it very difficult to find anything to do with firefighter things that I can purchase at a reasonable price for the wedding. Plus I am in Nova Scotia Canada and everything seems to be in the USA!! I need some help ladies!!! I need some advice and some ideas to make our wedding fun and memorable. We will have the ceremony/reception in the firehall and we will have the fire truck take us away…but as for the decor, favors, invitations etc…I’m lost HELP PLEASE!!!! Sabrina
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:35 pm
I’m also looking for charms for my garter and other various items…wedding is next month. If anyone knows of a website with charms (not gold or sterling…cheaper) or website with Groom’s cake pictures, that would help a ton!!! Thanks! Great to know that others are marrying firefighters that are as passionate and into the fire service as my guy!
June 14th, 2006 at 9:01 am
I’m getting married next year- we are both firefighters. am looking for charms to decorate garters, centerpieces, etc. . . firetrucks, helmets, anything. any ideas where I could find them??
June 8th, 2006 at 10:35 pm
I am looking for the large axe with the wood handle to cut the cake? I saw a reply to check ebay but I did not see anything. Any other suggestions?
May 29th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
There is a interesting web site with some
Firemen and wedding cake topper bobblehead
www.headbobble.com
May 28th, 2006 at 1:29 pm
This is Carla from coloradocarla.com. I appreciate all the brides interest in our products. Would like to clarify the situation listed above.. Client ordered red napkins and received red napkins. It was her mistake that she changed her mind and wanted another color napkin. We offered her a discount for the correct color of napkins. She flew off the handle with vulgar language..that is why she was hung up on. Verbal abuse will not tolerated.
I appreciate your interest ..carla
May 25th, 2006 at 12:44 pm
I’m am trying to figure out what to get my bridesmaids… two of them are firefighters like myself, and the third is a firefighters wife. Any ideas?
May 24th, 2006 at 10:16 pm
I need HELP! I want INEXPENSIVE firefighter invitations and I can not find any! I also want ideas on firefighter themed wedding receptions! I have a year to do this! HELP! Email me at randyheather24@yahoo.com. THANKS!
May 24th, 2006 at 11:22 am
I am trying to find a tradtional firfighter cermony for my fiance. He is going to be in Class A Uni, but cant find anything that will tell us what we need to do during the cermony. If someone could help WE would greatly appricate it.
April 19th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
Hi Teri,
My fiancee’ and I are both firefighters and are planning a firefighter themed wedding in June. For the cutting of the cake with an axe, the ceremonial axe maybe the only thing you find unless you use a hatchet (small version of an axe). The ceremonial axe is big, but it represents the tradition of the Fire Department and that might mean more to your firefighter. I realize it is big, but for short, one or two cuts, cake cutting ceremony, it is a nice touch. I bought a set of traditional cake cutters for serving and placed red and silver bows on it with a maltise cross in the center to tie in the whole theme together. I hope this helps.
RJ
March 17th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
I too have been searching for the elusive cake cutting miniature fire ax.
If anyone finds something please let me know as well.
The closest I have found so far is a Ceremonial fireman’s ax with a chrome plated head and wood handle.
It was located on Ebay and smallest one was about $100.00. :0
If the price tag is not a problem you can wrap the handle in satin, paint it silver (to match the head) or white and add ribbons,crystal strands,pearls or silk flowers.
I am hoping to find something smaller and more knife like.
The local trophy shop let me know that Fire Fighter items are considered “specialty”items and are not generally carried by award, gift or trophy shops.
They said my best bet was to go to a station and ask them which catalogs they get and copy down the websites.
I willcontinue my search, good luck in yours.
March 8th, 2006 at 9:53 am