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
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My fiance and I are wanting a firefighter themed wedding and this is our second wedding for the both of us. We don’t have a lot of money to spend and we are making everything we can instead of buying. Please give some ideas.
You have have a cheap yet beatifull wedding! If you have friends or family who are good at somethings, such as flowers, or a good cook, someone who knows a thing or two about weddings (help walk people down the aile) also, if you know anyone who can do music. these are all things that will cut cost down, and most are more then willing to help. Dresses (try discount racks) or there are some second hand stores who have brand new dresses- who cares if its not brand new, no one will know
umm, if you want more pictures, just email back- leave you email address and we can chat.
Hi Everyone!
We are getting married this Thursday, November 12, 2009! Our wedding if firefighter themed. I would be happy to share my ideas and photos. Our entire wedding cost $4500. We found great deals online including Sams, the dollar store and e-bay. This is a second marriage for both of us but none-the-less, we’re pulling off a great party! If I can be on any help, just let me know!
Cheers!
Amber
amber@sumacg.com
my hubby and i are both firefighter and we are getting married 9/11/10. i’d love to see some of the things you and yours did for your wedding.
Hey everyone! I am marrying the love of my life October 2010. He is a fireman with the local fire dept. and we are having our wedding & reception at another local Volunteer Fire Dept. We are not having a big fancy wedding, nor are we able to spend alot. We are trying to make as much stuff as possible ourselves. Any help with table decorations cake ideas ANYTHINHG would be GREATLY appreciated! If anyone has pics or suggestions you can send them to me at a_lanaster10@live.com!!!
My husband and I (he’s a firefighter) used plastic fire helmets with LED battery operated tea light candles inside them as centerpieces. Very awesome looking and kept the room to a romantic dim…
I haven’t quite figured out how to use this web site to post stuff, but I just had a firemans wedding. And it was BEAUTFULL! Better then I thought it would be. Our colors were mostly white and red, but there were hints of yellow and orange. They man who marryed us wore a firemans tie, with this uniform. Our party favors were the fire jelly belly. See pictures. we had an axe to cut the cake, didn’t turn out the way we thought it would- but it also wasn’t a firemans axe, we didn’t get it ordered in time. Need any help just let me know.
HI! I have a fire fighter wedding planned for january and i was wondering what did u put your jelly bellys in? i was thinking about red and black m&ms in something but dont know what yet. you can email me back at pnkflmgo22@yahoo.com THANKS!!
We used jelly bellys, and we just used tooling??? Not sure if thats the spelling, ill add a picture- but its pretty cheap, just kinda time consuming. Go to a store (one that has bulk items) and you should find candy, depending on what your store sells will kinda depend on what you use.
I love the jelly bean idea!!! We also thought about doing red hots in something like that!!
looking for ideas for a firefighter theme bachelorrete party
Hi Everyone,
Sorry I know I said I would post more pics of centerpieces and such, but I have been so busy. I will post a few today and take some more tonight and post them tomorrow. If any of you need any ideas please feel free to email me directly melony.arnold@sun.com.
Thanks
Mel
What do you think about having a barbecue style meal for a firefighter theme wedding reception. Thinking of hamburgers, pork burgers, hot dogs, potatoe salad and chips. Or maybe barbecued pulled pork and burgers with sides like potatoe salad,baked beans,cole slaw and chips
Hi, I’m Vol firefighter and so is my husband, and we are both in the same dept and we want to do the firefighter theme wedding. But we are looking for some ideas for where the bridal party table should have on it or around it. Our colors are green and white to go with our department trucks. If anyone has any ideas for us, we would love the advice. We want to put our helmets on the table in front us and have his groomsmen have their helmets but only one of my bridesmaid is a firefighter and my finace’s brother isn’t a firefighter so he doesn’t have a helmet…any ideas?
My daugter is having a firefighter theme wedding and is looking for ideas for gifts to give her bridesmaids that would go along with this theme.Any ideas she has limitied funds. Also thought of making scrapbooks for them with pictures from past plus leaving room for wedding pages Only problem she doesn’t have picture of two of her bridesmaids since one is her fiance’s sister in law. and the other is her brother’s fiance who she has only meet in Dec and only been around once. (but she really likes her) Any ideas
On my website, One of the plates that I hand carve into is the “THE FIREFIGHTER”. You may see a picture of it on my site. I can do one like this or create something similar to fit most any budget.
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I’m getting married July 3, 2010. My wedding is firefighter/partriotic theamed. Due to my fiance is prior military and is a vol and paid firefighter. Not to mention our date is sooo close to 4th of July. I’m having trouble comming up with center piece and favor ideas. If anyone has any ideas please feel free to email me at ipowahine05@yahoo.com
Thank You and Congrats
I am having a firefighter themed wedding on July 24, 2010. I am doing Navy Blue, White, as our main colors and silver red and yellow as our accent colors. We found great firefighter themed invites on Invitations By Dawn, they are beautiful. I am having trouble figuring out table center pieces. I found really cute wooden firetrucks online, they are vintage firetrucks, does anyone think they would look tacky?
Hi Becky I have been researching things for a firefighter wedding as well, I have been having trouble with some ideas too, but I think vintage firetrucks would be a great center piece. I think I am using helmets with flowers around them. The one other reason I am commenting is that my wedding is also July 24th 2010, if you would like to share ideas please feel free to email me at ltlprincess0103@aol.com
Hello im getting married sept 25 2010 and both me and my soon to be husband are vol firefighters. we are having a fireifghter themed wedding we have our cake as a burning house with the bride at the top and the groom climbing the cake to save the bride. the grooms cake is a copy of our engine.
an ideas for centerpieces? what bout flowers or the ring bear pillow and flower girl basket? email me at buzard2006@myway.com ne help would be great
thanks
well my daddy has been a firefighter since i was 12, and my mom was one as well from when i was 5, swore i would never marry a fireman…. but then i fell for my best friend since kindergarden, and he is a fireman, even better in a little town called Golden WHERE WE MET! cheesy right? so I know getting a truck wont be a big deal, i am just unsure how i feel about it! I am doing 98% white with splashes of red. we are standing with my best friend and his brother, thats it, my 4 year old son, and my 2 year old niece are doing flowers/rings. I found a nice white dress for my niece and i think i will put my son in a shirt that says KEEP BACK 200 FEET. I am wearing a simple white cotton dress (this is a VERY casual wedding) hubby is wearing his dress uniform. maid of honor is wearing red, and unsure what to put best man in (NO tuxes, maybe a golden fire shirt???) I am using jars with flowers as my center pieces but i will add fire flare. I am unsure where i stand on a cake topper yet. and i LOVE LOVE LOVE the lifesaver idea for favors! any one else got an idea? vote? ect? i’d love to hear from anyone and see pics!!! you can email me at niki_po_potamus@yahoo.com :) thank you and congrats to everyone else!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe you could put the best man in class Bs? Even if he isn’t a firefighter he could maybe wear those pants with the zip up boots & even a fire dept t-shirt
Need some songs for firefighter theme wedding ceremony. Looking for sons for bridesmaids to walk to. Also looking for song for lighting of unity candles Mothers And Bride And Groom. Also any others that would work in ceremony
My fiance and I are lighting our unity candle to “Shine Your Light” by Robbie Robertson from “Ladder 49.” It actually sounds VERY pretty with just piano.
i am directing a firefighter themed wedding in November i need to really good ideas. Can anyone offer any help?
Im also having a firefighter theme wedding in Feb. I found some nice things at exclamationsgifts.com
the website didnt really show much but if U call them they can email some pics of what they have. Miscaketops.com has the perfect cake topper!!
hope this helps!!!
sonia
Sonia, Thanks for the info about miscaketops.com. It was exactly what I had been searching for!
go to fairytaleweddingstore, there is a bunch of firefighter wedding stuff.
Hello!! love this site…I am marrying a Sgt in the USMC and I am frantically searching for a cute and original cake topper that has the groom in his dress blues and the bride wearing the white USMC hat!! if you can please give me any info i would appreciated it thank you!!!
I am getting married in July 2009. I am a firefighter and my fiance is a police officer. We are doing a themed fire/police wedding. Our colors are red for fire dept. and navy for police. I am having a difficult time for center pieces and decorations. Any help greatly appreciated. I have searched all over the internet and can find lots of firefighter things, very difficult to find police items.
One thing you have to do is to focus on the main Theme and impliment the other into your theme. Say the you can find fireman items just have the police theme at the entrance like someone dress as a police at the door of the reception, yellow tape taping off a scene with police items. Get the idea think about firemen and police being at a crime scene with a fire.
Ann, a cute idea I’ve seen is to incorporate donuts in some way … maybe a donut “cake”, see google images for ideas, or sometimes couples will hand out the two-packs of krispey kremes at the end of the night … just an thought!
Another idea for centerpieces, if you want to really keep the theme but keep it classy, is collect some nice looking police badge replicas and firefighter medallions. I would get some matching glass vases from the dollar store and hot-glue a satin ribbon around them (red or navy) and hot-glue the badges to the vase over that, mixing up your police and firefighter emblems. HTH! You could fill the vases with red or blue water (I wouldn’t mix them) and fill with white flowers.
Just a few more!!!
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Hey All,
Well we had out big fire fighter wedding March 21st and it was amazing. We had a bagpipe player who played “Here Comes the Bride” I was brought in on a firetruck along with all my bridesmaids, and our ambulance service had three ambulances follow me in. Our local news actually televised it!! I will attach some pics. I hope all of your days are as amazing as ours was!!!
Would love to see more of your pictures.My daughter is getting married in Oct ,firefighter theme. Any ideas for bridal table decorations
I will email you a pic of our Bridal Table we just did one of our Traditional Helmets in between myself and my husband, and put little firefighter candles on it. I found really cute ones at CandyMoldCentral.com, and I also found firefighter candy molds for our mints. I will also send attach some pics of our centerpieces on the guest tables.
tHANKS FOR RESPONDINGBACK LOOKING FORWARD TO SEING THE PICTURES
Im getting married in July 2010… I need some help with my fire theme wedding. If anyone can help me please e-mail me some tips. Leannewaller44@yahoo.com. Thanks
my daughter is having a firefighter theme wedding, Her dress is white with a apple red bow. she was going to have all her girls in re apple red dresses, but just recently decided to alternate apple re d and black. she has 3 in black 2 in red Those with black dresses are having apple red shoulder drapes and red are haing black drapes. I am wearing a apple red dress with a black jacket. Flower girl wearing a white dress with apple red bow. The guys are wearing nlack tuxes but wonderyng what color of vest they should wear. Also wondering about flowers. MOst of her reception decorations are red. Some one frowned when I told them about the black dresses. What do you think. Any one have pictures wirh these colors
linda,
love the black it is soooo classic and rewearable. i wouldnt worry about anyone frowning about this. black is so popular as it should be! its timeless. with so much color i would recommend the simple black on black tux. it is very handsome with a red bout. i think it might be to much going on with 2 guys in red vests and 2 in black. so keep it traditional classic all around. your pictures will thank you for it! red flowers would look best. keep it simple all flowers in one color in one type and use en masse. that way it wont add to much to it, it will look more polished. all white flowers would work too. but i would stick with all red. an all red wedding with the bridal party breaking the color contrast up with the black would look good.
just dont go to much with the red. adding greenery to the flowers(which is what i would use alot of) will give it the break it needs and be very nice. so much controversy has happened ovet price of roses but in bulk they are still the cheapest. because it is the same type of flower, i read this in an article with ordering flowers in 1 type only. it saves $$$. another color to add to the red would be a very pale almost white yellow with pale orange. youcan also break up the reds by using a monochromatic color scheme(shades of the same color light to dark) this would look great! if using all red, just have white linens if you want some more contrast without it being to much. although red on red is wow!!
*wedding inspiration board: red, black & white
*Anna & Seth in Chicago, IL(this one is GREAT and the centerpieces look like fire so to speak)
*photogalleryweddings
*firefighter wedding”
just google image black and red wedding board (loads of pics) then google image red wedding
linda, here are some pics i put together.
linda, few more.
I’m having a fireman themed wedding in Oct 09 (i’m marrying the fire chief!!) My colors are red, black ivory & silver. i’m also alternating the apple red & black. My fiance and his guys are wearing black vests, with ivory shirts… it’s a very elegant look.
also doing flowers in red & ivory…
My sister did all of my flowers, and they looked amazing. She put some firefighter charms in them, and our centerpieces were the plastic helmets with flowers in them. I can send you some pics if you would like, and if you are interested I could give you her number if you looking for someone to do your flowers.
Hi! I just saw your comment and I would love to see the center pieces if you dont mind. My email is kristin.earl@yahoo.com. I am getting married in Oct 2010.
Kristin,did they send you any pictures of decorations or center pieces? I need some ideas as well.
Thanks
kebcrouch@yahoo.com
Would like to see pictures of your flowers and decorations
I am marrying a fireman in July. I really need some ideas for centerpieces?? Could you send me some pics if you don’t mind–that is the only thing that is stumping me.
Thanks!
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PICTURES OF FIRE THEME
CENTERPIECES……MY SON IS IN CHARGE OF PUTTING
TOGETHER A DINNER FOR THE PASSAIC FD’S 100TH
ANNIVERSARY AND WE NEED SOME IDEAS….THANKS
Melony, please post some pictures…I am helping my daughter plan her wedding for this Nov. We need ideas ASAP!
Thanks!
The guys should wear the color vest of there partner.
The the suits should be black.
The colors are beautiful once they are together so do not worry.
Hi Girls,
I think too much “fire themed” stuff will look tacky. I just got married and had a few touches here and there. We had black dresses with red roses for the bridesmaids, a vintage firetruck for photographs. The bonbonniere was clear boxes with black tissue paper underneath filled with gold chocolates and wrapped in a red bow, they had a tiny firefighter charm attached. Here are some pics.
Would like to see pictures. My email is hapijack@sbcglobal.net