Firefighter Theme Weddings
From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire.
— Robert Frost
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
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!
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
Here is a AXE set, plus cake knife
ebay firefighter axe set (link)
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!
Bridesmaids in the Ambulance!
more wedding pics!
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!
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
found a good site for my previous question in case anyone else needs it. http://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.
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!
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?
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. :D. if you need any more ideas feel free to e-mail me at firebitch1313@yahoo.com
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8-| Hi everyone. I need help with ideas for a fireman mans wedding since my fiancee is a volunteer fireman and i am a FT mommy that works. We are looking for rings and everything that are great quilty but not so expensive. I am making our own invitations and wanna make the favors but need some help on where to find great things for a good price. If anyone can help please feel free to email any and all ideas or opinions to me at sxyliltaz@aol.com Thanks everyone so much.
Gina
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.
we are looking for fire themed center pieces. NEED ideas weddings sept 15, 2007
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.
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 http://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
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.
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.
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!!!
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
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
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!
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
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
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
Has anyone tied words into their marriage vows or ceremony regarding firefighting? I’m not finding any help.
call this guy for F.D. party favor ideas, helmet centerpiece, hydrant items, fire dept ballown weights.
718-967-1671
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.