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
If you can’t find fire hoses for your centerpieces, then perhaps traffic/safety cones would work. You can get the smaller ones. Check Ebay for safety cones.
Also do a Ebay word search for firefighter wedding.
When you do a search on Ebay make sure to click on the bottom of the page the…..”See additional Buy It Now items” …. This takes you to the Ebay Stores where you will find even more firefighter wedding items with a buy it now option.
about those gold chairs: can you find some old “retired” firehose? You could take lengths and “tie” them around the back of the chair to “tie in” your fire theme – I am also planning an October fire theme Rehearsal Dinner for my son and his bride-to-be and have been racking my brain for ideas. I am still hoping to find old fire nozzles for the centerpiece “bases” (turned upside down) – have put out feelers – if anyone knows a resource that is loanable, I am all ears!
(putting “wired” fire trucks, dalmations, firehats, axes, rescue helicopters, ambulances, police cars, etc. springing out of the nozzles if I can find them)
I know that lowes has the nozzles that go on the end of a garden hose because i was going to by one for my fiance.
very cool Jennifer. You’ll have to share photos with us! Best of luck for the wedding
Hi!!,
I’m a having a firefighter wedding next weekend. 8/9/08..
We have lots of things that we came up with. WE are going with firetruck ceramic center pieces, and having prayer cards that have the firemens prayer on them. My colors are red and white. My dress though is White and black. We are having the Engine as well. Mostly all of our favors, and other touches were made with red ribbon that ties everything together. Our glasses, our invitaions which we made ourselves. And we also used Maltese Cross charms on many things. Any questions??? Just let me know!!
Jen
I was wanting to tie in the Maltese Cross with my wedding, also. Are there any sites or stores that you could direct my to.
Jen
My fiance and I are both firefighters and are also making our invitations. What graphic did you use for your invitations and did you use the firefighter prayer or a quote on it? I’d love to know any ideas you came up with. This is a second wedding for both of us and we plan to keep it simple but want to incorpate our careers but in a simple yet classy way.
Thanks for any advise!!
Amy
http://www.momentsbymonica.smugmug.com/gallery/3857690_CDsYG#223346223_mHCuZ
Thank you Sandy!!
Talk about a light bulb lighting off in your head! – You gave me some really great ideas to work it. I will take down the green curtains and buy at the dollar store some silk flowers and dress the windows.. Since its a fall wedding I guess the gold chairs will work – So I will go with Navy & Gold for the tables with a splash of red decor! As far as the White color, well, Im in white! (((smile)))
Thank you again Sandy!
ANNIE,
Well, you can always incorporate those colors in your wedding or change it.
Only a few things you can do about the curtains – either change them- take them down and have no curtains or add more greenery to your flowers to match the green curtains.
If you want to make curtains cheap – Walmart has a $1.00 a yard section in fabric- perhaps you can find some red or white and make curtains. You don’t even have to sew them…Just drape or pin the material over the curtain rods- cut the bottom with pinking sheers. No one will notice.
For the gold chairs, just add some gold within your table accents. Perhaps some gold in your floral arrangements or maybe gold dollies, gold bells, confetti or something. Then the gold chairs would blend in.
You might want to cover the head table chairs. Just buy some cheap (Walmart) white or red fabric. Drape it over the chairs and pin or tie it in the back. You can even put a bow on the back, but no one usually sees the back of the chair anyways. I think about 2 yard per chair, but you may need to measure to make sure. Buy a few yards and experiment to see how it looks on your chairs. The head table is the main table to worry about, because most of your wedding pictures will be taken there.
Best of luck
HELP!! I am getting married Oct 11 2008, we are having a Firefighter Theme Wedding.. we are renting the hall at our local Fire House. I want our colors to be White with Red, but the chairs at the hall are gold with green curtains on the window. How can I incorporate my red and white!!! We are on a very tight budget and it would be too expensive to cover the chairs and change the color curtains for our day.
Thank you so such Sandra. I love one of the cake toppers I saw on the website! Thanks again
yes its j_jrenfrew@sympatico.ca she’s written her email address wrong on the site.
Sandra do you have a contact for the people at http://www.countessbridal.com? I have tried twice to email them and it was an invalid email. Any ideas?
Kelly–
Yes, me and my Husband are both Firefighter / EMT’s.
Kristy-
Those photos were so beautiful…are you both fireman?
Kelly -
I also had a firefighter themed wedding last September. Our colors were Apple color and red. The guys that were firefighters wore their “dress blues”. David’s Bridal has bridesmaids dresses in a color called apple and it went perfect with the theme.
here is a link to our pictures, if you would like to see how it all turned out:
http://www.momentsbymonica.smugmug.com/gallery/3857690_CDsYG#223346223_mHCuZ
Enjoy
you can also email me with any questions or if you need ideas at:
firegirlkorb@aol.com
My fiance wants to have a fire fighter themed wedding, but I’ve had my heart set on a deep purple and green for my colors, any ideas for how to mix it or something????
Kelly, I am also having a firefighter themed wedding next July. My colors are red, white, yellow, black, and some silver accents!
I have picked a cake the one above with the airplane…does anyone know where I can get the figures?
I am having a firefighter themed wedding next July…any ideas on colors?
Blake I finally found the cake topper that I asked about below of the bride and groom dancing . Its http://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.
I think pink would be fine. You can use different shades of pink and different shades of red.
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
Cynthia,
Maybe try:
http://www.fairytaleweddingstore.com
Congrats!!!
looking for nurse and firefighter wedding favor tags
Also cake toppers
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
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?
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.
Annie
can you please e-mail that prayer to me?
Thanx
emschick62@yahoo.com
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 @ http://www.perfectpostage.com
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?
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