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
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!!!
More Pics
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
awesome!! What did the fllower girls carry? did you make the buckets? do you have any other pictures?
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
Were getting married in july and my boyfriends a vol. fire fighter and were looking on how to do a fire fighter theme wedding and also do the cake of a fire engine with a 3 tier cake but cant locate the right pan to make the truck.
IF ANYONE HAS PICTURES OF FIRE THEME CAKES I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM……I’M HELPING MY SON WITH THE PASSAIC
FD’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER….THANKS
My fiance and I are having a burning building at our wedding. The bottom layers are going to be fake, wood boxes with fondant. The top layer will be cake for us to cut and we will be serving sheet cakes. We will also have a block of dry ice in the bottom block with tubing to the top to give the illusion of smoke. I’ll post pics after the wedding but it’s not until Aug 22. Good Luck!
Question – My fiance & I are getting married in Sept and it is fireman themed wedding. Does anyone have suggestions or ideas as far as the ceremony goes – sermon -??
Thanks!
Fire chief maybe?
How did you come up with the FIREFIGHTER wedding theme? I am engaged and wanted to do a firefighter wedding sense i am a firefighter. SO PLEASE HELP ANYONE ONE THAT IS GOOD WITH WEDDINGS PLEASE HELP ME PLAN THIS FIRFIGHTER WEDDING. HOW SHOULD THE BRIDE SHOW UP TO THE WEDDING? IN A FIRE TRUCK? PLEASE SEND ME AN E-MAIL WITH ANY IDEAS FROM ANYONE MY EMAIL ADRESS IS zahpaugh@ymail.com
zach,
i think the bride showing up in a firetruck is ideal. can you give me a little more detail on your venue colors, date, and preferred colors.
I am a Female FireFighter, and i am having a hard time finding items for my wedding??????
EBAY, EBAY, EBAY……. Also I have found other places that you can get things if you will type firefighter theme in google. I will try to get you some links if you will send your email to me.
I had a site with cool invitaions for a firefighters theme wedding and lost it, any ideas on planing I am a firefighter and my partner is a paramedic
brandy,
google search firefighter wedding invites.
choose your color scheme based on firefighter colors and paramedic colors ( which is usually blue or green right!?!?!) then pick those colors for your flowers. blue and yellow look wonderful for example. just add touches of the two careers instead of making it complete theme, it may take away from the elegance of the ceremony/reception.
*Chemical Highs: a Medical Chic Theme Wedding ( great ideas here) also google search medical wedding theme
*grooms cake
for the brides cake have the firefighter wedding cake. or have a firefighter/emt cake topper go here for custom designs for very reasonable!!
*cake toppers
for example on favors use small silver buckets with assorted “medical favors-candy and add red hots etc.
candies here:
* Firemen Emt Paramedic Medical…
Brandy, oh! another idea! see if you can get some ribbon fireline do not cross. when you walk through the firemen line with axes up high. have this ribbon at end and cut or drop only after you kiss!!! would that be cute or what! talk about a photo!!
HOW ABOUT YOU SHOW UP IN A FIRE TRUCK. WHAT DEPARTMENT DO YOU RUN WITH. WHAT ENGINE COMPANY? I RUN WITH ENGINE COMPANY 12.
YOU ARE A FIREFIGHTER SO HOW ABOUT YOU GET ABOUT SIX OR MORE MEN OR WOMEN HOLD PIKEPOLES OVER YOUR HEADS AS YOU WALK WALK UNDER THEM. ARE YOU A SMOKEEATER OR WATER BABY? I AM BOTH. 746
My sister and I made all of the stuff for my wedding. We made the ring bear pillow out of firefighter fabric, the flower girl baskets in the same fabric. All the flowers had firefighter charms in them. If you would like contact me and we can help you.
dianna, what are your colors?
google search firefighter/nurse wedding.
*firefighter wedding
*Kelli & Mark in Tallahassee, FL( i chose this cause the colors look like fire)
dianna, 4got your pics! here is some examples. i even thought about cute dalmation spotted cookies. and blue is a color of fire so red and orange and yellow is not the only option! good luck!!
My colors are red, black and white, even found some red with orange flowers. Thank you!!
Use his gear as a prop, an awesome DJ that will help make the night a success. I have made these centerpieces for my tables, of course it isn’t a finished product but I will attach a photo of the start.
what an awsome centerpiece! Can u tell me how u did this? My friend and I are doing the decorating for our fireman fundraiser supper and dance and I think these wwould be great! How do you make these?
Hey baby sister, cant believe we both found the same website for you wedding. Now I know where you got some of your “original ideas
Congrats & I’ll keep surfing. DW
brides, here is a great link.
*Firefighter Weddings
Help! I am a woman firefighter,who is going to marry a pilot for a EMS service. I would love a wedding cake topper with the woman as in turnout gear. Any one know of where I could find one?
judy,
*Military, Police and fireman Wedding Cake Toppers
judy, oops, this page wont take how i intended, so scroll down to the cake toppers. they have a bride in the gear but i can’t tell if its one piece or not. good luck!
I need alot of help my fiance is a firefighter and i am nurse/part time cop…. we need alot of help… got any ideas????
cimi, could ya tell me a little about the wedding you envision?will it be simple or formal? fave colors? venue you have your eye on? when? season? would love to help! I look forward to your reply! take care and congrats!
i want a small wedding my colors are black and red and white. i want it to be a firefighter wedding
cimi,
*firefighter wedding
* Inspiration Board 31: Firefighter Wedding ( replace yellow with red)
*firefighter weddings on ebay
keep it simple. black and white tables with red centerpieces. add firefighter themed accessories, give red hots as favors.
cimi look at these cake toppers they have nurse and firefighter together on how you want them
http://www.miscaketops.com/samples/firefighter%20examples.htm
My daughter is getting married in oct09 and is doing a firefighter theme wedding. We are looking for some centerpiece ideas that are easy to do and not real expensive. We are needing for about 25 tables. We thought of fire hats with flowers but when we ask the florist about doing this for us she quoted us a price of about $15 apiece (we would be buying the hats.)
linda, i wasn’t sure if you were using red or not? this is absolutely the most amazing thing i have seen…… the red looks like fire!! i saw these last night on a wedding show. you may be able to buy them in bulk or on ebay. how simple is this!
* Wedding Decoration Ideas
here is one…fire and water you could change the color, if you like.
* Fire and Water
and last the pic(red petals) i posted, you could place a 1 firehat in center or add the colored water in cylinders and floating candles in addition to this.
I am a firefighters wife and a sister to a florist. we came up with a cute idea that you could make youself. Ask your daughter fire department to get you some of the plastic hats that they use for promoting fire prevention week. Then put a fake candle (the ones that flicker like real ones) in the middle and put rose pedals from silk flowers that can be found at garage sales inside around the candle. You could also find some cristal beads and glue them to some of the petals for more glowing affect. Hope you like this idea. If you have any questions just email me. Good Luck Deanna
Hey Ladies,
Any ideas where I can find firefighter stationary? I want to print the fireman’s prayer and the fireman’s wife’s prayer and put them at the place settings on the tables at the reception.
Thanks
Melony
melony,
just google image and google search firefighter stationery there is great websites there. if you can’t find what your looking for try firefighter clipart and you can diy on your computer.
Hello!
My name is Ashley and i’m getting married 6/5/09 not only am i excited but my soon to be husband is in the fire dept.. he is also a capt… i would love to have some cute things in our wedding…. i would love if some could get back to me on where i can find mini fire truck place card holders….
Try firefighter gifts at eagle engraving :)
Anyone have any pictures of centerpieces from their weddings? Any help would be apperciated.
WOW- Where do you keep finding these ideas?? I am going to Marry a Firefighter as well, We are planning to get married the end of next year. We want to have it outside, and have it as a firefighters theme, but we don’t want it to be “too Much” I mean I see alot of red!!! But thanks for helping.
brides, here are some pics i found!!
brides, okay!! gonna try again. but will break it up into 2 posts.
* Planning a Firefighter Themed Wedding?
* Planning a Firefighter Theme Wedding
* Brides.com – Anyone else marrying a firefighter??
brides, here is the rest! hope it posts!! if not, head over to theknot.com and search firefighter weddings, then take a look at the photo gallery results, there are more than i posted.also google image firefighter wedding glasses (great results!!) and firefighter wedding accessories, then google search firefighter wedding ( it will give more ideas)
* Firefighter Wedding
* Megan & Adam Shenandoah Valley VA
* Country Firefighter 2 ( this one is soo cute and creative, love the bm in jeans!!)
almost 4 got!! for centerpieces try food dye water red, orange or yellow. add same color flowers as food dye. take firefighter emblem and make replicas at a print shop, if possible, attach 1 to each votive holder and surround centerpiece. have the firehats for the favors. hope all this helps!!
BRIDES, here are some links…. and pretty idea in tint the water orange, yellow or red, with simple food dye. then add the same color flowers in it. ( i use to have a pic for the red , but cant find it, it was amazing!!)or use colored vases such as red for centerpiece containers. i would add ladders and firefighter gear around the room, and use the hats for the favors. if ya want more firefighter decor, just add candles surrounding vase and on each vtive holder have the firefighter emblem on front. should be able to go to a print shop with original and replicate. would be beautiful!! hope the links give ideas.
* Firefighter Wedding
* Erin & Jason, The Magnolia Hotel (Denver)
* Megan & Adam–Shenandoah Valley, VA
* Anyone else marrying a firefighter??
* Planning a Firefighter Theme Wedding
* Planning a Firefighter Themed Wedding?
google image and search firefighter wedding loads of stuff!!
Hey guys….We did our firefighter wedding on 10/18/08 and it turned out wonderful….Here are some pics of a few things….feel free to email if you have any questions or want to see anymore photos al_chaplin@yahoo.com
a few more pictures….
Here was the groom’s cake….
I need to find firefighter figureins for my wedding cake. they need to be at least 3″ high and flexable. PLEASE HELP ME! MY WEDDING IS ON NOV 14TH OF 08!!!!!
jessica, all i found was these…..
google image firefighter cake topper. good luck!!
Hi all!
I need some help badly I am getting married in a few months and I am trying to do the fire truck place card holders, here is my problem I cant find them online anywhere! Can someone please help me find these trucks! Im not looking to spend that much money on the fire trucks cause we are having about 225 guest so that could get a little costly…im trying to buy them in bulk if that’s even possible…whatever ideas you guys have could really help me right now…thank you!
-firefighter’s soon to be wifey!
bride2be, I think you have to make the fire truck placecard holders yourself instead of buying ready-made. If you “view all comments” someone below tried it and said it was very easy, you just have to drill a hole in the toy trucks, bend the top of some wire to create that placecard spiral and glue in the wire. She said it went fast.
The trick is to find a lot of matchbox firetrucks without spending a fortune. I think an easier way to go is to get the larger toy truck size and use the same technique (drill hole, glue in spiral wire) to create table number holders. So you only need 12 or so instead of 200. You could also use this for special signs (menu cards at buffet stations, guestbook table etc.) I think it would look great. Try diecast fire trucks on ebay.
Hi Bride to Be – Why don’t you make normal place cards, then put a little fire engine charm on them – i purchase mine from “a charming place” and they look great glued onto cards. I’m actually tying mine to the favours
if you have not found your fire trucks why not do paper ones? Find a good graphic or have one drawn of the sides, front & back and print colored copies on card stock. Trim (should be “+” shape sorta) , fold to stand and “slice” into the top to position the name card. This is very doable and everyone will be impressed!
hi. my man is a fireman and its his world how can i make our wedding reflect the fire department and some traditional values?
Hello,
My fiance and I are also both firefighters for the same department, he is actually the chief, and this site has given me some great ideas, something else we are going to do is have the firemans prayer, and the firemans wife’s prayer printed on patriotic cards, and laminated them and put them at each place setting at the reception. I am also using the helmet with flowers as center peices as one of the ladies on this site has done. If anyone has any other ideas please let me know.
Thanks
Melony
Hello how r u? Me and my Fiance are both firefighters in New York.I was wondering if anyone had any good websites on firefighter theme weddings. like centerpiece ideas…. flower arrangemants….. cake toppers….. ring bearer pillows….. or any little cute ideas….. we got the fire trucks and cake cutting axe but looking for more things… please email me if you have any ideas LilEngineGirl529@hotmail.com Thanks Kimberly
If you skroll down through these comments you can find lots of ideas or you can look on email. I got my idea’s from both of them. I got firefighter center pieces from our local hobbie lobby. I don’t know if you have one near you but they are great if you do.
Both my fiance’ and I are on the same Fire Department, and we are trying to incorporate some firefighter themes into our wedding. The wedding colors are pink and black. Any ideas?
Mother,
I have seen it somewhere…maybe ourdesigns…but they make a garden hose that looks like a small firehose nozzle. I think I have also seen them at places like Meijer.
Another option would be to talk with the local fire chief, see what they have in their “archives” that you could borrow. Also, if you have a fire school or academy close (maybe the one that the firefighter went to) you could ask them the same.
Adam