Published stories, essays, and articles on travel, family, leadership, and the experiences that change how we see the world.
Published Work
Thirst: The Hike That Humbled Me
Iowa Outdoors Magazine
A firsthand account of how a seemingly straightforward hike at Lake Red Rock became a lesson in preparation, judgment and respecting the outdoors when I underestimated one of the most basic necessities: water.
This Is What Travel Did for Our Family
Grown & Flown
A personal essay exploring how family adventure travel helped our family grow closer while our three daughters grew from children into independent young adults.
When We Misread the Call—Fear, Culture, and the EMS Response
Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
A first-person reflection on how fear, culture and assumptions can shape emergency medical responses—and how travel and exposure to unfamiliar people and places can challenge the way we interpret the communities we serve.
Stepping Out of Response Mode: Why Fire Service Leaders Need Deliberate Reset
Firehouse Magazine
A reflective piece on why fire service leaders sometimes need to step away from constant response mode, seek perspective beyond the station and return better equipped to lead, connect and serve.
5 Valuable Life Lessons this Firefighter Dad Wants His Daughters to Learn Before Going Out Into the World
Parenting Teens & Tweens
A father’s reflections on raising three daughters, the lessons he hopes they’ll carry into adulthood, and the bittersweet transition from guiding their lives to watching them forge their own paths.
Forthcoming Work
Between Islands
Intrepid Times – forthcoming
An expedition through the islands of the Philippines becomes a reflection on fatherhood, the passage of time, and learning to let go as children grow more independent. Moving between islands, the journey reveals that sometimes the hardest part of an adventure isn’t reaching the next destination, but accepting what comes next.
The Jamaica I Almost Missed
Intrepid Times – forthcoming
A travel essay about the unexpected experiences and discoveries that can emerge when we look beyond our initial impressions of a place.
The Filipino Dinner We Didn’t Book
Kitaab – forthcoming
A story about an unplanned Filipino dining experience and the ways spontaneous encounters can become some of travel’s most memorable moments.
About the Writer
Jeramie Eginoire is an Iowa-based fire captain, 2025 Firefighter of the Year, travel writer, author, and outdoor adventurer whose work explores the intersection of travel, resilience, leadership, family, and the lessons we carry home from the places we visit.
His writing has appeared in Grown & Flown, Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS), Firehouse Magazine, Iowa Outdoors Magazine, and other publications, with forthcoming work in Intrepid Times and Kitaab. Drawing from more than two decades in the fire service and travels with his wife and three daughters across more than 25 countries, he writes about how unfamiliar places and encounters can challenge our assumptions and change the way we see the world.
He is the author of How Travel Has Made Me Less of a Jerk and creator of The Wandering Firefighter. When he isn’t at the firehouse or writing, Jeramie is usually planning the next adventure, rucking, hiking, helping lead Folds of Honor Iowa, or figuring out how to turn an unexpected conversation with a stranger into his next story.
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