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Permalink Reply by Oldman on December 8, 2007 at 12:09pm

There is no clear answer. It mostly depends on departmental policy. As a general rule in my area, we would lower the flag upon notification of the LODD, and raise it in the evening before sundown on the day of the funeral. I have seen done both ways. The link is to the US Flag Code, which is a helpful guide to all flag etiquette issues.

http://www.usflag.org/uscode36.html

Permalink Reply by Heather Langston on December 8, 2007 at 5:27pm

Thanks

Permalink Reply by Christopher on January 9, 2008 at 9:56pm

One thing should be mentioned when raising and lower the flag: When a flag is placed at half-staff, it is always raised to full-staff then lowered "ceremoniously" to half. Then for removal, it is returned to full-staff prior to lowering for removal.

Some may want to, as a gesture for a neighboring department, only have the flag at half-staff for a day, while if it is from your own, you may want to lower the flag to half-staff for an entire week.

Permalink Reply by Greg on January 18, 2008 at 11:40am

Hi all, new member here. I wanted to drop in my 2 cents for what it's worth. I have seen several ways of doing this, much you all have. One thing I have seen is to lower the flag upon notification of the LODD and raise it back to full staff upon completion of the funeral. Again, this is one way I have seen and I apologize if I have repeated something someone else already said. Like said before, it is primarily a departmental policy.

I am a federal firefighter, so we do things a bit differently. Sorry for the loss to the department.

Greg

Permalink Reply by Stephen Russell on October 30, 2008 at 3:42pm

I'm not 100% sure, But I think its 6-7 days after the incident. This represents the greiving/morning period. Hope this helps.