You Know You're A Firefighter When...

1. ... You refer to a car fire as a “car-beque.”

2. ... You think Backdraft is a comedy… wish every fire I was on had no smoke!!

3. ... Every vehicle in your family’s fleet have the little fire helmet sticker on them

4. ... When you get pissed watching other cars ignore…

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Firefighters Gloves

A Firefighters Gloves hold many things

From elderly arms to a kids broken swing

From the hands they shake and the backs they pat

To the tiny claw marks of another treed…

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The Ten Commandments of Rolling Code

1. Thou shalt threat thy pumper as though it were your firstborn child.



2. Blow thy siren and shine thy light with great vigor enroute.



3. Know where thy goest at all times.



4. Be certain all… Continue

The Rookie Survival Guide

The Rookie Survival Guide

1.YOU VOLUNTEERED, KNOWING FULL WELL THE HAZARDS OF THE JOB

2.You are not Superman/Superwomen…

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A Fireman's Tears

The alarm rang, as it had so many times before.

He was the first of the fireman up and out,

Awakened from his bed at the station

By the clanging of the bell.

As Engine 3 pulled out of the bay,

Dispatch paged another station.

And all the…

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When the Lord was creating Firefighters, he was into his sixth day of

overtime when an angel appeared and said, "Your doing a lot of fiddling

around on this one."



The Lord said "Have you read the specification on this person?



Firefighters have to be able to go for hours fighting fires or tending to a

person that the usual every day person would never touch, while putting in

the back of their mind the circumstances. They have to be able to move at… Continue

W hen a courageous band of crusaders known as the Knights of St. John, fought the Saracens for possession of the holy land, they encountered a new weapon unknown to European warriors. It was a simple, but a horrible device of war, it wrought excruciating pain and agonizing death upon the brave

fighters for the cross. The Saracen's weapon was fire. …

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Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're

worthless, but because they're priceless.

- Sherry Anderson





Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.

- Anonymous





Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.



- David… Continue

THE FIREMAN



In Phoenix, Arizona, a 26-year-old mother stared down at her 6 year old son, who was dying

of terminal leukemia. Although her heart was filled with sadness, she

also had a strong feeling of determination. Like any parent, she wanted

her son to grow up and fulfill all his dreams. Now that was no longer

possible.. The leukemia would see to that. But she still wanted her

son's dreams to come true. She took her son's hand… Continue