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Badges of America's Heroes
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Just to let you know that a new book has just been published "Badges of America's Heroes" A Pictorial Guide to Badges of America's Firefighters. The first history book about the American Fire…Continue
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"Badges of America's Heroes"
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- Type of Organization
- Fire/Rescue Department - Paid
- Job Function
- Retired
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 37
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Fire
- Years With Department/Agency
- 37
- Dept. Web Site:
- http://www.badgesofamericasheroes.com
- Web Site:
- http://www.badgesofamericasheroes.com
- Relationship Status:
- Married
Badges of America's Heroes
A Pictorial Guide to Badges of America's Firefighters
Here are just a few of the fine points:
Almost a thousand badges are portrayed representing nearly every state
The book serves as a historical record, chronologically documenting many cities badge evolution
Some of the earliest known fire badges are represented
The book has contributions from museums and other collectors
Many one of a kind, gold and silver presentation badges are portrayed
Badge narratives include the historical significance and back-ground information that relates to the owner of the badge
The book includes some of the earliest known ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, tintypes and carte de viste of Firemen wearing badges
If you like badges, you will love this book!
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Sir,
I retired as an Lt. in 2003 aft. abt. 30yrs on the street. How long have you been retired? I have difficulty letting go of the FD. I still have startled response, hypervigilence and sleep disturbance. My Engine ran 8-10 calls a day, mostly aft. 10 pm. It was not uncommon to be up all night. My last shift we left the station at 10pm and returned at 7am aft. running calls. My last year we ran 167 structure fires.
I was in a local office (we had cad system) and their printer went off and I stood up thinking I had to respond.
Did you have difficulty adjusting to retirement? I hate being retired but at the age of 64 yo I don't have a choice. I qualified through our combat test well within the time limit.
I was just asking how you adjusted to retirement.
Thank you in advance for your time.
With deep respect,
Larry
Good day! I am a collector from Ukraine. I suggest you to exchange patches.
Andrew. tkachenko_van@optima.com.uа