FReeper Canteen~Tribute To Firefighters~August 3, 2006

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The badge of a fireman is the Maltese Cross. This Maltese Cross is a symbol of protection and a badge of honor. Its story is hundreds of years old.



The Maltese Cross is your symbol of protection. It means that the fireman who wears this cross is willing to lay down his life for you. The Maltese Cross is a fireman's badge of honor, signifying that he works in courage - a ladder rung away from death.



Today, fire and rescue remains a mix of paid, call, and volunteer responders. While urban areas such as New York, NY and Boston, MA are typically served by large, well-coordinated paid responders, there is no requirement demanding either paid, call, or career firefighters and many departments are so-called "mixed" departments - full time responders handle the day-to-day needs of a department and work with either call or volunteer responders when more manpower is needed. Other departments are completely "call" or volunteer, depending on local tradition, needs, and, most importantly, financial ability.



In popular literature, firefighters are usually depicted with Dalmatian dogs. This breed originated in southern Europe to assist with herding livestock and run along with horses, and in the days of horse-drawn fire vehicles, the horses were usually released on arrival at the fire and the Dalmatians would lead the horses to a safe place to wait until the fire was out. Dalmatians also filled the role of protecting the horses' feet from other dogs as equipment was being transported to the fire scene. In reality, most fire dogs were mutts pulled from the street.




Bucket Carriage used by Continental Bucket Co.No.1, of Jamaica, Long Island NY. Iron stanchion in center of machine bears metal plate, “Jamaica 1787-1907”. Four-wheeled carriage equipped to carry 50 buckets to use in places where there were no hydrants.



Glass Fire Grenades ranging from ½ pint to 2 quarts in size, filled with water or saltwater. These provided an effective means of quelling a small fire from 1868 to 1903. In later years they were filled with carbon tetrachloride and used to the mid 1960’s.






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Now there's a handsome firefighting family!

“If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, how ought all the gods honor the men who make it their professional business to put it out?” -- John Godfrey Saxe, (American journalist, poet, and lecturer) circa 1850



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The Fire Bike was a motorcycle built by Orange County Choppers on the American reality television show American Chopper. It was put together by everyone at the OCC, the project holding more emotional weight with its ties to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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10/13/2005 - SATHER AIR BASE, Iraq -- Firefighters assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron render a final salute in memory of Sgt. Brian E. Dunlap, an active firefighter and a member of U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, who was killed in action Sept. 24 in Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Randy Mitchell)
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The Firefighters Memorial Fountain at dusk. The memorial, at 31st Street and Broadway in Kansas City, was created to honor those killed in the line of duty.




Keeping up the fight - Phoenix firefighters battle a three-alarm fire at Bowen Poles in northwest Phoenix (Pinnacle Peak and I-17) Feb. 4. No one was injured in the fire.





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RAPID RESPONSE
Years ago, when I was working on a small town ambulance, it was not uncommon for my wife and me to stop at the local grocer to buy food for dinner after a call. I had gone in to get a head of lettuce and some apples. Unknown to me the floor was wet from the newly installed produce sprayers. Down I went, hitting my head hard. When I came to, the manager of the store was sitting beside me telling me not to move, that he had called 911. At the same time my pager went off and he looked at me and asked, “What was that? I said "My pager, I am 911." He looked at me, shocked " Boy, you guys are fast!"

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A heartfelt thank you from the Canteen to all Firefighters & your families for your service & sacrifice!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Geez Ma!
LOL
I haven't used this old puter in so long I almost forgot about it!
Ahhh...
I can post like normal people
hee hee
fan moved into storage room..
Adult beverage in hand
Minette at my feet..
Punctuation..
Life is good!
*HUG*
Ms.B
P.S. Minette dispensed the spider post haste!
Oooooh!
A new toy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Star.....don't fall asleep at the computer. Trust me, it's not all it's cracled up to be. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[luvie]

Nighty-night, Star! (((hugs)))

[luvie]

G'night, Connie. Thanks for honoring our first-responders like this. It is truly a great tribute to many heroes! (((hugs)))

[MEG33]

((Hugs))This is another find in my son's picture file. I love some of the ones he's saved..I told my DIL I had really enjoyed using some of his "collection".

[Kathy in Alaska]

My goodness....just seeing the planes hit the towers on tv is hard enough, but to see the actual event, "live" as it were.....we must not/will not ever forget.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

God Bless your husband and Son..
Please Thank them for me?
I was reading about your Hubbys car wreck..
Mr.B was in one too
He hit a tree with a VW Beetle..
Lost control on a washboard road..
He was thrown from the car into a swamp
He cracked his sternum, ruptured his spleen, and broke his hip..
He very nearly did not make it..I am sorry I did not post to you before now..
Computer issues!
If your hubby is still suffering from bronchitis..
Ask his Doc to put him om Avelox...
It will nip it in the bud..
maybe an inhaler too..
*HUG*
Ms.B

[tina07]

I know. He was concerned with finding our son, he had gone for coffee, found him and got out of Jersey City. He feared more planes of course. He broke down and cried once he got home. My sister-in-law lost 2 cousins, one from Cantor Fitzgerald, father of 5. She was understandably hysterical that day when I spoke to her.

Not too long ago we watched a show on HBO I believe about playing baseball again after 9/11. Giuliani was in the movie, too. We both sat crying all over again. I think too many are forgetting.

Being a night owl, I slept through the morning of 9/11. My son-in-law (Army guy) left a message on my phone to put my tv on to see what was going on. As I watched plane crash after plane crash after plane crash, all I could think was to call my mother (I didn't even think how close to it my husband and son were)and we were both like, what the h*ll is going on?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Mine's white...kinda old, huh?

Kinda.....or maybe just boring. LOL!

[luvie]

GOOD NIGHT DEAR FRIENDS

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

GOD BLESS THIS CANTEEN!
GOD PROTECT OUR TROOPS WHO KEEP US SAFE FROM OUR ENEMIES!
GOD WATCH OVER THE FIRE FIGHTERS WHO SAVE OUR LIVES AT THEIR RISK!
LOVE YOU GUYS! ((((HUGS))))

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Dat reminds me!
We gotta have a boys night out when ya come up!
Oxford Plains Speedway!
Mr B just LOVES cars and racing!
Ms.B

[HiJinx]

Not boring! Just old.
It has lots of stories yet to tell...like the smudges from a little lady...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and try to sleep, tina. Thanks again for your service to community.

[NYTexan]

G'nite my sweet lil' sis!

LUV ya!

BBH

[luvie]

How personal all that must have been for you. The whole country was in shock, but you were closer than most of us. God bless your family!

[NYTexan]

Way cool!

Sounds like a blast!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Whining is ok....I never know how much I must swallow until I have a sore throat.

[luvie]

Nighty-night, my special Big Brother! LUV ya too! LBH!
Keep those plans coming.....:D

[tina07]

Hi, that's okay about not posting sooner, I'm new here at the Canteen.

Thank God your husband survived his car accident. I've never broken a bone (knocking on wood), can't imagine the pain. They instantly gave my husband morphine, which I questioned. I only knew it as what they gave my father when he was near death, so I was worried for a moment with my husband getting it.

Thanks about the avelox, have to mention it to the doctor. We are smokers so that's definitely not helping. We cut down, but are so dedicated to smoking(sarc), it could be hindering our recovery (ya think?). Have been planning to quit seriously since our 1st grandchild was born in Feb., but smoking is winning the battle so far. My husband stopped for 2 days when he first got his cold, but slowly went back. Probably sounds really stupid after all my complaining of being sick!

[tina07]

Thanks and good night to you too, and thank you for all you do for our troops!