The issue is personal responsibility. There's no instant answer. We don't have a warehouse here in Pierce County with 100 cops and 100 firefighters sitting around playing cards, waiting for a disaster. If it's a wide enough spread disaster, the big one, we're gonna have problems getting to people right away.
Quotes about firefighters (11 Quotes)
My advice to them Take the money and run, ... Spend it on your sheriff's deputies, your firefighters and our public hospitals. Spend it and don't pay it back.
When Hurricane Katrina hit, they immediately began calling everyone on their roster. FEMA entered into an agreement with the International Fire Chief Association and were requesting teams of two firefighters to be sent to the devastated areas. Greg Hershey and I were both on the roster.
The RFS is working in China, Malaysia, Bhutan, South Korea and Indonesia. We regularly send firefighters to the US at the management level to help with some of their enormous fires. Our losses are lower in comparative circumstances and we are generally ahead of the pack in terms of managing the fire issue across the board.
The federal government continues to support the critical work of our nation's firefighters by ensuring departments attain a basic capability level through the competitive Assistance to Firefighters Grant program.
Remember the hours after September 11th when we came together as one to answer the attack against our homeland. We drew strength when our firefighters ran up stairs and risked their lives so that others might live when rescuers rushed into smoke and fire at the Pentagon when the men and women of Flight 93 sacrificed themselves to save our nation's Capitol when flags were hanging from front porches all across America, and strangers became friends. It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us.
A lot of (the other firefighters) are a little envious. It's the nature of our occupation. We want to be where the action is. When people are in need of help, we want to be there. I'm really surprised my name came up. Any person in the department could do this job, and to be able to go down and help them is really an honor.
Delaware's firefighters put their lives in jeopardy every day in an effort to keep families safe.
I was very unhappy to hear that a job action by the Newton firefighters led to disruption in traffic and public safety,
Police officers and firefighters across America have pleaded for the tools they need to prevent or respond to an attack, but the administration still hasn't delivered for our first responders.
Our firefighters and this investigative unit just never would take the easy answer, ... Something didn't add up. So they kept at it and kept at it.