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DUTY
PRIDE TRADITION
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DPT
Edmund
J. Enright, Ret. Chicago Fire Dept.
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"FOR
THE MEN- PROTECT THE BROTHERS"
A Mutt is someone or thing that will abuse and mistreat a Firefighter.
This can be the City, the Mayor, the Chief in Charge, the habitual caller,
or the homeless Person who starts a fire and leaves. These are people
that have never crawled down a hall or made the last room in an effort
to do their job. If they can't get the job done today well maybe next
week will do.
If we don't get the job done people might die and our brother and sister
might also die. So we always lay it on the line and leave a little behind
at every fire. I say that in a dark smokey hallway I can't tell the race,
creed or sex of my fellow firefighter, I just know that they are with
me. I don't care who or what you are as long as you are a firefighter
and want to protect your brothers and sisters. Leather forever. Stay low
and let it blow!
FTM-PTB
MIKE DUGAN, Captain FDNY
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ADDED
BY OTHER FOOLS
EGH—"EVERYBODY
GOES HOME"
( author unknown, possibly Old Gallagher)
"Although “EGH”, Everybody Goes Home” is not always
possible, it is part of what we strive for. It is why we train, it is
why we read, it is why we interact with each other. We need to share the
knowledge. The more we share, the more we pass on what we have learned,
the safer we will be. The fewer funerals we will have to go to, the more
of our Brothers and Sisters that will go home. Because it is all about
protecting each other".
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RFB—"REMEMBER
FALLEN BROTHERS"
(Michael Ciampo, LT. FDNY)
"The Fire service, as a whole, is collectively still trying to recover
from the effects of Sept. 11. The 343 members of the FDNY who made the
supreme sacrifice that day will always be in our hearts and forever on
our minds. As part of our FOOL’s “signature”, R-F- B, “Remember
Fallen Brothers”, these heroes should never and will never be forgotten.
This should also include ALL of our fallen Brothers, no matter where they
were from, or the matter in which they died. Their names have been added
to long list of those that have laid down their lives so that others may
live."
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KTF—
Keep the faith
(author unkown)
"Keep the Faith. With all that has happened we must believe. We must
have faith in ourselves and in the others that think like us. They can
transfer us, they can make you cut your mustache, the can tell you what
you can’t wear on your helmet, but never let them break your spirit!"
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DTRT-
Do The Right Thing
( Bob Pressler's. Lt. Ret. FDNY)
"With everything going on in our lives, both personnel and professional,
this may be sometimes hard to do. We are always pulled in several directions
when there are tough decisions to be made. Even after weighting all the
possibilities or options, decisions are sometimes still very hard to make.
But, under closer examination, there usually is a “right thing”.
It may take personnel sacrifice, it may not be what you really would want
to do, but it is the correct thing to do."
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