In the otherwise empty hall, three members of a military honor guard unit from Niagara Falls were resting, at ease; they have stood erect at more firefighter services than any of them can count.
Our archetypal protectors: police, firefighters, service members, play a critically important role.
The call-tracing software used by firefighters, ambulance services and many other "first responders" only works on landlines.
The Fire Department will simulate its response to a bioterror attack today on Staten Island, conducting practice smallpox vaccine inoculations on every firefighter and emergency service worker in the borough.
I was with the guide Doug Nidever, 53, a graying guru of climbing and the former chief guide at Yosemite National Park, and Ken Corathers, 58, a former Southern California resident who retired to the mountains after a varied career as a French horn player and a United States Forest Service firefighter.
David Ruhl, 38, a U.S. Forest Service firefighter from South Dakota, was driving alone on Thursday, scouting ways to attack a fire burning in Modoc County, just south of the Oregon border.
Fire Chief Brian Dixon said the department needs the building to hold classes for firefighters and emergency service workers.
Recent announcements of even deeper cuts to public services have instilled real fear among professional firefighters that the service is effectively going to be dismantled.
She is a psychotherapist in the counseling services unit of the New York Fire Department, where she counsels firefighters, emergency medical service personnel and their family members.
Whether they take a check home twice a month or never get paid for the countless hours of dedicated service, firefighters are all professionals.
