Live streaming of Lt. Walsh's funeral is scheduled for today at 10:30 a.m. from St. Patrick’s Church in Watertown. You can view the service from the player or links below. Lt. Edward J. Walsh Jr was killed, along with Firefighter Michael Kennedy at the fatal 9 alarm fire on Beacon Street a week ago. Firefighter Kennedy's funeral is scheduled for Thursday.
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Tradition, Pride, Honor and Respect… MN8 Fox Fire and the Chicago Fire Department!
Everyone knows that I’m all about the History, Tradition, Pride, Honor and Respect of the Fire Department and I was fortunate enough to be able to spend a few days this week with the Chicago Fire Department as well as my friends and family from MN8 Fox FoxFire (link) . It was a GREAT trip and I’m glad I made ...
Read More »Emotional Parapets / Facades for the Holidays and beyond
If we can not help ourselves.... our own members... the Brothers and Sisters riding beside us ... how can we be expected to help those we are sworn to serve and protect? Think about that for a minute.
Read More »How can we fail?
When asked how he thought we could ever "pull it off", he said .... "With the group of Brothers and Sisters we have assembled here, HOW CAN WE FAIL?"
Read More »It's Not About Us, But Them: Videos of the Families at the NFFF Memorial Weekend
The families did get to see the site, if only for a brief moment.
Read More »Zero visibility
It's up to us to bring those alternative options to the front! I'm still lost but you don't have to be. Our Brothers and Sisters don't have to be. Open your eyes! We should NOT be suffering due to an ignorance of Behavioral Health and Wellness.
Read More »FDNY, 9/11, and the 343. Some good news but more pain and disgust after all these years
I hope they are able to find peace through this. I say "peace" vs. "closure" because I don't think there's ever "closure" when you loose a loved one.
Read More »People worth dying for…
Everyday I work I meet people "worth" dying for. It's the people in my territory .... the people I'm sworn to protect. It's also the Brothers and Sisters I work with ... for me, they're all "worth it" but I don't think about it that way.
Read More »Names of the Prescott, Az. LODD's and Memorial Stair Climbs
Added to the reports from the U.S Fire Administration, these 19 Line Of Duty Deaths bring the total for 2013 to 62.
Read More »MUST SEE VIDEO
"Charleston 9: The Ultimate Sacrifice", looks at the dramatic changes made in the operations of South Carolina's Charleston Fire Department following the deaths of nine firefighters on June 18, 2007.
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