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The FOOLS are not a political organization. We will not be involved in union, management, or any other political issue. We are about preserving the tradition and heritage of the fire service and taking care of our brother and sister firefighters. We have been involved with fundraisers, charity events, and helping disadvantaged children receive gifts for Christmas. We believe that this part of what being a member of the FOOLS is all about. The FOOLS also believe in providing real fire training for real firefighters. We believe that it is our duty to be as well trained as we possibly can. This can only keep us, and our brothers and sisters safe on the fire ground. We owe it to ourselves, our brothers and sisters, their families, and to the citizens we protect. We believe in Pride: In our departments, in our stations, in our apparatus, and pride in ourselves.
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The FOOLS, like the traditional leather helmet, has always existed throughout the brotherhood of the Fire Service, and will continue to grow and flourish as long as there are fires to fight and emergencies to respond to. The FOOLS are about the brotherhood and tradition that the fire service is based on. When we are in our gear, and trying to make our way down the dark Smokey hallway, we are all the same. All that matters is that you have my back, and I have yours. We do not care if you are a chief, a recruit, a volunteer or a career firefighter, a male, a female or the color of your skin. All we ask is that you are true to your brother and sister firefighter, and to the fire service. All firefighters are welcome to be a part of this great organization; one does not have to own a leather helmet to be considered a
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The Holden Fire Department will be hosting the 85th running of the Wachusett Muster League's annual truck muster on Saturday June 18, 2011. The muster features an antique fire engine parade and competition between the Berlin, Bolton, Boylston, Harvard, Holden, Princeton, Sterling and West Boylston Fire Departments. The event kicks off at noon and promises to be fun and entertaining for all.
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The Fraternal Order of Leatherheads Society (FOOLS) is an organization that was started in 1995 by a group of Central Florida Firemen. This group, known today as the Founding Fools, had a passion for not only the camaraderie and brotherhood that is forged between firefighters, but the rich tradition and heritage of the Fire Service. Since 1995, this brotherhood has grown to over seven thousand strong. There are chapters all over the world, with new chapters starting almost every day. The Leatherhead is a term used for a firefighter who uses the leather helmet for protection from the hazards we face everyday on the streets. The Leather Helmet, is an international sign of a Firefighter, a symbol that is significant in not only tradition from the early years of firefighting, but one of bravery, integrity, honor and pride. The helmet is a sign of who we are, not what we are.
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California firefighter crawls 40 feet into drainage pipe, rescues dog
PHOTO: A dog stuck in a 36-inch-diameter drainage pipe under a Mill Valley fire road was rescued by a firefighter who crawled in and pulled the animal out. The incident unfolded about 1 p.m. Wednesday when Mill Valley firefighters were called by a dog walker who reported an elderly collie under her care was stuck in the pipe at Two Tanks Fire Road above West Blithedale Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2012 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: marinij.com Washington city’s aging fire trucks frequently down for repairs
When a warehouse fire exploded and threatened surrounding businesses near Chelan last October, fire officials asked Wenatchee to send a ladder truck and crew. But the Wenatchee Fire Department couldn’t help. Its ladder trucks were both out of service. With one or more of its aging fire trucks down for repairs at any given time, the department has been barely equipped to cover its own fire emergencies, let alone helping out its neighboring fire departments.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2012 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wenatcheeworld.com Pennsylvania firefighters go into 'rescue mode' to save man in apartment fire
Two Carlisle firefighters were recognized as community heroes on Thursday morning after rescuing a man in an apartment fire on Wednesday night. Capt. Micah Dewhurst and firefighter Josh Martin, both of Union Fire Co. No. 1, were dispatched with other firefighters around 10:11 p.m. Thursday to the 400 block of North Bedford Street after a resident reported smoke in the apartment.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2012 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: cumberlink.com Oregon firefighter: River rescue was 'most dangerous' of career
Firefighters, two fishermen and a bicyclist teamed up to rescue a man struggling in the cold, fast-moving waters of the Willamette River late Wednesday night. Portland firefighters said cyclist Dan Sinclair was riding down the Eastbank Esplanade at about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday when he heard cries for help coming from the river and spotted a man struggling in the water about 25 yards from shore.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2012 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: katu.com Firefighter overtime in California so abundant it is hurting management ranks
Some of California's rank-and-file firefighters earn so much money in overtime that the state has revived pay bonuses worth thousands of dollars to lure them into management. The problem at the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has grown over the last decade, as the state negotiated firefighter contracts that boosted overtime pay without consistently raising supervisors' wages.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2012 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: mcclatchydc.com
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Posted on Wednesday December 31, 1969
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 1969
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 1969
Posted on Wednesday December 31, 1969
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