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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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WELCOME TO THE CENTRAL MASS FOOLS WEBSITE
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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Injured Seattle firefighter's award of $12.75 million upheld by court
The state Court of Appeals has upheld a King County jury verdict that awarded $12.75 million to a former Seattle firefighter who was injured in an on-duty fall in 2003. Tuesday's ruling is the second time a court has upheld the October 2009 judgment by a Superior Court jury that found Mark Jones was left permanently disabled after falling through a fire-station pole hole.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2012 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: seattle times National study involving Airzona fire department shows safer treatment for seizure victims
A better, safer emergency treatment for potentially fatal seizure victims has been found, according to a federal study that involved the University of Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center and the Glendale Fire Department. The National Institutes of Health announced today the results of a two-year study involving the drugs administered by emergency personnel to seizure victims showing that an alternate drug, given by intramuscular injection, is faster and is a more effective way to stop a prolonged seizure lasting longer than five minutes.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2012 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: uanews.com New Report Highlights Wireless Broadband Benefits for Public Safety and Job Creation
PHOTO: Vice President Biden met with law enforcement officials, firefighters and public safety groups in the Roosevelt Room and spoke to a couple hundred more first responders by telephone to thank them for their service and to discuss the new nationwide public-safety broadband network included in the Payroll Tax Extension legislation.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2012 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: whitehouse.gov Georgia firefighters hope to breathe easier with new SCBAs
The commission budget committee, hashing out what it will recommend for a 2012 budget later this week, agreed Tuesday that it will call for spending $2 million of fire department reserves to buy 330 new air packs for the entire department's shift needs. More than half of the current packs, which provide oxygen to firefighters as they battle blazes, have been malfunctioning and outright failing.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2012 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ajc.com Judge overturns verdict against Florida County; upholds verdict against union
A federal judge has overturned a verdict against Pasco County for allegedly retaliating against two firefighters who filed civil rights complaints. Judge James Moody cleared the county of all charges, but he upheld the verdict against the International Association of Firefighters Local 4420 and ordered the union to pay each firefighter $83,000 in damages.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2012 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: tbo.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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