
My father was a fireman, he drove a big red truck. And when he'd go to work each
day, he'd say, "Mother wish me luck."
Then Dad would not come home again, until sometime the next day. But the thing that
bothered me the most , was the things some folks would say.
"A fireman's life is easy, he eats and sleeps and plays, and sometimes he won't fight a
fire , for days and days and days."
When I first heard these words, I was too young to understand. But I knew when
people had trouble, Dad was there to lend a hand.
Then my father went to work one day, and kissed us all good-bye. Little did we realize,
that night we all would cry.
My father lost his life that night, when the floor gave way below. And I'd wondered
why he'd risk his life, for someone he did not know.
But now I truly realize, the greatest gift a man can give. Is to lay his life upon the line, so
that someone else might live.
So as we go from day to day and we pray to God above, say a prayer for your local
fireman, he may save the ones you love.
| Stone, Robert | Douglassville, Pennsylvania | 11/04/2009 |
| Greene, Chad Eric | Kernersville, North Carolina | 11/04/2009 |
| Whitney, Phil | Springville, Utah | 10/28/2009 |
| Westover, Jr., Roy Everett | Westover, Pennsylvania | 10/24/2009 |
| Thurman, John | Clinton, Mississippi | 10/21/2009 |
| Street, Gary D. | Sparta, Georgia | 10/17/2009 |
| Nordwall, Carl | Norfolk, Virginia | 10/06/2009 |
| Joyce, Patrick | Yonkers, New York | 10/02/2009 |
| Sharon, Terry | Owenton, Kentucky | 09/13/2009 |
| Christiana, Ricky | Gretna, Louisiana | 09/11/2009 |
| Holst, Richard | Huntington, New York | 09/09/2009 |
| Frizzell Jr., Kenneth | East Charleston, Vermont | 08/30/2009 |
| Hall, Tedmund "Ted" Hall | Los Angeles, California | 08/30/2009 |
| Quinones, Arnaldo "Arnie" | Los Angeles, California | 08/30/2009 |
| McCarthy, Charles "Chip" | Buffalo, New York | 08/24/2009 |
| Croom, Jonathan | Buffalo, New York | 08/24/2009 |
| Jamsa, David | Reno, Nevada | 08/20/2009 |
| Zeeks, Jimmie | Mitchell, Indiana | 08/15/2009 |
| Warhola, Paul | Brooklyn, New York | 08/14/2009 |
| Horton, John P. "Jack" | Marlboro, Vermont | 08/06/2009 |
| Tinkham, Eric Allan | Queen Creek, Arizona | 08/01/2009 |
| Marovich, Thomas | Alturas, California | 07/21/2009 |
| Grace, Joseph T. | Mandeville, Louisiana | 07/10/2009 |
| Grass Jr., David | Ste. Genevieve, Missouri | 07/08/2009 |
| Wingard, Ryan | Strattanville, Pennsylvania | 07/06/2009 |
| Johnson, Robert | Mahopac Falls, New York | 07/05/2009 |
| Haddix, Dale Elliott | Schell City, Missouri | 07/04/2009 |
| LePage, Allan | Kingston, Rhode Island | 06/30/2009 |
| Stearns, Brett | Craig, Colorado | 06/26/2009 |
| Thompson, William | Dushore, Pennsylvania | 06/18/2009 |
| Cameron, Jimmy E. | Blackstock, South Carolina | 06/16/2009 |
| Lewis, Lyle | Alton, Kansas | 06/16/2009 |
| Mansfield, Conrad | Defiance, Ohio | 06/14/2009 |
| Cole, Debra A. | South Portland, Maine | 06/11/2009 |
| Reed, Jeffrey H | Pulaski, Virginia | 06/08/2009 |
| Tramel, Matthew Douglas | Pembroke, North Carolina | 06/05/2009 |
| Hall, James M. | Uniontown, Ohio | 05/30/2009 |
| Roberts, Paul J | Beverly, Massachusetts | 05/22/2009 |
| Cospelich, Stephen Michael | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 05/20/2009 |
| Nelson, Frankie P. | Shreveport, Louisiana | 05/10/2009 |
| Johnson, Cohnway M. | Houston, Texas | 05/05/2009 |
| Risk, Thomas L. | Missoula, Montana | 04/25/2009 |
| Flynn, Michael Wayne | Missoula, Montana | 04/25/2009 |
| Buss, Brian Joseph | Missoula, Montana | 04/25/2009 |
| Reardon, Patrick | New Haven, Connecticut | 04/21/2009 |
| Simmons, Dennis M. | St. John, Kansas | 04/21/2009 |
| Clough, Jr., Charles Fletcher | Sudlersville, Maryland | 04/15/2009 |
| Harlow, James | Houston, Texas | 04/12/2009 |
| Hobbs, Damion | Houston, Texas | 04/12/2009 |
| Van Handel, Heath | Madison, Wisconsin | 04/08/2009 |
| Weber, John | Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 04/04/2009 |
| Jeffers, John William | Wellington, Illinois | 04/02/2009 |
| Wimberly, George A. | Stonewall, Mississippi | 04/01/2009 |
| Rivera, Manny | Trenton, New Jersey | 03/31/2009 |
| France, Robert Andrew | Stateline, Mississippi | 03/30/2009 |
| Gilbreath, Mike | Double Springs, Alabama | 03/27/2009 |
| Strang, Robert | Melbourne, Florida | 03/26/2009 |
| Schmidt, Nolan | Hydro, Oklahoma | 03/23/2009 |
| Cooke, Gregory Carroll | Whitakers, North Carolina | 03/21/2009 |
| Vorwark, William Roger | Odessa, Missouri | 03/14/2009 |
| Dill, Christopher Allen | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 03/04/2009 |
| Hermel, Alan M. | Haughton, Louisiana | 03/03/2009 |
| Darrington, Michael J. | Toledo, Ohio | 02/27/2009 |
| Myshrall, Charles | Coventry, Connecticut | 02/26/2009 |
| Pierno, Ferdinando 'Freddy' | Stuart, Florida | 02/25/2009 |
| North, Derek Edward | Lakeland, Georgia | 02/23/2009 |
| Adams, John | Jennings, Oklahoma | 02/20/2009 |
| Hammons, Johnnie | Craigsville, West Virginia | 02/19/2009 |
| Nicholas, Timothy | Craigsville, West Virginia | 02/19/2009 |
| Eberle Jr., Albert G. | Roslyn, Pennsylvania | 02/16/2009 |
| Isbell, Jeffrey | Enterprise, Alabama | 02/10/2009 |
| Mathison, Dean Walter | Larsen, Wisconsin | 02/10/2009 |
| Davis, Mark Bradley | Cape Vincent, New York | 01/31/2009 |
| Parsons, William Gray | Millers Creek, North Carolina | 01/31/2009 |
| Galloway, Cory James | Kilgore, Texas | 01/25/2009 |
| Perkins, Kyle | Kilgore, Texas | 01/25/2009 |
| Rhea, Richard Lynn | Crawfordville, Florida | 01/24/2009 |
| Kelley, Kevin M. | Boston, Massachusetts | 01/09/2009 |
| Myers, John C. | Pittsburg, Oklahoma | 01/03/2009 |
| Stephens, Gary | Elizabeth, New Jersey | 01/02/2009 |