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Remembrance Challenge

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Challenging you to do more than wear a sticker or say “never forget.”








I have to say I’m not much of a line-of-duty-on-my-shirtsleeve type of person. I am very supportive of those who have lost family and friends and their efforts to keep the memory of their loved ones alive. What I dislike is the almost commercial aspect of the remembrances of some of our fallen firefighters. It seems as though we are content to say ‘never forget’, don the appropriate sticker and t-shirt and rest our local image upon their sacrifice. Justin Schorr said something to me in an email about such remembrances that was confirming to me. That said, I’m challenging you today with the photo below.


Find out where it is, what it used to be and how it impacts your operations, personally.
If you’re stumped I’ll have the answers and suggestions tomorrow.






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Posted by on October 16, 2010 • Filed under: Commentary, Education, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Line of Duty, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: , , , , ,

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  1. Bill Carey says

    No takers? Here’s a hint. It was site of the department’s worse firefighter loss of life.
    Bill Carey

    on October 16, 2010 @ 4:41 pm.
  2. Sven Schievink says

    Before Sept 11, it was the largesat loss of life for the FDNY
    October 17, 1966 23rd street fire

    on October 16, 2010 @ 5:09 pm.

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