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In reply to the discussion: Boston firefighters dig through ashes to find fallen comrade's wedding ring [View all]VScott
(774 posts)not even the military.
How many occupations can you name where one knows the names and family members of their coworkers?
Attends their weddings, wakes and funerals?
Gets together a few times a year for barbeques, party's and simple relaxation?
How many really take care of their own?
Very few of those in attendance (out of over 5,000 FF's), were "on the clock".
Of those that were, they were upper echelon brass, or Boston FF's whose duty stations were covered by outside FF's who did so on their own free time.
95% (or more), came from as far as CA, Il, FL, TX and other far away places (Costa Rica, Australia), on their own time and dime (if not paid for by their union).
Loyalty, tradition, camaraderie, "I got your back", is what makes a firefighter a firefighter.