When I am called to duty, God,
Wherever flames may rage,
Give me the strength to save some life
Whatever be its age
Help me to embrace a little child
Before it is too late
Or save an older person
From the horror of that fate
Enable me to be alert
And hear the weakest shout
And quickly and efficiently
To put the fire out
I want to fill my calling
And to give the best in me
To guard my every neighbour
And protect his property
And if I have to lose my life
While Protecting Someone's House
Please bless with your protecting hand
My children and my Spouse AMEN
In Honor Of All The Fire Fighters Who
Have Given Their Lives
In The Line Of Duty
Proud To Be By
Your Side
Title Unknown
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
'til 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 goodbye
but 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 one's you love.
-unknown author
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