| This is what’s left behind at the station when a fire call comes in—work boots from leaving their job, lounge shoes from leaving their family at home.
The people whose shoes are left behind aren’t just firefighters. They are husbands, wives, dads, moms, brothers, sisters, friends, and neighbors. They are the ones who drop everything when the pager goes off. The ones who sacrifice family time, birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, sleep, and countless other hours to be there for complete strangers when they need us most.
In the fire service, our number one goal is life safety—and that includes our lives, too.
At the end of every call, these shoes need to be filled again.
You can help us make that happen by having and practicing your emergency evacuation plan, slowing down and staying alert when driving through accident scenes, testing your smoke alarms regularly, and following fire prevention and safety tips.
With your help, we can make sure these shoes are filled again at the This is what’s left behind at the station when a fire call comes in—work boots from leaving their job, lounge shoes from leaving their family at home.
The people whose shoes are left behind aren’t just firefighters. They are husbands, wives, dads, moms, brothers, sisters, friends, and neighbors. They are the ones who drop everything when the pager goes off. The ones who sacrifice family time, birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, sleep, and countless other hours to be there for complete strangers when they need us most.
In the fire service, our number one goal is life safety—and that includes our lives, too.
At the end of every call, these shoes need to be filled again.
You can help us make that happen by having and practicing your emergency evacuation plan, slowing down and staying alert when driving through accident scenes, testing your smoke alarms regularly, and following fire prevention and safety tips.
With your help, we can make sure these shoes are filled again at the end of every call! |
