The Fire That Sparked a Tradition Chicago, 1871 On a balmy evening in October, 1871, Daniel “Pegleg” Sullivan was sitting outside his house enjoying the unusually…
The eight point Maltese Cross is the international symbol of the fire service’s willingness to make great sacrifices in order to protect others from the ravages…
The tradition of bagpipes played at fire department and police department funerals in the United States goes back over one hundred fifty years. When the Irish…
