The alarm rang, as it had so many times before.
He was the first of the fireman up and out...

He is your next door neighbor or maybe a friend
Someone, when needed, you can always depend...

NEXT TO THE BIG FIRE TRUCK I STOOD.
MY THROAT WAS SCRATCHY, MY LEGS FELT LIKE WOOD...

All gave some, Some gave all, All chose to fight...
The little red box by the bed screams, And tells...

Wearing blue coveralls, they sit
sometimes for days, laughing...

Remember that it was meant to be
Lay me down and when you leave...

When I ask you to listen to me when I hurt or have...
and you start giving me advice...

One day my son asked me, Dad?
What does courage mean...

Rest now my fallen brother
Lay soft your suffering back...

The fire tone rang.....FIRE!
Adrenaline, excitement, the love of the challenge...

Nobody knows why firefighters are firefighters...
Firefighting is the most risky of all dead end...

When the fire trucks are delayed 30 seconds in...
PEOPLE SAY: "It took them 10 minutes to get...