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This page is dedicated to our fallen heroes who have answered the tones to a higher call.


Tribute

The piper plays his lonely song
as crowds gather on the cemetery lawn.
From miles away they came today,
quietly honoring the fallen hero,
so suddenly gone.

Called to duty with gear and mask,
he bravely went about his task.
With hose in hand he attacked the fire;
battling the flames he quickly tired.

Oh, how his family had dreaded this final hour.
Trusted with his partner's life,
he gave his own that fateful night.
Answering to the final tones,
God called another warrior home.

L. Rydl, LT. SMVFD







THE LAST COMMAND

ONCE I HAD A DREAM WHILE I WAS SLEEPING
THAT THE WHOLE WORLD PASSED AWAY
AND THE CHIEF OF ALL CREATION, WORKED THE SCENE THAT
JUDGEMENT DAY.

THERE WERE PEOPLE OF EVERY COLOR,
THERE WERE PEOPLE OF EVERY SIZE.
THEY WERE PUTTING THEM INTO SECTORS,
ACCORDING TO THE WAY THEY LED THEIR LIVES
ASSISTANT CHIEF ANGELS HAD THEIR SECTORS,
THEY KNEW HOW TO HANDLE THINGS

THEN I NOTICED A GROUP OF PEOPLE.....
THEY WERE HOLDING THEM TO THE SIDE.
REHABING SORT OF LOOSE AND EASY,
WHILE THE ANGELS WORKED THEIR SECTORS WIDE.
I.C. JUDGED AND TAGGED THE OTHERS,
BY THIS BOOK OF RULES HE HELD.

THEN I HEARD HIM TELL AN ANGEL....
"NOW BRING ON THE FIREFIGHTERS."
SO THEY GEARED UP AND ADVANCED FORWARD,
SOME SURPRISED BUT NOT WORRIED AT ALL.
AND WENT UP TO MEET THIS CHIEF OF JUDGEMENT DAY....
CAME THIS RUGGED SEASONED BRIGADE.

EACH ONE PULLED THEIR HELMETS ON TIGHTER,
THAT THEY DID FROM HABIT....
FOR ITS A TRICK OF MOST FIREFIGHTERS
TO DO THIS BEFORE THEY ENTER A WORLD OF FLAME.

SOME WERE YOUNG , SOME WERE OLDER,
SOME WALKED WITH A LIMPING STRIDE.
SOME STILL HAD ON THEIR SCBA'S ....
THE ONES THEY WERE WEARING WHEN THEY DIED.
THEY ALL STOOD IN LINE TO ANSWER,
FOR THEY WAY THEY HAD SPENT THEIR DAYS.
AND THEY FACED THE I.C. OF HEAVEN
WITH A CALM AND LEVEL GAZE.

AND THE CHIEF OF ALL CREATION...
GAVE THE FIREFIGHTERS A CAREFUL LOOK.
THEN HE SAID TO OPERATIONS ANGEL...
"BRING ME THAT FIREGROUND OPS BOOK.

SO I TURNED AND ASKED RESOURCE ANGEL...
WHY THE BOOK OF JUDGEMENT HAD BEEN TURNED 'ROUND?
AND HE JUDGED THIS GROUP OF FIREFIGHTERS...
BY THE LAWS THAT RULE THE FIREGROUND?

AND HE ANSWERED, VERY SOLEMN, THAT THE REASON
IS BECAUSE, YOU CAN NEVER JUDGE A
FIREFIGHTER BY SOME CIVILIAN'S LAWS.

YOU SEE THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE,
THEY HAVE FOUGHT THE DEVIL HIMSELF
IN HIS OWN DEN, THEY HAVE SAVED
THE LIVES OF OTHERS, COUNTLESS AND UNKNOWN,
WITHOUT A THOUGHT THAT THE LIVES
THAT COULD BE LOST, VERY WELL,
COULD BE THEIR OWN.

THEY HAVE FOUGHT TO QUELL THE FLAME
AND CHAOS, TO LOOK THROUGH THE SMOKE
AND RUIN, ONLY TO SEE THAT DEVIL LAUGH,
AND RUN AWAY. KNOWING HE'LL BE BACK AGAIN,
IN A NEW PLACE AND A DIFFERENT DAY.
BUT THIS GROUP GOES BACK AT HIM,
WITH THE STRENGTH OF A HUNDRED MEN,
KNOWING ITS A FIGHT ON EARTH, THEY CAN NEVER WIN.

THEN I LOOKED BACK AT THE CHIEF OF HEAVEN,
JUST IN TIME TO HEAR HIM SAY...

"PICK UP..." "WE'RE GOING IN!!!"



Assistant Chief KP
Boles Fire Protection District




Brother

Brother when you weep for me
Remember that it was meant to be.
Lay me down and when you leave
Remember I'll be at your sleeve.

In every dark and choking hall
I'll be there as you slowly crawl.
On every roof in driving snow
I'll hold your coat and you will
know.

In cellars hot with searing heat
At windows where a gate you meet.
In closets where young children hide
You know I'll be there at your side.

The house from which I now respond
Is overstaffed with heroes gone
Men who answered one last bell
Did the job and did it well.

As firemen we understand
That death's a card dealt in our hand;
A card we hope we never play
But one we hold there anyway.

That card is something we ignore
As we crawl across a weakened floor.
For we know that we're the only prayer
For anyone that might be there.

So remember as you wipe your tears
The joy I knew throughout the years.
As I did the job I loved to do
I pray that thought will see you through.


Read by Sen. Ed Kennedy
Worcestor Memorial service
Author Unknown