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DO YOU REMEMBER
HEATING THE TIP OF THE WATER EXTINGUISHER AND THEN SQUEEZING IT WITH A PAIR OF PLIERS SO YOU COULD HAVE A SPRAY PATTERN RATHER THEN A STRAIGHT STREAM

DO YOU REMEMBER
STANDING DOWNWIND FROM A BURNING CORVETTE (FIBERGLASS BODY) AND FEELING YOUR THROAT STARTING TO CONSTRICT

DO YOU REMEMBER
SEEING IN SOME ENGINE HOUSE BASEMENTS THOSE OLD FOOT OPERATED GRINDING STONE WHEELS TO SHARPEN YOUR AX,

AND AN OLD SPITTOON ALSO KNOW AS GABOON AND CUSPIDOR
IF ANY OF YOU "OLD TIMERS" HAVE ANY STORIES OF EITHER USING THESE SPITTOONS OR CLEANING THEM SEND THEM IN, WHERE WERE THEY KEPT IN THE ENGINE HOUSE, HOW MANY AND WHO CLEANED THEM ( THE SPITTER OR THE YOUNGEST MAN????????????????).
DO YOU REMEMBER

THE EXPRESSION "A RUN CANCELS THE HAND" THAT WAS WHEN YOU WERE PLAYING CARDS AND A RUN CAME IN. THAT HAND WAS DEAD ,EVEN IF YOU HAD A ROYAL FLUSH. I THINK THAT IF YOU WERE OUT BEFORE THE RUN YOU WERE STILL OUT AFTER THE RUN. THE POT STAYED AS IS AND THE ONLY GUYS IN FOR A NEW DEAL WERE THE ONES THAT WERE IN AT THE TIME OF THE RUN. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN YOU WERE A YOUNG "WHIPPER SNAPPER" AND WAS THE COOK. THE GUYS WOULD SAY AFTER THE MEAL "LET'S PLAY CARDS FOR DISHES " THEY WOULD LOOK AT YOU AND SAY "YOU'RE IN AREN'T YOU" TO FIT IN YOU SAID YEAH EVEN THOUGH THE COOK FOR THE DAY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO DISHES

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN PITCHING HORSE SHOES WAS VERY POPULAR AT SOME ENGINE HOUSES
DID YOU PITCH THE "TURN STYLE " OR THE "FLOP STYLE"

DO YOU REMEMBER
ALL THE GUYS HELPING TO PREPARE THE MEAL AND 5 MINUTES BEFORE CHOW YOU GOT A RUN AND WHEN YOU CAME BACK EVERYTHING WAS ALL DRIED OUT

GETTING A RUN AT MEAL TIME AND WHEN YOU GOT BACK SOMEONE STOLE THE FOOD.

GETTING A RUN AT MEAL TIME AND FORGETTING TO TURN OFF THE STOVE. YOU CALLED CENTRAL AND HAD THEM SEND A COMPANY OVER TO SHUT IT OFF

GETTING A RUN AT MEAL TIME AND FORGETTING TO TURN OFF THE STOVE AND IT DEVELOPED INTO A KITCHEN FIRE WITH ANOTHER COMPANY RESPONDING TO YOUR ENGINE HOUSE

DO YOU REMEMBER
RESPONDING TO A BOX ALARM AND PASSING ANOTHER COMPANY COMING TOWARDS YOU. ONE OF YOU WAS GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION BUT YOU WEREN'T SURE WHO????????????????????????

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN THE BOSS OPERATED THE FOOT CONTROLLED SIREN AND THE CLANGING OF THE BELL.
DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN THEY TOOK AWAY HIS BELL AND ALSO THE FOOT CONTROL
DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN SOME BOSSES JUST CLANGED THE BELL WHEN THERE WAS A CAR IN THE WAY WHILE OTHERS CLANGED ALL THE WAY TO THE FIRE

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DO YOU REMEMBER
GETTING HIT WITH A PAIL OF WATER AND / OR A BAG OF FLOUR STANDING IN THE ALLY OUTSIDE OF HEADQUARTERS KITCHEN

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN SOME ENGINE HOUSES WANTED THE ELKART NOZZLE ON THE FIRST LINE AND THE ROCKWOOD ON THE SECOND
AT OTHER HOUSES IT WAS THE REVERSE

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW THE ROCKWOOD PIPE, BEING SO HEAVY, ALWAYS SEEMED TO COME OUT OF THE BUNDLE WHILE YOU WERE CARRYING IT.

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW SOME COMPANIES USED TWO STRAPS ON THEIR BUNDLES AND OTHERS USED JUST ONE

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW SOME COMPANIES TIED THEIR ROPES TO THE LINE SO IT WOULDN'T GET LOST WHEN "BREAKING THE BUNDLE"

HOW THE UNWRITTEN RULE WAS TO PUT THE ROPE IN YOUR FIRE COAT POCKET IF IT WASN'T ATTACHED. IN THE EXCITEMENT MANY TIMES IT NEVER MADE IT TO YOUR POCKET BUT STAYED ON THE GROUND AND GOT BURIED UNDER ALL THE DEBRIS

DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT LEATHER BUNDLE STRAP HAD AN EXTRA PIECE OF LEATHER THAT YOU SLIPPED THE LINE THROUGH SO IT DID STAY WITH THE LINE

NOTE THERE WAS AN 1 1/2 " PIPE CALLED AN AKRON...............WAS THAT LIKE THE ROCKWOOD OR ELKART???????????
I THINK IT WAS A HEAVY BRASS PIPE LIKE THE ROCKWOOD BUT I'M NOT SURE

DO YOU REMEMBER
MOST COMPANIES HAD 3 LENGTHS IN THEIR FIRST LINE AND 2 IN THEIR SECOND

I THINK THE CASS CORRIDOR COMPANIES HAD 5 IN THEIR FIRST LINE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY IN THEIR SECOND????????????????????????????
OK I NEED SOME HELP FROM SOME OF YOU CASS CORRIDOR GUYS, HOW MANY IN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND LINES?????????????????

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History Of The Maltese Cross

The badge of a fireman is the Maltese Cross. This Maltese Cross is a symbol of protection and a badge of honor. Its story is hundreds of years old. When a courageous band of crusaders known as the Knights

of St. John, fought the Saracens for possession of the holy land, they encountered a new weapon unknown to European warriors. It was a simple, but a horrible device of war, it wrought excruciating pain and

agonizing death upon the brave fighters for the cross. The Saracen's weapon was fire.

As the crusaders advanced on the walls of the city, they were struck by glass bombs containing naphtha. When they became saturated with the highly flammable liquid, the Saracens hurled a flaming torch into

their midst. Hundreds of the knights were burned alive; others risked their lives to save their brothers-in-arms from dying painful, fiery deaths.

Thus, these men became our first firemen and the first of a long list of courageous firefighters. Their heroic efforts were recognized by fellow crusaders who awarded each here a badge of honor - a cross similar to the one firemen wear today. Since the Knights of St. John lived for close to four centuries on a little island in the Mediterranean Sea named Malta, the cross came to be known as the Maltese Cross.

The Maltese Cross is your symbol of protection. It means that the fireman who wears this cross is willing to lay down his life for you just as the crusaders sacrificed their lives for their fellow man so many years

ago. The Maltese Cross is a fireman's badge of honor, signifying that he works in courage - a ladder rung away from death.

St. Florian is one of the patron saints of Poland, He is also a patron saint of Austria especially the patron of Upper Austria and Linz.

Florian von Lorch was born around 250 A.D. and was martyred for his faith around 304 A.D. He lived around the town of Enns near the River Enns which is in present day Austria. He converted to Christianity when it was still a minority religion. It is said that as a youth, Florian was able to put out a fire in a house through the power of his prayers alone. It is also said that he saved an entire city from flames with only a single bucket of water. Because of these events Florian has been the patron saint of firemen and chimney sweeps since the twelfth century.

Florian joined the Roman Army as a youth and, coming up through the ranks, was eventually made a high ranking officer. Near the end of his career he occupied a high administrative post in Noricum, now part of Austria. He suffered death for his faith in the days of the Roman Emporer Diocletian. His legendary Acts state that he gave himself up at Lorch, to the soldiers of Governor Aquilinus, when they were rounding up Christians.

After making a bold confession, he was twice scourged, half-flayed alive, and set on fire. He survived all of these torments through his unyielding faith. Finally, Florian was thrown into the river Enns with a millstone tied around his neck. His body was found by a pious woman who returned it to dry land. An eagle mysteriously watched over him until he was buried. Florian was eventually removed to the Augustinian Abbey of St. Florian, near Linz.

Later, the remains of St. Florian were moved to Rome, and in 1138, Pope Lucius III gave some of the saint's relics to King Casimir of Poland and to the Bishop of Kraków. Since that time St. Florian has been regarded as a patron of Poland, as well as of Linz, and Upper Austria. He also holds patronage of firemen, brewers, coopers, chimney-sweeps, and soap-boilers. He is invoked against bad harvests, battles, fire, flood, and storm. He is also the patron of those in danger from water and flood, and of drowning.

There has been popular devotion to St. Florian in many parts of Central Europe, and the tradition as to his martyrdom, not far from the spot where the Enns flows into the Danube, is ancient and reliable. Many miracles of healing are attributed to his intercession and he is invoked as a powerful protector in danger from fire or water. His feast day is May 4th.

DO YOU REMEMBER
JOWA..................THE REAL OLD RETIREES WON'T................THE REST OF US DO.

DO YOU REMEMBER
CETA .THE REAL OLD RETIREES WON'T................THE REST OF US DO.

DO YOU REMEMBER
SOS THE GUYS THAT SERVED IN THE MILITARY DO, THE REST MIGHT NOT

ANSWERS BELOW

DO YOU REMEMBER THE COST OF LIVING RAISES AND HOW WELCOMED THEY WERE

DID YOU EVER WONDER
WHO HAD YOUR BADGE NUMBER BEFORE YOU AND HOW OLD WAS IT. YOU COULD HAVE A BADGE NUMBER THAT SOMEONE FROM THE HORSE ERA HAD
OUR CLASS ALL HAD NEW BADGE NUMBERS SO THERE ISN'T ANY HISTORY TO MINE

I KNOW I HAVE SOME OF YOU GUYS CURIOUS NOW , DON'T I?????????????????

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU FIND OUT, IF ANYTHING.

IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHO HAS THE OLDEST BADGE AND WHAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR IT WAS ISSUED.


JOWA WAS A DETROIT SECURITY AGENCY THAT INVESTIGATED RESIDENCY

CETA WAS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT SUBSIDIZED SOME MEMBERS PAYCHECKS
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT WORKED
IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT E-MAIL ME
IT STOOD FOR COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACT

SOS WAS CREAMED CHIPPED BEEF ON TOAST OR AS US GUYS KNEW IT AS
SHIT    ON A SHINGLE

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DO YOU REMEMBER
THE SOUND THE ENGINE PRIMER MADE WHEN IT WAS ACTIVATED.......COME ON YOU CAN'T FORGET THAT SOUND

DO YOU REMEMBER
JAMMING 4 GUYS IN THE FRONT SEAT OF A RIG , IN THE WINTERTIME WHEN IT WAS FREEZING OUT, AND YOU WERE OUT ON WIRES FOR HOURS
REMEMBER THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS YOU ALL TOOK TO TRY TO GRAB 40 WINKS. THESE POSITIONS KEPT CHANGING AS THERE WAS NO WAY THE FOUR OF YOU COULD GET COMFORTABLE

DO YOU REMEMBER
YOU SLID THE POLE TWO WAYS
WITH LONG SLEEVE SHIRTS YOU WRAPPED YOUR ARMS AROUND THE POLE
WITH SHORT SLEEVE SHIRTS YOU GRABBED THE POLE WITH YOUR HANDS OR HIT THE STAIRS INSTEAD.

  SOME "WISE GUYS" WOULD SLIDE THE POLE SLOWLY, BY SQUEEZING IT WITH THEIR LEGS, WHILE WAXING IT WITH A PIECE OF WAX PAPER THE NEXT GUYS WOULD REALLY ZIP DOWN THE POLE. ACTUALLY IT WAS A STUPID THING TO DO AS ONE COULD REALLY GET HURT.

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE REASONS WHY THE GUYS STOPPED SLIDING THE POLE

INJURIES FROM TWISTED ANKLES, ESPECIALLY IN THE SPLIT OF THOSE RUBBER MATS

AT NIGHT WHEN YOU ARE STILL HALF ASLEEP YOU SOMETIMES RELEASED THE POLE TOO SOON AND CRASHED INTO THE FLOOR

ALSO AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED THE POLE SLIDING IF YOU SLID THE POLE THAT LEFT THE POLE HOLE DOORS OPEN AND THE COLD AIR FLOWED DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR. WHEN THE GUYS CAME BACK FROM A FIRE ALL TIRED AND HOT THEY FOUND THE DORMITORY WAS NOW ALSO HOT..

ACTUALLY IT WAS JUST AS FAST USING THE STAIRS....WHEN YOU USED THE POLE YOU LINED UP AND COULD ONLY DESCEND ONE MAN AT A TIME. YOU HAD TO WAIT TILL THAT MAN" CLEARED " AT THE BOTTOM TO HAVE ANOTHER MAN SLIDE.
WITH GOING DOWN THE STAIRS EVERYONE FROM THE DORMITORY COULD BE ON THEM AT THE SAME TIME

DO YOU REMEMBER
AS A YOUNG WHIPPER SNAPPER SOME OF THE OLD GUYS WOULDN'T WAIT TILL YOU CLEARED THE BOTTOM. THEY HIT THE POLE JUST AFTER YOU HIT THE POLE. YOU PUSHED AWAY FROM THE POLE AS SOON AS YOU HIT THE GROUND OR RELEASED BEFORE HITTING THE BOTTOM AND IMMEDIATELY CLEARED AS YOU KNEW SOMEONE WAS ABOUT TO LAND ON YOU.
REMEMBER THOSE DAYS GUYS

DO YOU REMEMBER
BEING CHALLENGED AS A YOUNG "WHIPPER SNAPPER" TO TRY TO CLIMB UP THE POLE. YOU WERE HALF WAY UP, SHOWING THE GUYS JUST HOW STRONG THIS YOUNG" WHIPPER SNAPPER" WAS AND YOU GOT HIT FROM ABOVE WITH A BUCKET OF WATER..............YOU WERE HAD AGAIN YOUNG "WHIPPER SNAPPER"....WHEN WILL YOU LEARN

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DO YOU REMEMBER
THE MAN ON AFTERNOON WATCH SPINNING 4 OR 5 ROUND DINNER PLATES ON THE APPARATUS FLOOR TO WAKE THE GUYS UP AT 3:45 PM IF YOU HAVE A HEAVY ROUND DINNER PLATE SPIN IT ON YOUR BASEMENT FLOOR TO RECALL THE SOUND IT MAKES

DO YOU REMEMBER
AT SOME ENGINE HOUSES THE GUYS WOULD SAVE OLD BREAD IN A PAPER BAG THAT THEY WOULD KEEP ON THE RADIATOR TO DRY OUT. THEY USED THIS FOR STUFFING (BEFORE STOVETOP) AND BREAD CRUMBS
IF YOU LOOKED IN THERE SOME OF THE BREAD WAS GREEN. IT'S A WONDER WE DIDN'T GET SICK

DO YOU REMEMBER
KICKING THE "WYE GATES" HANDLE TO OPEN IT FOR THE SECOND LINE RATHER THEN REACHING DOWN AND OPENING IT WITH YOUR HAND MANY WYE GATES ONLY HAD ONE HANDLE AND THAT WAS ON THE SECOND LINE SIDE.. SOME COMPANIES OPENED THE FIRST LINE OUTLET AND THEN REMOVED THE HANDLE. SO IT WAS ALWAYS OPEN.

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE NAME OF THAT DIVIDING DEVICE INSIDE THE SIAMESE

"CLAPPER" DID YOU REMEMBER BEFORE YOU SAW IT?

DO YOU REMEMBER
NO MATTER HOW WELL YOUR BOOTS FIT YOUR HEALS WOULD ALWAYS RUB .

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN SOME DAs OR DRIVERS PUT DIESEL FUEL IN THE HYDRAULIC TANK OF A TRUCK... THE SHOP THEN PUT LOCKING DEVICES OVER THE HYDRAULIC TANK CAP

DID YOU EVER WONDER
WHY SINCE SO MANY GUYS LIKED THE OLD STOVEPIPE STYLE FIRE CAP WE NEVER GOT IT IN OUR CLOTHING CONTRACT
IT WAS PROBABLY MORE EXPENSIVE

DO YOU REMEMBER
GETTING A YELLOW RIG TO REPLACE A CENTURY OF RED RIGS
HOPING BEFORE YOU RETIRED YOU WOULD GET A NEW RED RIG TO REPLACE YOUR YELLOW RIG

I RETIRED WITH A YELLOW RIG, I WAS HOPING FOR A RED ONE.

DO YOU REMEMBER
AT A MULTIPLE, IN THE WINTERTIME, THE SIGHT OF A BUILDING THAT WAS SPRAYED WITH WATER FOR HOURS AND HOURS.
IT WAS LIKE AN ICE CASTLE. REMEMBER HOW THEY LOOKED WHEN THE SUN WAS SHINING ON THEM

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DO YOU REMEMBER
UNLIKE MANY, MANY OTHER JOBS ( AND OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS) YOU DID NOT HAVE TO BUY ANY POLITICAL TICKETS, PUT UP ANY POLITICAL POSTERS, CAMPAIGN FOR ANY POLITICIAN ,ATTEND ANY FUNCTION OR EVEN GET ALONG WITH ANY BOSS TO GET YOUR PROMOTION, THANKS TO OUR UNION
SOME OF YOU DID DO THESE THINGS FOR YOUR OWN REASONS BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TO GET YOUR PROMOTION .SOME DEPARTMENTS ,AS RUMOR HAS IT, YOU BOUGHT YOUR PROMOTION, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER

DO YOU REMEMBER
CHECKING THE TIRES BY HITTING THEM WITH THE HYDRANT WRENCH

DO YOU REMEMBER
BEING TOLD NOT TO PAINT THE TIRE LUGS FOR INSPECTION AS IT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO TAKE OFF THE NUTS

DO YOU REMEMBER
GOING TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO CHECK ON YOUR RIG THAT WENT IN FOR 2 OR 3 REPAIRS AND SAW THAT IT WAS
CANNIBALIZED TO FIX OTHER RIGS.

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE BOX OF SPRINKLERS AND THAT TOOL TO TEMPORALLY STOP THE FLOW OF WATER UNTIL THE WATER VALVE WAS FOUND TO SHUT IT OFF. REMEMBER HOW FANCY THE WATER DIVERTER WAS ON SOME SPRINKLERS

DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT ENGINE 48 HAD BOTH ENGINE AND LADDER TRUCK FEATURES. THEY HAD TO BE FILLED IN IF THEY CAME OVER THE BRIDGE

DO YOU REMEMBER
WE HAD TWO "SQUIRTS"......I THINK ENGINE 37 WAS ONE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER ONE WAS
NEED HELP ON THIS ONE?????????????????????????????????

DO YOU REMEMBER
BRINGING THE WATER EXTINGUISHER INTO THE CAB IN THE WINTERTIME WHEN YOU WERE AT A FIRE FOR A LONG TIME SO IT WOULDN'T FREEZE
FORGETTING TO BRING IN THE WATER EXTINGUISHER AND IT DID FREEZE

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE POLES WERE FILLED WITH SAND.
AT ONE OF THE ENGINE HOUSE I RAN IN WE NOTICED A SMALL HOLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POLE. WHEN YOU SHOOK IT A SMALL AMOUNT OF SAND WOULD FLOW OUT

DID YOU KNOW THAT AX HANDLES ARE MADE OF HICKORY AND THE OLD PIKE POLES WERE MADE OF ASH

DO YOU REMEMBER
HATING A REKINDLE AS YOU WOULD FEEL THAT YOU DIDN'T PUT THE FIRE COMPLETELY THE FIRST TIME

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DO YOU REMEMBER
AT A MULTIPLE ALARM DUMPING YOUR 1 1/2 " LINE ON THE "GROUND" SO YOU COULD STRETCH THAT BEDS 2 1/2 LINE PLUS THE OTHER BEDS 2 1/2. THEN AFTER THE FIRE YOU COULD NEVER FIND YOUR 1 1/2 " LINE
THE SHARPER COMPANIES JUST FLIPPED THE 1 1/2 " LINE INTO THE CENTER ISLE AND THEN STRETCHED "BOTH BEDS"

DO YOU REMEMBER
FILLING IN AT ANOTHER COMPANY AS ENGINE - - FILL-IN THEN UPON GETTING THERE GOING TO THE MAP AND TRYING TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF BEFORE YOU GOT YOUR FIRST RUN.
DO YOU REMEMBER
AT THAT FILL-IN COMPANY PUTTING THEIR FOOD AWAY, FIRST PUTTING A PIECE OF PAPER ON THEIR PLATE INDICATING THE TABLE POSITION OF THE PLATE. THEN WASHING THE DISHES AND POTS AND PANS SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO IT WHEN THEY CAME BACK FROM THE MULTIPLE . IT WAS DONE FOR YOU AND YOU WANTED TO RETURN THE COURTESY.
EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO WAS ON THEIR RIG, THEY WERE "FAMILY"

DO YOU REMEMBER

WHEN AN EXTRA ALARM WAS GOING ON AND YOU SUSPECTED YOUR RUNNING BOARD WAS ALL MESSED UP YOU WOULD "GO BACK ON THE TAPE". YOU READ THE BOXES AND COMPANIES GOING IN AND OUT OF SERVICE BY READING THE PUNCHES IN THE TAPE . IF YOU COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN IT OUT YOU USED THE OUTSIDE PHONE AND CALLED ANOTHER COMPANY TO "GIVE YOU THE BOARD" 1-6 WAS IN DURING MULTIPLES , THEREFORE YOU COULDN'T USE THE DEPARTMENT PHONE.

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE TAPE CAME IN BUNDLES OF TEN
TAKING THE OLD TAPE OUT AND TAKING ABOUT TWO FEET OF THE END AND WRAPPING IT AROUND THE THE TAPE AND SAVING IT FOR AWHILE JUST IN CASE IT WAS NEEDED TO VERIFY THE BOARD.

DO YOU REMEMBER
GOING FROM THE THE OLD SIREN TO THE ELECTRONIC ONE AND RUNNING THROUGH ALL THE SOUNDS IT MADE
DIFFERENT BOSSES LIKED DIFFERENT SOUNDS

NOTE

A WHILE BACK I ASKED WHERE THE TERM "KELLY: CAME FROM. I HAD HEARD IT CAME FROM CHICAGO BUT WHERE I TRIED TO CONFIRM THIS WITH CHICAGO THE PERSON E-MAILED ME BACK THAT THEY CALL THAT DAY A "DALY" DAY NAMED AFTER MAYOR DALY?????????????
ANYWAY I GOT THIS FROM AN ILLINOIS WEB SITE..

Part of the reversal of conditions was the election of a fire fighter’s son, Edward J. Kelly, to the Mayor’s seat in 1933. Kelly began by partially restoring the 1932 salary retrenchment and in 1936 gave Chicago fire fighter’s a day off for every seven on duty, beginning a new terminology that Illinois fire fighters still use for additional days off -- a "Kelly" day. Chicago fire fighters were so fond of Kelly they named him an "Honorary Fire Chief" in July 1934. 35

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DO YOU REMEMBER
ACCIDENTALLY STEPPING ON THE FLOOR SIREN SWITCH AND TO STOP IT PRESSING THE ERASER TIP OF A LEAD PENCIL AGAINST THE ROTATING SIREN

DO YOU REMEMBER
CENTRAL CALLING YOUR ENGINE HOUSE TO VERIFY THAT A PARTICULAR COMPANY HAD RESPONDED TO THE BOX THAT JUST CAME OVER THE TAPE ........IF IT WAS A SINGLE COMPANY AND CENTRAL CALLED AND YOU WERE STILL THERE YOU QUICKLY RAN BACK THE TAPE TO CHECK IT TO SEE IF YOU SHOULD HAVE RESPONDED

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE HOLES THAT WERE PUNCHED IN THE TAPE WERE TRIANGULAR IN SHAPE WITH ONLY TWO SIDES OF THE TRIANGLE BEING PUNCHED.
THE PAPER FOLDED OVER AT THE UNCUT THIRD SIDE THEREBY NOT PRODUCING ANY PAPER DEBRIS

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE GUYS CUT A UP SMALL PIECES OF SPONGE AND GLUED THEM TO THE POLE HOLE DOOR STOPPERS. IT WOULD MUFFLE THE SOUND THE DOORS MADE WHEN THEY BANGED OPEN WHEN THEY WERE TRIPPED

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW EVERYONE HIT THE FLOOR WHEN THE BIG BELL WAS THROWN IN OR THE ALERT WENT OFF. AS TIME WENT ON THE GUYS YELLED "WHO GOES" BEFORE SLIDING THE POLE

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE CHIEFS DRIVERS BED HAD A BUZZER NEXT TO IT SO THE CHIEF COULD ALERT HIM WHEN HE GOT A RUN.
WHEN DID THE CHIEFS DRIVER BECOME THE CHIEFS AID???????????????????????? I DON'T KNOW

IF A BAND HAD A DRIVER WOULD HE BE A" BAND AID"... SORRY I JUST COULDN'T RESIST THAT ONE

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN SOME JUNIOR OFFICERS THAT RAN AT HEADQUARTERS HAD THE POWER TO GET YOU TRANSFERRED OR ANY OTHER FAVORERS.
THEY RAN AT HEADQUARTERS SO LONG THAT THE CHIEFS RELIED ON THEM TO HELP RUN THE DEPARTMENT AS THEY WERE MORE FAMILIER WITH THE PAPERWORK THEN SOME CHIEFS

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW AS A YOUNG "WHIPPER SNAPPER" IF YOU MADE ANY SUGGESTION THE RESPONSE WAS "HEY KID WE'VE DONE IT THIS WAY FOR ONE HUNDRED YEARS, JUST "PUT THE WET STUFF ON THE RED STUFF"
YOU DIDN'T MAKE ANYMORE SUGGESTIONS TILL YOU WERE NO LONGER A YOUNG "WHIPPER SNAPPER"

DO YOU REMEMBER
SITTING AROUND TELLING "FIRE STORIES' ..........................DO YOU MISS THOSE DAYS?????????????
DO YOU TELL FIRE STORIES WHEN YOU GET TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE GUYS NOW? DO YOU LAUGH MORE AT SOME OF THOSE STORIES NOW THEN YOU DID THEN????????? DO YOU SOMETIMES MISS GUY STUFF AND STORIES AND LIES ,,,,,,,,,AND LIES AND STORIES.................. IT SURE WAS A BETTER CAREER THEN OPERATING A PUNCH PRESS AT OLD DODGE MAIN , WASN'T IT.

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