Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.
— Bob Riley
In the heat of the battle you don’t remember very much. You don’t think very fast. You act by instinct, which is really training. So you’ve got to be trained for battle so that you will react exactly the way you did in training.
— Division Chief Chad Abel
A good firefighter knows how, an educated firefighter knows why.
— Chris Walker