National Firefighters' Day 2023

Reason to celebrate: May 4, 2023 is National Firefighters' Day.

Firefighters’ Day remembers the dedication, gallantry and need for firefighters from around the globe. Many firefighters are volunteers, and lots of lose their lives throughout duty.Show your support by putting on blue and red-colored laces and ribbons (tied together, symbolizing the mixture of fire and water) which help raise to awareness and support for the local firefighting operation.

Glasstown Antique Fire Brigade Muster and Firefighters Day this weekend

MILLVILLE – The 35th Annual Glasstown Antique Fire Brigade Muster and Firefighters & Family Day will take on Sunday, Aug. 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Wheaton Arts Center and Cultural Center located at 1501 Glasstown Road. As part of the salute to ...

International Firefighters Day: Unsung heroes win five-second silence

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will improve, strengthen and further upgrade the Emergency and Disaster Management Directorate in line with modern techniques to bring it at par with the international standards, CDA Member ...

International Firefighters Day : City pays rich tribute to unsung heroes

ISLAMABAD: The CDA has arranged a special programme to commemorate the International Firefighters' Day at Jinnah Convention Centre on Monday. Fire fighters of CDA Emergency Disaster Management Directorate, rescue workers and staff of CARES ...

Day care kids randomly brighten Corner Brook firefighters' day

Lorenzo Reid of Stepping Stones Day Care hands out bags of treats before the kids surprise members of the Corner Brook Fire Department with the goodies as a random act of kindness Monday morning.

National Firefighters' Day: How an Edinburgh man helped form Britain's first ...

Edinburgh-born James Braidwood founded the service, and is honoured with a statue in Parliament Square in the city, just around the corner from the site of the original fire station in High Street. Braidwood, who went on to lead London's fire brigade ...

Firefighter's day: Public awareness an issue during rescue work

PESHAWAR: International Firefighters Day was observed at Rescue 1122 Headquarters at Sher Shah Suri Road on Monday. Counting their facilities, these emergency workers contended that there was one thing which they still struggle with – public ...

Developmentally disabled become firefighters for a day

Nichola Stoner braced herself against the firefighters at her side as gallons of water shot out of the fire hose she was grasping. The flames shooting skyward from the husk of a burning car died out as the 52-year-old woman's effort helped douse the fire.

Firefighters on Day 3 at Historic Middletown Psychiatric Center

Firefighters are on Day 3 at the historic Middletown Psychiatric Center, where a massive fire has destroyed the historic, abandoned main building. They first had to break into the abandoned property and now they're working through the rubble to ...

May 4, 2023 is also Star Wars Day