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Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely.

Anytime I get to help the firefighters, I will. I'm real lucky to be in a position to help.

Firefighters go where they're needed, sometimes ignoring the dangers even when no one is inside a burning building to be saved.

Having dealt with a lot of real firefighters, I know there are a lot of guys who, for lack of a better term, become addicted to the grief because it has kept them connected to these guys that they felt responsible for having lost.

Fire people who are not workaholics.

You can't be afraid to put out a fire if you're a fireman. You can't be afraid to be a police officer and carry a gun if you're afraid to get up and go out there. So you've got to put that fear to the side and go out in faith to overcome that.

You know, I'm no different from a fireman. You got to run into a fire no matter how big the blaze is.

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.

They're either going to fire you or they're not. They can only fire you. That's all they can do. They can't take your thumbs.