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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm so proud of Maryland's firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources.
As the member of a firefighter family myself, supporting the widowed families of rescue workers is an important, personal cause of mine.
Anytime I get to help the firefighters, I will. I'm real lucky to be in a position to help.
Firemen can do almost everything. You already trust them in life-threatening situations; why not let them help you with your everyday problems, too?
Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.
With better gear, firefighters no longer surround and drown a fire - they go in.
Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter.
One thing that's great about firefighters: If they don't have the equipment they desperately need, they don't have the help, they don't care. They'll do it on their own.
Firefighters go where they're needed, sometimes ignoring the dangers even when no one is inside a burning building to be saved.
What firefighters and people in our military and cops do is separate from what the rest of us do; basically these people say, 'I'm going to protect all these strangers.'