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Firefighter Portrait Project

17 images Created 12 Jan 2019

The Volunteer fire service is deeply rooted in American
history and tradition. George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, and Samuel Adams were all Volunteer firefighters.
Benjamin Franklin is known as the father of American Volunteer firefighting when he started the Union Fire Company in
Philadelphia. Many of the history’s greatest fires known were
extinguished by volunteer firefighters.

For 85% of the United States today, volunteer firefighters are the first responders.

This project is to show the world the faces of their neighbors who sacrifice their lives to protect their community.

This is a Community of Courage
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  • Tim Richards <br />
Software Engineer<br />
I had a lot of family that served in the military, police, fire or EMS. I grew up around it and wanted to help out my community since I’ve been raised here.
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  • Tim Richards <br />
Software Engineer<br />
I had a lot of family that served in the military, police, fire or EMS. I grew up around it and wanted to help out my community since I’ve been raised here.
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  • Dominick daloia Construction Supervisor for National Grid <br />
Moyers Corner Fire Department <br />
We all do this because there’s not much left in this country where you can risk yourself for a cause you know is good, But I think it’s mainly I feel obligated to the community I’m part of.  If you go back 100 plus years’ people depended on each other in that community, they had skills that other people needed. Now days that seems to be by the wayside now, because everybody can afford whatever they need.  Nobody really depends on anybody anymore. Whether people realize it or not there’s still a fire department and most of them are volunteer, and sometimes is going to depend on them. It’s way for me to give back to the community and feel like I’m part of the community.
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  • Dominick daloia Construction Supervisor for National Grid <br />
Moyers Corner Fire Department <br />
We all do this because there’s not much left in this country where you can risk yourself for a cause you know is good, But I think it’s mainly I feel obligated to the community I’m part of.  If you go back 100 plus years’ people depended on each other in that community, they had skills that other people needed. Now days that seems to be by the wayside now, because everybody can afford whatever they need.  Nobody really depends on anybody anymore. Whether people realize it or not there’s still a fire department and most of them are volunteer, and sometimes is going to depend on them. It’s way for me to give back to the community and feel like I’m part of the community.
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  • Dominick daloia Construction Supervisor for National Grid <br />
Moyers Corner Fire Department <br />
We all do this because there’s not much left in this country where you can risk yourself for a cause you know is good, But I think it’s mainly I feel obligated to the community I’m part of.  If you go back 100 plus years’ people depended on each other in that community, they had skills that other people needed. Now days that seems to be by the wayside now, because everybody can afford whatever they need.  Nobody really depends on anybody anymore. Whether people realize it or not there’s still a fire department and most of them are volunteer, and sometimes is going to depend on them. It’s way for me to give back to the community and feel like I’m part of the community.
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  • I do it for the adrenaline rush of helping people within my community - Alton Apples, Volunteer Firefighter, Moyers Corner FD, Mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service.
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