Firefighters; As Heroes during Natural Calamity
As our days are getting close to the finishing line, as what those most people are saying as the judgment day, we encounter a lot of natural calamities all throughout the surface. Calamities that are beyond our expectation to happen, understanding and longings are really heart-breaking and frustrating in a way for most of us, especially those who are victims or casualties. But hope is still could be felt, even in behalf of these things around us. This is because there are still ways and people who are dedicated and devoted deep in to stretch their hands and hearts to help those who are in need. Even the God Almighty is really in great thought of pouring out His boons to those who are needy.
Thus, even firefighters or firemen are really one of the groups who are in helping hands as well to those in need. As we all know just last lately last December 17, there was a tremendous typhoon (Sendong Typhoon) assaulted the Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao area of country Philippines. That natural calamity brought huge numbers of casualties, tantrums, trauma, anxiety and problems to each Cagay-anons. Among those huge problems is scarcity of electric and water supply for both cleaning and drinking purposes. This was the time where all of the firemen or fighters functioned very promptly and well to their fellows. That time, they functioned as water suppliers with their big fire trucks to different areas in Cagayan de Oro. Even the neighboring fire fighters of neighboring cities in Northern Mindanao showed their support through assisting the Cagay-anons with their water supply problem.
With the act they showed, our firefighters or firemen are really into one thought of helping our countrymen. They have the portrayal of how good firemen must act like be. That time, having experience the same tantrums with those others because of the calamity, I could say, that our firemen are really living heroes in time. They don’t even questioned, why they serve those people who are outside their jurisdiction of duties. Instead, they showed the whole-hearted help without expecting in return and regardless of time. And having interviewed one of those firemen who were from Malaybalay city (the neighboring city), Mr. Denmark, he said that they sympathize of those people who are in great lost due of the typhoon. And they are really in deep intention to help those who are in need as well. Regardless of the time and the distance they travel, just to extend their water help to Cagay-anons, they would repeatedly do it; because they have the vocation of helping people in times need. That was so heart-warming as well to hear like that from those professionals who are totally emerged with the field they are in with total understanding and acceptance of their duties and function.
Though that just almost 4 hours of flood, which brought a life time gloom mark and grieve to those who lost their loved ones and lost of their belongings did affected great number of people, the hope must always be therein to each heart. It is because a lot of highly regarded professionals are still down-to-earth and humbled-hearted to assist everyone- as firefighters do in all times and with all of their hearts to every far reaching hearts as well who are in need. I salute to those fire fighters or firemen who contributed a lot on that sonorous moment in Cagayan de Oro, and we are hoping that you will keep up the good work!
Fire Fighters’ Service as the 2nd Maltese cross Edge
“No greater gift, no greater love”. This is the statement that Mr. Gerald Brock, a fire fighter from Darlington, South Carolina had stressed. He was once a son of a fire fighter as well, who was almost died. He was hit by a car when he was still a lad and was severely injured. He was saved by the fire fighter that day from death, which pushed him to help the firefighter and his father to do the service to help those others too, because of that accident happened. From then on, he realized of how fire fighters play a great role in the society and of how they offer their lives for the people to helped in times of incidents like they had. That’s what made Gerald as well, to render voluntary service to the humanity because of the second life he gains from above through the fire fighters.
According to Gerald, as one of the firefighters now, he said, “We lay our lives on the line for others.” This is the elevated idea he uttered which is in line with out biblical views of sacrificing oneself for the common good and safety for the majority. And in relation for the fire fighters’ profession, this one ignites to their good behavior of having the great love for their service and to make all people around them satisfied and well-respectful of the field they are in, which is very ideal and really shows the great love that also portrays of how God loves us.
Why we keep on pointing out the ideas even with the God’s words? It is because, all of the fire fighters are really in one thought with us, with their duties and responsibilities. They are working and having the service with the accordance of God, just to make their jobs well done and in safety. This is not just a faith which they are showing, but it is the lifestyle that they really have and the nature which they already acquired all through out of their profession. So, isn’t it great to this gift of service to show the great love they have for their society and for their work? It really is, I presume!
Portrayed Dedication of a Fire Fighter!
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“He placed me in the area to help this boy.” This is what Lee Callaham, Assistant Chief, New England had sighed the time when he was once tested by the nature of the work he is in – Fire Fighter in profession. As what he shared in the world of fire fighters’, he was working with his landscaping field, when the fire incident happened on that same area, where he was on his job a teen boy was trapped in his on flame house and emanating heat on the area. That was a right timing for him to be there not to have another job in landscaping, but to render a severe service as a firefighter- to help people in times on fire. His presence in that area, made the incident solved immediately. To make the story short, Lee had helped and rescued the boy from the gateway of death, though the boy was really on the pick of death with the serious fire in the house of flame.
What makes this service in line with the dedication as the first pillar or edge of a Maltese Cross logo of fire fighter? It is the every service-oriented by Mr. Lee Callaham, which makes this a relevance to the field he is in. It is not easy to be in this field, because like those other professions, this also calls regardless of the time, place and incidents. The great thing in this citation or story is that, as a fire fighter, Mr. Lee portrayed the true dedication to his service and the passion of making his oath as one, to be ready to stretch out his hand to make the involved safe with all of his might and can do. He even added that the time when he saved the boy, it is not an accident or just a luck, but really a providence of God to have the boy saved. This is as well as proof of how a firefighter a prayerful and a great believer as well to the Almighty, which we all know will make him function as one accordingly.
Dedication, as one of what the fire fighters innately and obliged to live with, in the profession they have is really in great help to all of us in the community. Maltese cross is really that symbolic and that helpful to make every fire fighter we have not only New England, but of course to all through out the world.
Maltese Cross of Fire Fighters
In every thing we have in this modern time, there is always an aborigine. Even in anything we have or use this time, there is a legend behind or let say, a story which covers its total beau and existence. Even with our current times and for those things surrounds us there will always be a cause. In relation to the fire fighter’s, they have their own aborigine of all things or equipment they are using.
One of those things they are using or wearing now is the Maltese cross, which is having a clear, legendary and very inspiring story. Historically speaking, this is very legendary symbol, which is now considered as one of the vital things or tools being worn religiously and professionally with those other fields. What is Maltese cross anyway? And how is it that legendary and considered so valuable? For that, let me enumerate few points or fact regarding this symbol:
- It is known as the Amalfi cross, which is identified as the symbol of the order of the Christian warriors known as Knights of Malta.
- Its eight points represent the loyalty, piety, generosity, bravery, glory and honor contempt of death, helpfulness towards the poor and the sick as well as respect for the church.
With that symbolism it has, firefighters will really do their duties with full dedication and full hearted to give good service to the fellowmen. There are even lots of testimonies that would really inspire all of us to do the same, which is to give service rather than to receive service from others.
Like other profession, this Maltese cross is not just a logo or a sign, but to be the actualized unconditional service by our fire fighters to everybody. This one is could also be consider as one of the vital component of their duty wears, as those other professions do. If doctors have the stethoscope, teachers have the chalk and erasers, traffic aids have the whistles, and police have the revolvers; fire fighter could have this one too, the Maltese logo or very most thing needed on field. As what I’ve said, this is not just a logo, but it is already part of how they do, serve and help people while on duty. It is what reminds them of how they work, what they work for and to whom they should work to.
As for the record, as those every representation of each point edge shows, there is a corresponding story we could share with all of you, just to prove and to show the world, how heroism our fire fighters are serving for. We will have those for all of you to read sublimely and to reflect the soonest!