Good Morning Joe
I would like to share with you and your readers a positive note about a local fire department.
I am the secretary of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Ocean City. As I am sitting in my office this morning I am watching the generous and community minded Ocean City Fire Department help us as a congregation do something that is very important to our congregation. We have a very large flag pole that we proudly fly and American Flag 24 hours as day 365 days a year. Because of the age of our flag pole and the salty air it is at times a challenge to change the flag and that is what we encountered yesterday. Our gentleman that take care of the changing of the flag went to do so yesterday and were unable to. The suggestion was made that if we knew someone with a bucket truck we could do the task, then someone thought out loud and suggested maybe the fire department would help us with the ladder truck, we called headquarters on 15th Street and sure enough, they were more than willing to help. They told us they would be here tomorrow morning and help us change the flag. At 9:00 am just as they had stated they were here with Tower 6 and a three member crew and proceeded to change the flag.
Some might say a waste of tax payer funds to have the truck and crew come up to 103rd street from 15th street just to change a flag, but we call it a community working together to help one another display pride in our great country. If any of your readers, which I am sure there are, live in the OC area please join us in thanking and being proud of our Fire Department, a chief and firemen that mean what they say and truly serve their community.
Michelle Miller
Parish Secretary
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10 comments:
If Salisbury did the same thing everyone in town would be having a fit! Strange how that works.
Ocean City didn't just spend $25,000,000.00 on their Fire Department.
I live in OC, and am happy to know if there was a fire in my residence, that tower 6 could be spotted and quickly and efficiently. That does not happen if the apparatus is kept in the back of the garage. It takes constant training...
It makes me even happier to hear the purpose it was used for.
I live in OC, and pay taxes here. If you do not do the previous two items, please keep your comments to yourself.
You're supposed to take the flag down at sunset, and in inclement weather. Doesn't their pole have a pulley system?
What oc did was an act of patriotism not a big di$& contest at the expense of tax payers money,wich they use as their own checking account.
According to the U.S. Flag Code, a flag can be displayed 24/7, 365 days/yr if: it is illuminated and it is an all weather flag.
http://www.usflag.org/us.code36.html#173
"That's The Facts, Jack."
Good job guys!!!
Great choice of knowing when to help the community, so whats the big deal? Don't even compare the leadership of OC to that bunch of cry babies with Ireton as thier boss.
Tower 6 comes out of station 3 on 74th street so even less mileage ! I'm an Ocean City firefighter we are always more then happy to help out in anyway we can! Thank you OC!
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