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B
B
Four
join
us
who
gather
on
the
22nd
day
of
every
month,
rain
or
shine
hot
or
cold
at
fireman's
park
on
simpson
and
maple
in
case
you
don't
know
where
it
is
to
remember
those
who've
gone
before
and
to
give
thanks
for
those
who
serve
now.
And
lastly,
when
you
see
them
returning
from
a
run
wave
at
them,.
C
B
A
A
A
A
This
class
was
seeded
a
couple
of
years
ago
and
and
tim
approached,
tim
golvette,
as
everybody
has
come
to
know,
approached
me
a
few
years
ago
with
the
idea
of
starting
a
citizens,
fire
academy,
and
I
was
all
for
it
and
it
took
a
lot
of
a
coordination,
a
lot
of
planning,
as
everybody
knows,
and
some
things
got
in
the
way
we
couldn't
do
it
right
away
and
as
a
result,
we
started
it
this
year,
but
one
of
the
things
that
got
in
the
way
was
tim
got
married.
C
A
Life
happens
and-
and
we
are
no
worse
for
having
waited
a
few
years
to
get
this
in
place
and
do
it
the
right
way.
So
we
obviously
did
that
and
and
were
it
not
for
tim
and
all
the
instructors
that
you
have
the
benefit
of
coming
to
know
and
learn
from
over
these
past
nine
weeks
of
all
aspects
of
our
operations.
A
You
were
out
there
doing
it
and
and
as
I
received
a
number
of
letters
and
comments
from
from
all
the
classmates
throughout
the
nine-week
period,
how
wonderful
this
program
was
it's
a
testament
to
the
commitment
that
our
instructors
of
our
department
need,
and
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
them,
and
I
want
to
read
their
names
off,
so
we
can
give
them
a
round
of
applause
when
I'm
done
here.
A
First
off
division
chiefs,
brian
scott
tom
janetsky
and
dwight
hall,
we
had
captains,
shoga,
rayfest,
mygun,
taylor,
doherty
lindstrom,
lynch
perino
vanick
and
pj
casey,
fao,
fire
apparatus
operator,
gonzalez,
edwards
and
and
edwards
firefighter,
paramedic,
morrison,
andy
arrigan
davis
and
our
plans
reviewer.
A
There
was
one
thing
I
wanted
to
do
and
I
I
just
have
to
turn
my
back
for
a
second
to
go.
Retrieve
it
and
I'll,
be
right
with
you.
A
Okay,
this
is
an
example
of
the
spirit
of
the
students
in
this
class,
and
I
asked
I
received
a
letter
from
george
abbott
one
of
the
students
in
the
class,
and
I
asked
him
if
I
could
read
this
this
evening
and
what
you'll
listen.
A
What
you'll
hear
is
the
sentiment
of
the
of
the
class
itself
and
I've
received
similar
comments
from
many
of
you
in
throughout
these
nine
or
ten
weeks,
dear
chief
cliver
and
tim
gobat,
as
a
participant
in
the
nine-week
citizens
fire
academy,
I
can
tell
you
with
all
honesty
that
my
expectations
were
far
exceeded.
Like
so
many
others,
I
already
had
great
respect
for
the
fire
department
and
found
much
of
the
work
intriguing
and
mysterious,
but
I
truly
did
not
understand
all
that.
You
really
do.
A
The
passion,
amount
of
constant
training
and
commitment
to
serving
the
community
by
everybody
who
worked
with
us
is
absolutely
impressive.
The
announcement
about
the
cfa
promised
hands-on
experiences,
which
motivated
me
to
sign
up
providing
opportunities
to
use
the
tools
and
apply.
Some
of
the
techniques
were
incredibly
impactful.
A
I've
always
had
great
respect
for
the
fire
department,
but
I
have
much
higher
level
of
appreciation
for
what
all
the
men
and
women
of
efd
do
for
the
citizens
of
this
city.
The
commitment
to
constant
training
and
passion
for
serving
their
communities
is
prevalent
among
all
the
first
responders.
I
met
during
this
nine
week
class
on
the
first
day
of
class
chief
scott
spoke
about
brotherhood
duty,
pride
and
tradition.
A
The
number
of
your
colleagues
who
graciously
gave
their
time
is
a
testament
to
your
leadership.
Thank
you,
chief
kleiber,
for
making
the
cfa
possible
I'm
impressed
with
the
calibers
of
the
citizens,
fire
academy
and
the
personnel
involved.
The
knowledge,
preparation
and
bravery
of
the
men
and
women
of
the
efd
cannot
be
overstated.
A
A
A
A
We
kept
answering
them
and
that
just
shows
you
the
level
of
again
of
enthusiasm
and
interest
and
curiosity
that
all
all
the
graduates
this
evening
had.
We
have
a
keynote
speaker
this
evening
and
and
we
have
the
honor
of
having
the.
A
Carroll
street
fire
protection
district
chief,
robert
hoff,
with
us
and
I'd
just
like
to
read
a
couple
things
about
his
his
bio
chief.
Robert
hoff,
is
currently
the
deputy
chief
of
the
carroll
stream
fire
protection
district
where
he
serves
as
the
director
of
training
and
operations
he's
a
third
generation
firefighter.
He
started
his
career
in
1976
with
the
chicago
fire
department
and
has
held
the
ranks
of
lieutenant
captain
battalion
chief
district
chief
and
director
of
training
in
2010.
A
He
was
appointed
fire
commissioner
by
then
mayor,
richard
m,
daly,
chief
off
has
twice
earned
the
highest
award
of
valor
from
the
chicago
fire
department
for
his
bravery
and
in
1999
he
was
awarded
the
highest
medal
of
valor
valor
from
the
state
of
illinois,
he's
a
nationally
recognized
speaker,
an
author
on
firefighter
rescue
and
survival,
and
has
always
been
committed
throughout
his
career
to
teaching
and
mentoring,
firefighters
to
the
best
traditions
of
the
fire
service.
It's
my
distinct
honor
and
pleasure
to
introduce
chief
hong.
C
E
When
I
do
speak,
I
speak
for
my
heart
thanks
again
for
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here.
I
really
I
know.
E
Department
and
I
feel
that
that
they're,
in
the
same,
they
have
the
same
passion
that
I
do
in
the
department
that
I
worked
in
before
in
the
department
I
have
now
to
work
with,
and
that's
a
passion
that
you,
the
people
in
the
academy,
saw
that
passion
and
it's
a
life.
It's
not
a
career,
it's
not
a
job,
it's
your
life
and-
and
I
know
that
they
possess
that,
because
I've
worked
with
them
before
so
what
a
great
group
of
people
you
have
here
tim.
E
Thank
you
for
having
me
here
asking
me
to
come
out
here.
There's
two
groups
I'd
like
to
thank
before
I
get
on
with
my
little
speech
here
and
number
one.
How
many
veterans
are
in
here?
Would
you
please
stand?
Thank
you
for
your
service.
E
E
E
Like
the
chief
said,
I'm
fortunate
and
very
humble
to
have
a
job
they
had
the
job
I
had.
My
grandfather
was
a
firefighter.
My
father
was
a
firefighter.
My
brother
was
a
firefighter
my
son's,
a
fourth
generation,
firefighter
paramedic
and
donald
school,
and
I'm
extremely
proud
of
him.
E
When
you
were
in
the
class-
and
you
were
talked
to
about
the
history
deprived
of
duty
and
tradition,
the
history
is
one
of
the
most
important
parts
of
the
fire
service
years
ago.
When
the
fire
service
was
started,
it
was
a
group
of
men
that
got
together
and
they
were
laborers.
It
was
a
laborers
job.
It
was
very
intense.
It
was
physical,
what
you
know
from
being
in
the
academy.
It's
still
that
way
right
today
in
today's
world,
because
we're
all
hazards
what
we
do
we
are.
We
are
educated
laborers.
E
We
have
to
know
ems.
We
have
to
be
the
paramedic
skills
that
are
out
there
in
the
street
to
save
lives
and
they
say
countless
lives.
You
work
extrication
tools,
you
saw
what
they
do
with
hazmat.
This
is
this
is
all-encompassing,
and
it's
years
ago
it
was
just
to
fight
fires
and
save
lives.
Now
it's
an
all
hazards
agency,
so
the
dedication
that
fire
service
puts
forth
into
firefighters
and
paramedics
to
do
their
job
is
extremely
intense,
as
you
saw
in
that
short
amount
of
time.
E
In
in
the
fire
service's
history
and
as
an
instructor,
one
of
the
things
that
we
try
to
get
across
to
people
is,
if
we
don't
talk
about
the
history
of
the
fire
service,
some
of
the
bad
history
will
repeat
itself
and
the
bad
history
is
that
the
100
line
of
duty
deaths
we
have
a
year
still
occur.
Yes,
there's
people
who
have
heart
attacks
on
the
scene,
but
there's
people
that
die
at
the
scene
of
fires
that
go
into
buildings
to
get
people
out
the
buildings
collapse
around
them.
E
E
I
can
tell
you
in
my
life
in
my
career,
what
was
a
turning
point
for
us
as
a
family,
the
hoff
family
was
on
february,
14
1962.
My
father
got
up
in
the
morning
to
go
to
work.
It
was
a
family
of
six.
He
got
up
to
go
to
work.
I
was
the
youngest
out
of
the
six.
I
was
homesick
with
the
measles
and
my
dad
got
up
and
he
had
a
driver.
He
was
at
the
training
academy.
E
His
driver
came
to
pick
him
up.
He
gave
me
a
little
pat
on
the
rear
end
and
gave
me
a
kiss
on
the
forehead
and
he
had
to
leave
and
I
finished
his
cereal.
He
had
bananas
and
milk
for
his
breakfast.
He
didn't
finish
it
so
I
finished
his
breakfast
that
day
at
11
o'clock,
my
mother
received
a
phone
call
asking
if
my
father
tom
was
at
this
fire
and
she
said
no,
I
don't
think
so
he's
at
the
training
academy
today.
Well,
they
rotated
go
into
fires.
E
Of
the
city,
it
was
a
three-story
building
and
what
had
happened
was
it
was
an
intense
fire.
It
was
time
before
it
was
before
portable
radios,
which
you
probably
got
to
work
with,
which
are
lifesavers.
E
It
was
before
radios
and
my
father
was
ordered
to
go
in
and
get
the
firefighters
out
of
the
building,
because
the
building
was
deteriorating.
Well,
my
father
and
other
fire
chief
were
in
the
building.
They
were
getting.
They
were
the
last
ones
out
there
getting
everybody
out
on
the
back
porch
when
the
roof
collapsed.
E
Again
I
tell
you
this
story,
not
because
of
the
history,
but
not
because
to
feel
sorry
for
a
family
or
to
feel
sorry
for
me
or
anything.
It's
the
history
of
the
fire
service
and
things
we
can
learn
from
firefighters
deaths.
What
came
out
of
that
was
not
only
what
affected
the
family,
but
it
affected
the
firefighters,
the
rest
of
their
careers.
It
affected
extended
family
members,
but
the
point.
F
E
Is
that
what
happened
there
shouldn't
happen?
Could
it
have
been
corrected-
and
I
vowed
to
to
in
my
life
in
my
career,
in
the
fire
service,
to
make
sure
that
firefighters
are
educated?
We
we're
going
to
a
fire
we're
not
going
to
a
picnic.
That's
one
of
our
mottos.
We're
always
going
to
have
that
danger
when
we
go
somewhere,
but
we
can
limit.
E
E
C
E
Are
sitting
here
female
male,
it
doesn't
matter,
they
have
family
members,
they
take
away
from
their
family
they're,
not
with
them
a
lot.
This
job
consumes.
You
people
don't
realize
that
what
this
job
you're
not
you
live
it.
You
talk
about
it
when
you're
on
your
day
off
they're
here
on
their
own
time.
It's
it's
consumed
you.
So
I
just
wanted
to
get
that
point
across
that
the
fire
service
is
just
like
the
military.
It
is
a
career
and
it
takes
away
from
the
rest
of
your
life.
F
E
Again
were
all
hazards.
You
talk
about
some
of
the
places
that
people
have
been
and
some
of
the
things
we've
done,
and
it's
it's
you,
the
civilians.
You
don't
have
to
wear
a
uniform
to
save
a
life.
What
you've
done
and
what
you've
learned
with
cpr
the
aed
can
come
across
any
time.
You
could
be
out
there
to
help
someone
you
do
not
have
to
wear
a
uniform.
You
do
not
have
to
be
on
duty
when
I.
E
We
were
in,
we
went
to
new
york
after
9
11.
I
can't
believe
the
civilians
that
were
there,
the
nurses,
the
iron
workers,
the
people
that
all
stepped
up
together,
we're
all
in
this
together
we're
a
bluff
brotherhood
at
a
sisterhood,
because
we
wear
uniforms,
but
you
are
now
part
of
us.
You
know
you're
part
of
us,
because
you've
you've
had
that
little
taste
of
what
we
do
and
again
I
talked
about
new
york.
Katrina
was
the
same
thing.
E
It
wasn't
just
the
fire
service,
it
wasn't
just
the
police,
it
wasn't
the
military,
it
was
the
civilians,
it
was
people
who
don't
wear
uniforms.
It
stepped
up
to
the
plate.
That's
I
guess
I'm
not
being
patriotic,
but
that's
what
makes
our
country
our
country,
because
we
all
jump
in
when
we
have
to
so
again.
B
C
F
E
Over
what
you,
what
you
already
learned
in
class-
and
you
know,
duty,
pride
and
tradition
duty
is
doing
it,
you
did
it
pride
is,
is
wearing
it
we're
wearing
it.
You
wore
the
gear,
you
know
what
it's
like
and
tradition
is
living
it.
So
you
got
a
taste
of
what
we
do
and
I
want
to
applaud
you
as
a
group
for
stepping
up
and
taking
away
from
your
families
going
home
dirty
on
a
few
nights
going
home
sore
I'll
bet.
E
A
We
have
two
members
of
the
class,
the
graduating
class
of
2014
that
would
like
to
address
us
this
evening.
The
first
will
be
el
ellarie
rosner,
hillary.
C
F
We
had
a
brief
but
powerful
encounter
with
this
world
over
the
past
10
weeks,
thanks
to
the
citizen
fire
academy.
Throughout
the
program
we
moved
out
of
our
comfort
zones
and
into
scenario
scenarios
both
foreign
and
fascinating
fao
tim
gobat,
who
initiated
and
designed
the
academy,
wasn't
kidding
when
he
said
the
program
would
be
experiential.
F
Indeed,
we
removed
doors
from
automobiles
using
hydraulic
spreaders,
otherwise
known
as
the
jaws
of
life
we
flaked
and
charged
hoses.
We
threw
and
climbed
ladders
and
we
earned
our
cpr
certification.
The
experience
was
incredible
in
the
actual
sense
of
that
word.
If
we
didn't
have
photo
proof,
I
might
not
believe
it
happened.
F
Here's
some
of
the
things
that
I
enjoyed
most
of
all
hearing,
nearly
every
instructor
use
these
words
to
describe
his
job
honor
privilege,
serve
hearing
nearly
every
instructor
say
about
every
single
new
activity.
This
is
the
best
part
of
the
job.
This
is
the
most
important
thing:
you'll
learn
being
treated
with
unparalleled
respect,
patience
and
kindness
by
everyone
in
the
department
from
the
chiefs,
captains,
faos
and
firefighters,
and
feeling
inspired
and
amazed
by
the
intelligence,
skills
and
bravery
the
firefighters
bring
to
the
job
every
day,
also
feeling
very
incompetent.
F
That's
for
real
and
also
feeling
sort
of
midlife
crisis,
ish
and
existential
about
my
my
choice
of
day
job,
which
feels
very
inconsequential
in
comparison
to
the
work.
Firefighters
do
but
that's
another
story.
F
Each
of
us
had
our
own
reasons
for
enrolling
in
the
citizen
fire
academy
and
likely
will
each
take
different
things
from
the
experience.
I
think
what
we
all
do
share,
though,
is
a
sense
of
duty
to
advocate
for
the
evanston
fire
and
life
safety
services
and
to
keep
our
communities
safe.
However,
we
can
and
to
do,
as
we
were
told
to
chew
our
food.
F
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
memorable
and
meaningful
experience.
I
know
what
a
tremendous
output
of
resources
this
was,
and
I
want
you
to
know
it
was
well
received.
Thank
you
to
chief
kleiber
to
every
member
of
the
department
who
lent
time
and
expertise
to
all
the
classmates
who
I
consider
friends.
All
of
us
were
you
know,
in
the
dark,
literally
together
and,
of
course,
to
our
fearless
leader,
fao,
tim
gobat,
a
passionate,
talented
man
very
deserving
of
a
vacation.
D
Now,
with
every
class
that
I
go
through,
I
always
like
to
do
a
memento
to
the
class
and
the
instructors,
so
I
wrote
a
little
thing
for
what
represented
I'll
in
turn
into
the
fire
academy,
citizen,
fire
academy,
inaudible
class
2014
instructors,
d.c,
scott
fao,
goldbach,
captain
shoulder
fao
gonzalez
captain
taylor,
captain
lindstrom,
captain
boliox,
polio,
captain
perino,
captain
polit,
pj
casey
and
captain
novak.
D
D
A
Thanks
ronnie,
that
was
really
nice
and
hillary.
Thank
you,
okay.
The
reason
why
we're
here
this
evening
is
to
recognize
and
and
honor
the
graduating
class,
the
first
inaugural
class
of
2014
of
the
citizens
fire
academy.
So
at
this
time
I'm
going
to
call
up
not
only
one
of
the
best
faos
we
have
on
the
department,
but
a
good
friend
of
mine,
tim
govan.
G
G
To
thank
are
important
here.
First
one,
my
wife
chris.
G
I
thank
chris
for
understanding
about
the
job
that
I
do
and
living
her
life
without
living
her
life
with
me,
not
being
here
a
third
of
the
time
and
the
10
weeks
that
I've
been
doing
this
and
it's
just
it's
been
more
time
and
thank
you
very
much
chris.
I
love
it
with
all
my
heart,
deputy
chief
robert
hall.
G
G
G
G
Climber
and
division
chief,
brian
scott-
I
want
to
thank
them
for
their
support
with
this
vital
community
program,
which
is,
I
believe,
it
is
essential.
Nowadays.
I
want
to
thank
them
for
their
belief
in
me
to
put
together
a
good
program.
Thank
you,
chief.
G
Where's
officer
lewis
spells
see
in
there
officer
lewis
spells
he
is
the
head
of
the
citizen
police
academy.
I
spent
a
couple
days
in
his
office
with
him
picking
his
brain.
He
came
up
with
some
great
ideas
and
I
couldn't
couldn't
have
done
it
without
officer,
lloyd
spells
and
some
of
his
ideas
and
our
my
idea
is
to
get,
I
think,
put
together
a
pretty
successful
program
program.
So
thank
you
all.
G
Commitment
to
this
program
first
day,
first,
two
days
we
had
this
online.
We
had
over
30
people
apply
for
this
program,
which
I
talked
to
chief
kleiberger.
I
I
it
blew
my
mind.
It
blew
my
mind.
I
knew
that
the
program
would
be
well
received.
I
didn't
think
it's
going
to
be
that
well
to
see
so
participants
and
graduates.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
commitment
to
the
program
for
wanting
to
learn
about
what
we
do
and
how
we
serve.
G
G
Last
but
not
least,
my
brothers
and
sisters
on
the
other
side
fire
department,
the
instructors
every
instructor.
I
picked
handpicked
for
a
reason,
because
the
duty
pride
tradition,
they're,
passionate
about
the
job
they're
experienced.
They
know
what
they're
talking
about
they're
well
educated,
if
it
weren't
for
the
instructors.
F
G
Happened
but
like
she
said,
I
don't
think
the
timing
could
have
been
any
better
and
I
think
the
program
was
very
well
received,
I'm
not
going
to
say
anything
else
that
chief
hoff
and
chief
kleiber
have
talked
about
already
tonight.
Duty
pride
tradition.
Any
of
you
guys
know
that
we're
sitting
in
the
class
with
me
knows
that
I'm
a
very
passionate
guy
about
what
I
do
and
I
get
choked
up
there's
there
is
no
better
job
in
the
world
than
this.
G
The
words
cannot
describe
it
and
I
only
hope
that
you
guys
can
feel
a
tenth
of
what
it's
like.
And
finally
it
was
an
honor.
It
was
my
honor
to
meet
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
work
with
every
one
of
you
over
the
course
these
last
10
weeks.
I
feel
that
every
one
of
you
are
my
personal
friend
now
you're
my
brother.
G
A
A
G
When
I
read
you
guys
name
and
after
I
get
done
my
little
speech,
you
guys
come
up
and
take
a
picture
five
rounds
of
your
diplomas.
First
person,
this
guy
was
on
the
phone
with
them.
We
were
talking
great
conversationalist,
we're
talking
he's
like
he
goes,
you
know
tim.
He
goes.
I
got
to.
F
G
You
something
he
goes,
I
don't
know
if
this
is
going
to
affect
whether
me
being
in
your
academy
class
or
not,
he
goes,
but
I'm
blind-
and
I
said
george,
I
said
that's
not
a
problem.
G
I
said
I
I
salute
you
and
I
respect
you
for
even
wanting
to
be
part
of
this
class
and
meeting
george,
I'm
telling
you
it's
a
pleasure
just
just
a
great
guy
and
watching
him
over
the
course
of
these
10
weeks
is
just
an
absolute
amazing
sight
to
see
when
you,
when
you're
down
and
you're
out
of
bed,
you
got
you
when
the
bears
get
blown
out
bears
get
blown
out,
you're,
feeling
kind
of
down
you're
feeling
bad.
G
You
know,
I
think
about
george,
you
know,
george,
is
an
amazing
amazing
man
he's
doing
what
he
does
so
first.
First,
first
graduate
george
abbott
come
on
up
here.
C
G
With
chief
holds
office
quite
a
bit,
I
don't
know
why,
but
this
is
dr
david
blatt.
G
Dr
dave
is
another
great
guy
he's
got
a
nice
sheen
to
the
top
of
his
head
tonight,
buff
that
out
with
a
nice
wax,
but
great
guy
and
really
a
good
friend.
Now
so
talk
to
david.
C
G
Where's
that
here's
off
of
the
white
spell
you
know
this
person.
She
came
out
to
fireman's
park
on
july
22nd
to
honor
the
anniversary
of
firefighter
paramedic
marty
leone
to
our
ceremony
into
our
barbecue
and
maryland.
Couldn't
stop
talking
about
what
was
coming
up
with
the
the
fire
academy
class
talked.
F
G
G
G
Ted's
a
great
guy
ted's,
a
big
guy
ted
is
tall,
speaks
softly
and
carries
a
big
stick.
Ted's,
a
great
guy
and
I'm
happy
to
be
friends
with
ted.
Now
come
on.
C
G
It's
another
soft-spoken
individual,
another,
great
guy,
great
family
guy,
raul,
gonzalez
raul,
doesn't
didn't
talk
a
whole
lot
in
class,
but
he
sure
paid
attention
and
I
think
the
the
most
I
got
out
of
raul
was
the
last
night.
What
comes
up
gives
me
a
hug.
He
goes.
What
am
I
to
do
on
every
thursday
night.
G
The
I
heard
that
donald
trump
and
green
wanted
to
come
into
the
fire
academy
late
in
the
program,
and
at
that
time
you
know
the
registration
was
done,
but
we
had
some
people
drop
out,
so
it
was
an
honor
to
have
rodney
as
part
of
this
crew
and
part
of
this
part
of
this
team,
so
rodney.
Thank
you
very
much
and
come
on.
C
G
C
G
G
H
G
G
C
G
G
Next
up
is
met
some
some
of
the
this
person's
family
members
tonight
so
another
guy,
that's
not
going
to
be
able
to
be
here
tonight
with
us
he's
traveling
nick
may
he.
I
remember
talking
to
him
on
the
phone
this
kid
and
having
a
kid
cause
he's
like
21
22..
G
He
was
all
jazzed
up
about
it
all
excited
so
come
down
to
doing
the
company
operations
and
truck
company
operations
and
vehicle
extrication
and
venting
and
doing
all
kinds
of
stuff,
and
every
time
you
know
I
mean,
if
you
did
something
crazy.
G
So
I'm
sorry
matt
matt
come
on
up
and
receive
nick's
graduation.
G
G
C
G
All
right
next
guy
up
is
another
another
recruit
of
officer
loy
spells
mike
broman.
He
was
one
of
the
second
one.
One
of
the
first
guys
to
sign
up
for
the
class
mike
is
another
guy
that
spends
a
lot
of
time
at
headquarters.
He's
part
of
the
cert
team
works
a
lot
with
police
and
the
fire
department,
and
it's
always
a
pleasure
to
have
mike
around
mike,
come
on.
C
G
You
talk
to
him.
He's
got
the
little
southern
twang,
I
think
he's
from
you're
from
hunter
where
you're
from
dallas
texas,
dallas,
I'm
a
that's
all
right.
We
still
love
it,
but
there's
another
guy
who
I'm
talking
to
on
the
phone
and
I'm
going
over
to
class
and
what
we're
going
to
cover,
and
you
know
I
think
I
think
that
he
didn't
think
it
was
going
to
be
as
in-depth
as
it
was
and
he
kept
on
getting
a
little
bit
more
excited.
I
could
hear
in
his
voice
and
hear
his
voice.
G
I'm
fine
like
this
on
the
phone.
You
know
I'm
like
hey,
I
got
to
go,
but
hunter's
got
a
great
test
for
us
for
what
we
did
and
just
a
great
guy,
so
hunter
come
on.
G
G
I
get
an
email,
I'm
copied
on
an
email
to
chief
chief
division,
chief
scott
and
this
this
this
woman
is
going
on
and
on
about
the
program.
This
was
three
weeks
into
it.
She's,
like
you
know,
I
went
home.
I
told
my
family
members,
everything
I
learned
about
water,
rescue,
technical
rescue
and.
G
G
Next
yeah
yeah,
this
guy
is
something
to
behold.
G
Police
and
fire
foundation
fred
always
used
to
ride
on
shift
one.
My
old
shift
out
of
station
one
on
engine,
one
first
platoon.
G
But
he
used
to
ride
out
of
on
engine
21
on
shift
one
with
potent
with
italian
chief,
then
captain
muno
and
he
rode
regularly,
and
he
has
a
passion
for
the
job.
I
wish
that
he
was.
We
could
have
been
a
fireman
because
I
think
he
would
have
been
damn
good
one.
G
G
I'm
I'm
talking
to
her
phone
rings
about
10
o'clock
at
night.
I'm
like
this
is
not
going
to
be
good
and
there
it
is
division.
Chief,
brian
scott
called
me
he's
like
he
was
yeah.
We
had
a
little
problem
tonight:
okay,
yeah
they
took
fred
to
the
hospital.
You
know
I'm
like
okay,
so
is
he
okay?
Well,
he
I
think
he's
gonna
be
fine,
you
know,
but
you
know
he
was
kind
of
stubborn
in
like
every
male.
That's
out
there,
like
myself.
G
He
goes
into
the
hospital
and
run
a
bunch
of
tests
and
turns
out
that
he's
got
aortic
stenosis.
So
I
don't
know
when
that
could
have
happened,
but
I
think
that
this
class
probably
saved
his
life,
and
you
know
what
this
guy.
He
has
open
heart
surgery
and
he's
back
at
the
class
two
weeks
after
he
missed.
A
Fred's,
not
only
a
member
of
the
police
and
fire
foundation,
but
also
sits
on
the
public
safety
civil
service
commission.
So
you
can
see
the
dedication
he
has
in
this
community
and
our
department
and
the
police
department,
and
when
fred
had
his
health
scare,
the
class
rallied
around
him
and
in
lieu
of
flowers,
they
decided
to
give
their
donations
to
the
episode
police
and
fire
foundation.
So
we're
having
a
luncheon
tomorrow,
and
this
will
be
contributed
to
that.
And
thank
you
very
much.
G
All
right
next
guy,
I
was
out
with
the
engine
company
in
downtown
evanston.
A
couple
weeks
ago
we
were
flushing
some
hydrants,
that's
part
of
the
job
that
we
do
getting
ready
to
address
the
hydrant
flush
it
open
it
up,
make
sure
everything's
great
and
then
all
of
a
sudden,
I
hear
hey
tip
tip.
G
What's
that
see
this
guy
in
a
suv
on
davis
street
he's,
like
hey
tim,
how
you
doing
phil
we
had
to
fire
up
not
too
long
ago
on
dodge
and
phil
doesn't
live
too
far
from
where
that
fire
was
he's
like
he
goes.
You
know
I
was
thinking
about
coming
out
and
putting
out
my
gear
and
joining.
G
I
don't
know
if
we
could
do
that,
but
phil
is
a
quiet
guy
and
I
know
I
know
the
first
night
of
class.
You
know
he's
like
he
goes,
you
know,
I
thought
about
being
a
fireman
and
you
know
I
was
30
35
years
old.
I
don't
know
if
I
could
do
it
now,
and
you
know
I
I
just
just
don't
know,
and
I
told
him
like
you
know
what
I
feel
I
said,
follow
your
dreams.
Man
follow
your
dreams
and
you
got
a
beautiful
family
and
that
goes
for
everybody
follow.
G
C
G
So
next
person
up,
I'm
I'm
friends
with
one
of
her
friends
on
facebook
and
she
was
out
gail
vetting
around
having
a
girls
weekend
in
north
carolina
or
something
like
that,
and
I
guess
she
was
mentioning
the
program
to
her
friend,
lynn
and
what's
and
and
she's
like
yeah
she's
like
I
got
a
call
from
some
guy
named
tim
goldberg
today
from
the
office
and
fireman.
I
guess
len's
like
well.
G
So
it
was
a
pleasure
meeting
debbie
on
the
first
night
and
debbie
debbie
is
a
school
teacher
and
debbie.
I'm
telling
you
right
now.
I
couldn't
do
your
job
if
I
made
a
million
dollars
a
year
and
I
respect
you
for
what
you
do
for
the
community.
Thank
you.
G
All
right
now,
last
but
not
least,
this
guy
he's
the
only
intruder
in
this
group
he's
from
the
big
city
of
chicago
john.
G
For
this
job,
john,
is
he
works
with
511
club
of
chicago
and
they
go
out
to
all
major
fires
and
incidents
in
the
city
of
chicago
and
they
supply
firefighters
and
emergency
workers
with
pound
cake
number
one
coffee
gatorade
anything
that
they
need
to
get
through.
Seven
eight
hour
incident,
john.
F
G
All
jazzed
up
on
engine
coming
operation
night,
he
was
jazzed
up
every
night,
every
every
night
for
the
last
nine
weeks.
So
I
don't
know
how
he's
gonna
come
down,
but
I
think
he'll
find
a
way
so
john
come
on
up
here.
A
A
A
Also
one
of
our
later
rivals,
but
glad
to
see
you
here,
sam
sam
hunter,
is
one
of
our
retired
deputy
deputy
chiefs.
A
Okay,
so
before
we
conclude
this
evening,
I
wanted
to
recognize
and
thank
chief
hoff,
and
we
have
a
token
of
our
appreciation
here.
So
I
know
I
know
you're
thinking
it's
not
necessary,
but
we're
going
to
give
it
to
you
anyway.
C
A
H
Okay
notice,
I
brought
the
mic
down
because
I'm
the
smallest
one,
so
I
was
asked
to
say
a
few
words
and
thank
our
fearless
leader.
H
I
actually
often
stood
in
class
just
kind
of
in
awe
and
kind
of
spaced
out
part
of
it
was.
It
was
thursday
night,
and
I
was
just
really
tired.
A
H
But
part
of
it
was,
I
think,
that
all
of
us
we
were
just
kind
of
like.
I
cannot
believe
I'm
here.
I
cannot
believe
I'm
seeing
this
I'm
holding
some
instrument
that
I'm
I've
only
heard
about
in
you
know
my
son's
fireman
sam
dvds
or
just
various
other
tools
that
we've
seen,
but
and
and
just
that
we
were
allowed
the
opportunity
to
really
be
let
into
this,
and
it
was
thanks
to
tim
and
thanks
to
his
dream
and
his
passion
and
you've
heard
the
word
passion
quite
a
bit.
H
Tim
often
used
to
talk
about
man
everyone's
sending
me
all
these
emails
about.
You
know
how
much
they're
loving
this
and
mine's
coming
by.
H
There's
a
passion
that
tim
has
that's
incredibly
infectious
and
while
we
all
came
here
because
it
was
something
we
just
really
wanted
to
do,
whether
it
was
something
we've
been
interested
in
since
we
were
little
or
you
know-
maybe
just
a
curiosity
or
a
passion
or
something
we
might
even
want
to
do
as
an
adult
in
our
career
tim's,
the
one
that
made
us
keep
coming
back
so
you've
you've
heard
of
the
tremendous
effort
and
the
time
that
he
put
into
creating
this
awesome
experience
for
us
and
for
future
members
and
future
classes.
H
But
please
know
it
was
not
just
the
amount
of
work
he
did.
It
was
his
work
ethic
that
really
left
us
in
awe
and
inspired
by
him,
he's
really
the
epitome
of
duty,
pride
and
tradition.
He
is
passionate,
he
is
kind.
He
began.
The
class
on
september
11th
a
date
not
lost
on
us
and
he
began
the
class
by
telling
us
about
his
childhood
dream
and
even
showed
us
a
picture
of
him
in
his.
You
know
with
his
firefighting
car
and
his
firefighting
uniform.
H
As
you
know,
my
children's
age
and
he's
he's
so
relatable
in
that
way.
He
introduced
us
to
his
colleagues
who
he
said
he
hand-picked
and
as
teachers
for
us,
but
when
he
introduced
him
it
wasn't
just
by
name.
It
was
with
great
respect.
It
was
with
stories
and
it
was
with
humor,
and
that
was
every
week.
It
wasn't
just
one
time.
It
was
all.
H
And
I
learned
quite
a
bit
not
just
about
the
fire
department.
I
learned,
I
think
how
to
be
a
better
person,
just
by
watching
tim
and
by
watching
all
the
firefighters
and
all
of
our
teachers,
how
they
treat
each
other
and
their
work
ethic.
It
was
just
an
incredible
experience,
so
he
welcomed
us
into
his
home
away
from
home
and.
B
H
Light
for
us
under
the
brotherhood
of
the
fire
department
and
creating
our
own,
and
we
all
began
this
class.
You
know
with
an
email
and
a
phone
call
a
few
months
ago
from
tim,
and
we
didn't
know
what
to
expect.
H
But
here
we
are,
you
know
a
group
of
strangers
once
and
now
a
team
with
a
fearless
leader,
tim
gobat.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
bringing
us
into
your
dream.
C
G
Okay,
I
gotta
move
this
up
because
the
little
spitfire
is
here
so
all
right.
Just
for
the
plaque
that
says
efd,
fao,
paramedic,
tim
gilbert.
Thank
you
for
your
many
messages
received
by
cfa
class
2014..
Thank
you.
G
A
Okay,
one
more
thing
to
do:
tim
is
now
a
producer,
and
we
put
together
a
nice
video
for
us
that
we're
gonna
start
in
just.
A
Kind
of
summarizing,
with
some
of
the
photos
that
we
have
taken
throughout
the
ten
weeks
and
as
well
as
some
a
nice
poignant
song
that
he
played
it
too.
Before
we
start
that
I
want
to
also
say
we
have
a
number
of
our
on-duty
firefighters
here
this
evening.
If
we
can
give
them
a
round
of
applause,.
A
And
I'll
just
say.
Finally,
this
is
one
of
the
best
things.
That's
happened
to
our
department
in
many
many
years
and
if
it
were
not
for
again
the
commitment,
dedication
of
tim
and
the
instructors
and
and
the
class
itself
and
the
enthusiasm-
and
it
would
not
have
happened,
so
it's
going
to
be
hard
really
hard
to
top
this.
That's
that's
what
I'm
afraid
of.
So
we
have
a
class
waiting
next
september
and
I
hope
it's
as
good
as
this
one.
So
with
that
tim,
can
we
get
this
thing
on.
G
Which
one
all
right
good
I
was
putting
this
together.
I
put
it
together
to
a
song
by
bruce
springsteen
called
blood
brothers.
G
Blood
brothers
is
it
can
take,
but
you
can
take
away
many
many
meanings
from
that
song,
the
military
to
be
your
best
friend
and
be
your
brother,
firefly
or
sister
firefighter
sister
police
officer,
brother
firefighters.