AMERICAN FLAG ORDERED TO BE REMOVED FROM FDNY RIG.
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Having served proudly in the FDNY for 23 years and now retired. I am OUTRAGED. I would love to see all the rigs fly the same flag! Pick a day next week so that all the flags could be distributed to the companies and Proudly fly them. What are they going to do? Put the companies out of service? Its time we stand up for what we believe in and what we in the fire service hold dear. Yes, this is a knee jerk reaction but it sounds good to me. One last thing brothers and sisters, don't blame the deputy chief who had to give the order to take it down, believe me, he didn't want to but he was put between a rock and a hard place to do it. God bless the red and blue. Thanks Chief Jack for the post.
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Yeah this is just asinine at this point.
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Something like this happened in a Boston suburb last year. When the flag was removed it found its way to many different departments where it was proudly flown.
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All FDNY Vehicles do have the stickers of the American flag.
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Hope that’s true Maybe someone told him to reach down and pull his nuts down
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I believe every major form of transportation or any department for that matter post 9/11 has been a requirement to have an American Flag somewhere on the vehicle. You see it on busses, subways, post 9/11 the rigs from 2002+ had the american flags on the cab and so on.
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Amen this
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Not to stoke a fire here, but the flag that was removed is not an American flag. Its a facsimilie of the flag. And its defaced.
Im sure as hell means a lot to the members but Im 99% sure there are rules and regs governing what can and cant be flown or displayed from a rig. If the regs say it can be an American Flag, so be it.
Im sure as hell means a lot to the members but Im 99% sure there are rules and regs governing what can and cant be flown or displayed from a rig. If the regs say it can be an American Flag, so be it.
What about the flags for the MIA's? Should they be removed also? I think NOT.
Absolute BS! This politician should be thrown out of office. Protest this loser (I'm being very nice with my language right now). UFA, UFOA, & Brothers won't stand for this C---!
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It's not the American flag...however, I cringe when I do see a filthy facsimile just the same, and many times it is mounted on the rig incorrectly.
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I think the US flag code is one of the most dis-regarded documents around. You are not to use it for commercial profit, yet how many times do you see shirts and shorts with stars and stripes on them. But this incident does not fall into that, glad to see the COD has stepped in!