Bill Dedman Quotes

Delaware's firefighters put their lives in jeopardy every day in an effort to keep families safe.

Brave people are the firemen who run into the burning building. That's brave.

Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

I am used to playing with fire. Somebody has to do it.

I have such a deeper respect for firemen knowing how much they get paid and how much they put themselves on the line.

Working with real firefighters keeps us really grounded. How can you possibly complain that your trailer is not at the correct temperature when you are working with a man who ran out of a burning building to save someone's life?

You know, I'm no different from a fireman. You got to run into a fire no matter how big the blaze is.

Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.

I decline utterly to be impartial as between the fire brigade and the fire.

Over the course of my career in law enforcement, I have witnessed over and over again the selflessness and sacrifice of law enforcement who lay their lives on the line every day to protect people who they will never meet and people who will never know their names.

One thing that's great about firefighters: If they don't have the equipment they desperately need, they don't have the help, they don't care. They'll do it on their own.

I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

Every day, hundreds of thousands of men and women protect and serve, often putting their own lives at risk.

We make mistakes, we have our faults, and God knows some of us have more than our share, but when danger threatens and duty calls, we go smiling to our own funeral.

Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter.

The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out again later.

With better gear, firefighters no longer surround and drown a fire - they go in.

The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.

I think it is rather heroic to go into a war zone where everyone is trying to kill you, and you have no way of shooting back.

It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Heroes don't get anything but dead.