Bert Lance Quotes

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

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

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

Firefighters go where they're needed, sometimes ignoring the dangers even when no one is inside a burning building to be saved.

If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down. We either save this country or we do not.

When your neighbour's house is on fire, you should help with a bucket of water.

Remote fountains are of little help to nearby fires

When I was 6 years old, we were lighting firecrackers in the backyard and started a fire. My brother ran out and was pulling water from the creek and pouring it on the fire with a 7-Eleven Big Gulp cup.

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

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

I'm fascinated by fire. When I was four, I wore an American fireman's hat all the time, and I still have one in my office today. Glasgow used to be called 'Tinderbox City;' there were always fires, people getting killed.

Walter Mayer was a hero at a Salvation Army home fire in Cincinnati.

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.

Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.

If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?

Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

You want to put the fire out first and then worry about the fire code.

I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.

My colleagues, we're here to smoke the little bugger out.

Every fire hydrant in the country will be concerned.

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

When your house is on fire—that is not the time to talk

When I was shooting for the film 'No Problem,' there was a fire on the sets and I had some burn injuries in my leg.