Harrison Ford Quotes

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

I did ride-alongs and did some firefighter training at the Chicago Fire Academy.

When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that compares with the thrill of acting.

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

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

I've had tons of odd jobs, but I think that I would probably be a fireman because you get to see the results of your job. You get there and there is a house on fire. You leave and there's not a fire anymore.

My dad was president of the volunteer fire department, which was within walking distance to our house. I spent several days of each week there with him - any time the whistle blew, he went. It was truly inspiring to watch him lead that way.

Every fire hydrant in the country will be concerned.

If my house is on fire, I don't need the fire chief telling me I should not have built the house out of wood. I need somebody to put the fire out.

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

Fire is our first form of technology.

Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely.

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

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.

It's not a party until the fire department shows up.

Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.

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.

I used to think I'd like to be a fireman - in fact, I still would - and the only drawback I could see was coming back to the firehouse, after a day of fighting fires, and still having to put in an eight-hour day writing.

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

Most people go to the office and sit at a desk. When firefighters go to the office, we might birth a baby in the morning, save a drowning surfer in the afternoon, and run into a fire at night. What could be more interesting than that?

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.

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

They have under invested in fire for so long that the catch up costs seem staggering. The traditional inclination is to rely on emergency interventions rather than systemic reforms.

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