The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important. ~ Bobby Knight (Basketball)

Historically a bad day for LODD’s. Keep each other safe!

Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death during rural water supply training – Illinois. – 2008

Volunteer fire fighter drowns during multi-agency dive-rescue exercise – Illinois. – 2001

High-rise apartment fire claims the life of one career fire fighter (captain) and injures another career fire fighter (captain) – Texas. – 2001

Driver/operator dies at his station after responding to three emergency incidents – Massachusetts. – 2000

History:

October 13, 1775 – The United States Navy was born after the Second Continental Congress authorized the acquisition of a fleet of ships.