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At this years National Fallen Firefighter Foundation Memorial Service, I had the opportunity to meet so many families and other survivors of our Fallen Brothers. One of those families was of Fallen Brother Steven "Peanuts" Koeser. What I do have to share is the video from CBS Sunday Morning this morning showcasing Volunteer Firefighters, The National Fallen Firefighter Foundation, NFFF Memorial Weekend, and the family of Steven Koeser.

A cold storage warehouse fire in Albany, New York might burn for days according to authorities. The fire has many reminiscing of the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire back in 1999 that claimed the lives of 6 firefighters.

The images are painful enough, but the Kempsons said the audio is agonizing, too, since they say it reveals a lack of concern and urgency by first responders. "They didn't care for my daughter," Lucretia Kempson said. "I have a hard time that she wasn't treated with love."

Do you think it will help for the Chief to reconnect? Many of us probably work for Chiefs who we see more on the TV than we do in our own firehouses. Does your Chief appear to have a keen understanding of what you do? Some are great leaders who do not "forget where they come from" and yet others lose all correlation to the fact that the men are what make them great Chiefs.