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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Pay Respect to the Men and Women of the Memphis Fire Department - TSDMemphis.com

Firefighters. Do you ever really notice them? Never been a firefighter before, but I have to imagine it's VERY different from that other public service calling of being a police officer. Police officers, oh, we watch them like hawks. We pay attention to what they do and how they do it. We scrutinize them when […]

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