The memorial was installed 11 years ago to honor Smiley’s late husband, Greg Light. Light was a firefighter & paramedic wi ...

Most fire apparatus, and many shirts, uniforms and badges worn by firefighters, bear the shape of the eight-pointed Maltese Cross with its familiar red circle and four sides. Every fire department ...

There were 343 Maltese crosses placed there, one for each firefighter killed on Sept. 11, 2001. The goal is to never forget the price paid in human life on that day. Seventy-two police officers ...

The granite pedestal the figures rest on is centered on a large red Maltese Cross. Firefighters see the cross as a symbol of protection. The 54′ long 15′ high wall has the name of every man ...

The seven-foot stone monument at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial was constructed in 1981, featuring a Maltese Cross. "An engraved plaque on the monument bears a message from President ...

While our rookies can state from memory the history of the Maltese Cross, the importance of Benjamin ... to the loss of life for both civilians and firefighters alike? Which focus of study is ...

"We decided to go with a very iconic image in the form of a Maltese cross, which is on all uniforms of firefighters around the world," Joo said on the show. Built primarily out of red bricks with ...