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Professional Firefighters

And Paramedics Of Palm Beach County

Bagpipes In The Fire Service In the mid-1800s, there was a massive migration of
Irish to the United States, mainly to cities in the Northeast.
If you saw firefighters in kilts This was due largely in part to the potato famine in Ireland
and heard the unmistakable sound prompting people to search for a better life.
of bagpipes during St. Patrick’s Initially, the Irish were not welcomed here, and as they
Day celebrations, there is a reason searched for jobs, they were usually greeted by signs stating
why those sounds and images have “Irish need not apply.”
become a part of the Fire Service Becoming desperate to earn money to support their
traditions. families, they took the jobs that no one else wanted because
Parades featuring fire department honor guards and it was a dirty, dangerous and physically demanding way
pipe and drum bands take place across the United States, to earn very little pay and even less respect. They became
and especially in the Northeast as part of St. Patrick’s Day firefighters and police officers.
festivities. One of the Irish traditions they brought with them was
This often piques the curiosity about the relationship the bagpipes. In an effort to keep their traditions alive, the
firefighters and police officers have with the bagpipes, and firefighters would play the bagpipes while at work, and over
how it has become part of our tradition. time it became part of the firefighter culture. Few things evoke a firefighter’s emotions like the
sounds of pipes and drums. Feelings of pride and joy swell
LET US HELP YOU Scottish tunes at a joyous occasion, just as the ever-present
a firefighter’s heart when listening to up-tempo Irish and
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