"Ranks To Roles" (But Rank Markings Still Used)
Confusingly Firefighters and Fire Officers still wear markings on their uniforms to identify their role and status or seniority in the Fire Service .
This has caused many firefighters and officers to question what "rank to roles" has really achieved.
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Famous quotes containing the words ranks, roles and/or rank:
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—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“Modern women are squeezed between the devil and the deep blue sea, and there are no lifeboats out there in the form of public policies designed to help these women combine their roles as mothers and as workers.”
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)