1.   A former firefighter and paramedic, Mitchell agreed that some therapists who go to disaster scenes are badly trained and inappropriately intrusive.

2.   But he warned the former firefighter not to get his hopes up.

3.   Musser narrowly defeated Ron Greer, a Christian fundamentalist and former firefighter, who made his opposition to homosexuality a major part of his campaign.

4.   Pond is a former Grand Junction firefighter who faces prescription-fraud charges in a case investigated by a Grand Junction police officer, Rod Baker.

5.   Rich Graeber, a Bates instructor and former California firefighter, had journalists stand and raise a gloveless hand in the air.

6.   The former firefighter said he fought hard during the attack but to no avail.

7.   The former firefighter suffocated in the San Antonio VA hospital after a resident put the tube into his lung instead of his stomach.

8.   The former firefighter said he was pleased the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex harassment is illegal.

9.   The former firefighter said he transferred out of that station as fast as he could.

10.   They complained that Von Essen, a former firefighter and union official, too often sided with the Giuliani administration in various matters.