Walpole Fire Department to Observe Sept. 11 Anniversary

The Walpole Fire Department will observe the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks this morning.

Beginning at 9:55 a.m., the department will roll out their apparatus to the front of the station.

Fire Department personnel and other observers will then assemble together outside the station to watch the flag be lowered at half-mast.

There will be a one-minute moment of silence followed by a prayer from a local minister.

A member of the department will then recite the Firefighters' Prayer, which goes as follows:

"When I am called to duty, wherever flames may rage, give me strength to save a life, whatever be its age. Help me embrace a little child before it is too late, or save an older person from the horror of that fate. Enable me to be alert and hear the weakest shout, and quickly and efficiently to put the fire out. I want to fill my calling and to give the best in me, to guard my every neighbor and protect his property. And if according to God's will, I must enter death's call, bless with your protecting hand, my family, one and all. Amen."

After the prayers, the flag will then be raised and the fire personnel will return to service.