What do you think?....Firefighter says "There goes the boys in the band" when a siren is heard... - Page 1

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - What do you think?....Firefighter says "There goes the boys in the band" when a siren is heard...

Posted: 3/27/2015 10:04:34 PM EDT

I'm hoping the folks here will help me find the right answer to a question that came out of a conversation I had with a friend about one of their family members in the fire service.

The friend recalls hearing their family member say "There goes the boys in the band." when a siren was heard in the distance. The friend says they observed this statement being made for decades.

Is the "band" referenced a music band or is it a reference to the "band of brothers" in the public safety sector?

At the end of the day it doesn't make a difference but it was one of those questions of curiosity that came up during the day.

Thanks!

Posted: 3/27/2015 10:12:22 PM EDT

[#1]

I've never heard that saying but my guess would be its in reference too the brotherhood of firefighters.

Posted: 3/27/2015 10:13:12 PM EDT

[#2]

First I've ever heard of it

Posted: 3/27/2015 10:31:33 PM EDT

[#3]

I know its common to hear "There goes the heros..."[eyeroll] when FD rolls past

Posted: 3/27/2015 11:52:55 PM EDT

[#4]

Cops wore a banded hat and firemen did not. I heard it explained that way before.

Posted: 3/28/2015 3:04:39 PM EDT

[#5]

New to me... seems it references the brotherhood and togetherness... ask an old-timer... maybe he/she can shed some light.

Posted: 3/28/2015 5:08:33 PM EDT

[#6]

Never heard that one before, but have had plenty people tell me "They are playing your song" when we hear sirens and I am off duty, so it could be a play on that possibly.

Posted: 3/28/2015 6:59:36 PM EDT

[#7]

I've never heard that either.

Posted: 3/28/2015 8:00:25 PM EDT

[#8]

I think it is probably just something he thought was funny. Something he heard in a movie.
Whatever. I doubt it's got any deep, significant meaning.

But what do I know ?

FWIW: I started out working for a private ambulance company. They had advertising pens that said on them "The Everyday Heros".
I spent the next 25 years saying that every time I saw an ambulance go by. There goes the everyday heros. I said it to amuse myself. That's it. Nothing profound or soul searching.

Posted: 3/29/2015 10:18:43 AM EDT

[#9]

Never heard it that way but have heard "the boys are playing music" and similar.

I would think it's referencing the sirens while responding to calls, I frequently call it music too while changing the tones now that I think about it

Posted: 3/29/2015 11:01:00 PM EDT

[#10]

I don't know, but my youngest has been taught to say a Hail Mary whenever she hears a Q siren, with the slight modification of "and watch over by daddy and his brothers".

Posted: 3/31/2015 5:59:40 PM EDT

[#11]

Thanks for the reflection fellas!

Wes

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