The four fives (5-5-5-5) was a
code that was rung out on firehouse bells many years ago when alarms
were received via a telegraph system that rang the bells.
The four fives was rung when a department
member had perished in the line of duty.
Also
included in the service were school children from the Ocean City, NJ,
primary, middle and high schools reading poems and essays they had
written about 9/11/01.
The wind ensemble and choir from the high
school each performed a musical selection.
The keynote address was given by the Ocean
City, NJ, Police Chief.
The Atlantic City Fire Department Pipe Band
closed the service with the playing of “Amazing Grace.”
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While vacationing in Ocean City, NJ, Third Assistant
Chief Paul Johnson and his wife, Amy, attended a 9/11 Remembrance
Service conducted by the Ocean City, NJ, American Legion Morvay-Miley
Post 24 and VFW Post 6650.
The service included the ringing of the four fives
(5-5-5-5) on a bell in remembrance of the fire and EMS personnel who
perished at Ground Zero, the placing of a wreath by Ocean City, NJ, fire
and police personnel, and the tolling of the bell eleven times for each
war our country has been involved in and those who gave their lives
fighting in those wars.
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