Forget the capes – real heroes wear pink

Mercer Island firefighters will be conducting their annual ‘Fill the Boot’ collection to benefit Muscular Dystrophy research and treatment beginning at 8 a.m., Sept. 8, at the intersection of S.E. 40th Street at Island Crest Way.

By Reporter Staff • September 2, 2014 3:57 pm

Mercer Island firefighters will be conducting their annual ‘Fill the Boot’ collection to benefit Muscular Dystrophy research and treatment  beginning at 8 a.m., Sept. 8, at the intersection of S.E. 40th Street at Island Crest Way. Get that cash ready.

For a week in October, Island Firefighters will be wearing pink T-shirts on duty in support of breast cancer awareness. The International Association of Firefighters and the Susan G. Komen foundation have created a partnership to promote this idea to continue the fight against breast cancer.

Mercer Island Fire Chief Chris Tubbs made a formal request to the local firefighters union to allow the change in uniform.

This has been done across the country for several years now as well as by some of the departments in the local area. Island firefighters will also be selling the pink fireman’s shirts to the public.

For more, go to http://www.iaff.org/Events/Pink2013/index.html.