We responded to a call on a sawdust fire in the wood column shop. The call came about 10:30 p.m.

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down

Anything you can think of that's made out of wood, we've probably built it.

Joe Butler was the father of fire inspecting in Westchester County. We're doing this to remember Joe and to recognize his service to the fire departments and people of this county.

We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks at what the wood harbors, and the wood gives itself away to that intimacy, the manner in which we and the world meet each new day.