Flag

 Our flag is at 1/2 Staff at this time for Frank Joe Conley SMPG Fire Dept.

 

 
 

Flag Equate & Policy

   

There are certain guidelines for the use and display of the United States flag as outlined in the United States Flag Code of the federal government. These are guidelines, not laws; there is no penalty for failure to comply with them. This etiquette is as applied within U.S. jurisdiction. In other countries and places, local etiquette applies.
Standards of respect
  • The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing, unless it is the ensign responding to a salute from a ship of a foreign nation. This tradition comes from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where countries were asked to dip their flag to King Edward VII: the American team captain refused, famously proclaiming that "this flag dips to no earthly king."
  • The flag should be flown upside down only as a distress signal.
  • The flag should not be used as a drapery, or for covering a speaker's desk, draping a platform, or for any decoration in general. Bunting of blue, white and red stripes is available for these purposes. The blue stripe of the bunting should be on the top.
  • The flag should never be drawn back or bunched up in any way.
  • The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
  • The flag should never be used for any advertising purpose. It should not be embroidered, printed, or otherwise impressed on such articles as cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes, or anything intended to be discarded after temporary use. Advertising signs should not be attached to the staff or halyard.
  • The flag should not be used as part of a costume or athletic uniform, except that a flag patch may be used on the uniform of military personnel, firefighters, police officers, and members of patriotic organizations.
  • The flag should never have placed on it, or attached to it, any mark, insignia, letter, word, number, figure, or drawing of any kind.
  • The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
  • The flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle, railroad train, or boat.
  • When the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by waiting hands and arms. To store the flag it should be folded neatly and ceremoniously.
  • The flag should be cleaned and mended when necessary.
  • When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of the United States, it should be destroyed in a dignified manner, preferably by burning. (Note: Most American Legion Posts regularly conduct a dignified flag burning ceremony, often on Flag Day, June 14.)
Contrary to a commonly believed urban legend, the flag code does not state that a flag that touches the ground should be burned. Instead, the flag should be moved so it is not touching the ground.
 
The flag, in mourning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
  • To place the flag at half-staff (or half-mast, on ships), hoist it to the peak for an instant and lower it to a position half way between the top and bottom of the staff.
  • The flag is to be raised again to the peak for a moment before it is lowered.
  • On Memorial Day, the flag is displayed at half-staff until noon and at full staff from noon to sunset.
  • The flag is to be flown at half-staff in mourning for designated, principal government leaders.
  • The U.S. flag is otherwise flown at half-staff (or half-mast, on ships) when directed by the President of the United States or a state governor.
  • When used to cover a casket or coffin, the flag should be placed with the union at the head and over the left shoulder. It should not be lowered into the grave.
  • It is policy of the Tyler Mt Volunteer Fire Department to   lower the flag to half staff when a firefighter dies in or out of line of duty. It will remain at half staff for a Tyler Mt Volunteer Fire Firefighter for 30 day's. For Fire Firefighter's to other departments County and State wide till after the sunsets of the day of the funeral.
Folding the flag
Flags, when not in use, should be folded into a triangle shape. The final triangle shape result is said to invoke the image of the three-point hats popular during the American Revolutionary War. Former American territories, e.g. the Philippines, also use this method to fold their flags.

To properly fold the flag, begin by holding it waist-high with another person so that its surface is parallel to the ground.
  1. Fold the lower half of the stripe section lengthwise over the field of stars, holding the bottom and top edges securely.
  2. Fold the flag again lengthwise with the blue field on the outside.
  3. Make a triangular fold by bringing the striped corner of the folded edge to meet the open top edge of the flag. Starting the fold from the left side over to the right
  4. Turn the outer end point inward, parallel to the open edge, to form a second triangle.
  5. The triangular folding is continued until the entire length of the flag is folded in this manner.
  6. When the flag is completely folded, only a triangular blue field of stars should be visible.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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