"If you do not wish to be contacted again by the Firefighters Charitable Foundation please fill out our Removal Request (http://ffcf.org/phpforms%5Cremoval.php) and request that you be removed from our contact database and mailing list; or notify us by telephone at 1-800-837-FIRE(3473)"
He said he was from the Fire Fighters. He just started talking and wouldn't shut up or let you get a word in at all. He asked for donations. I finally was able to ask where he was calling from. He said Utah. Area code 215 isn't a Utah area code. It is a Philadelphia, PA area code. I said I would not donate as I didn't know if he was legitimately calling for the fire fighters and also if I was going to donate to the fire fighters, I would donage to my own local fire fighters. Then he started rambling on, non-stop again, so I just hung up on him. Don't know if he was legit or not. He certainly got on my last nerve.
FFCF is the Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation. They are calling all over and if you say you are a firefighter they hang up on you. Google FFCF 215-383-5676 and scroll down to the entry =station 247.org= to get a little background. The FFCF also has a website. Google FFCF. As it says in the station 247 note, only 10% of the funds they raise go towards 'the cause'. The other 90% goes to fundraising costs and administrative expenses. There are many other avenues to help fire victims and fire departments. If you want to nip the call in the bud, tell them you are a firefighter. I'm a retired fire fighter and when I started asking questions they said they had a bad conection and hung up.
there has been a BIG scam going around with "firefighters" calling asking for money
these guys have called about 10 times in the last couple weeks asking for money or asking about smoke detectors as a REAL firefighter this pisses me off more than you can believe