I've never been into the nationalistic display the flag thing. It started going into reduculosity in the Bush admin. They probably kept a flag making company working overtime to get probably in the hundreds as a backdrop to any press conference or announcement and obviously during the campaigns. Then is after 9/11 if you didn't have the flag label pin you were immediately suspected of "not being with us".
Even notice now that ubiquitous flag patch that all the first responders where these days.
Geez, Hillary is even gotten into the act. I guess to run for office now there must be a minimum of 50 flags on the stage.
Now that my rant is over.....
If this story turns out to be true, it's absurd that the Fire company should not be able to display the flag of this country.