Firefighters say that it can be hard to walk away from the job.
A firefighter said that 57 of the 58 killed had died inside the building.
Black firefighters said they did not even learn of the association's existence until 1980.
Firefighters and the police said they still had not determined what caused the fire.
The old firefighter said he did not want it "because that would make me like you."
Firefighters said they did not know where the blaze began.
Some firefighters and union officials said an extra minute might have meant the woman's death.
Q. But the firefighters union says you're far too tough on them.
Firefighters coming to help from Philadelphia said they could see signs of the fire there.
"I could only see half his face," the firefighter said.