Many have asked why we chose to wear the Black Stewart tartan to represent the band; it was for the colors. The red signifies the fire service, blue represents police officers and green denotes emergency medical personnel while the black binds these services together in memory of our fallen comrades. The white and yellow lines represent leadership and the purity of our mission. In military tradition, we wear our kilts pleated to the line.

Our mission is to provide a distinguishing tribute for our fallen comrades and to be in service to the family, friends and co-workers of public safety employees of the Raleigh Durham region and across North Carolina. We desire to strengthen relations between the protective services and the public while preserving cultural heritage and enriching our community by providing the highest tradition of Bagpipe and Drum music.