Fire And Rescue Services Save The Day

Everybody has a hero. Especially children love to pick a role model and try to be just like them. They are the ideal; a goal to try and attain. Most little boys go through a period in which they are enamored with fire fighting. The job of those involved in fire and rescue services is intriguing and exciting and, above all, heroic.


Parents encourage this type of emulation. They also respect and appreciate those involved in firefighting. And for good reason! Those who work every day in fire and rescue services are life savers and property protectors and they do their work in conditions of great personal danger! How could you not look up to them?

Firefighters are trained to understand the science of fire and how best to put it out. This is the obvious job description, and the one that their title implies. However, fire fighting is not the only thing they are trained to do. There is a reason that the profession is sometimes called fire and rescue services!

An extremely important part of firefighting is also fire evacuation. Doing everything possible to remove every person from a burning building is key to the firefighter's success. Fire rescue is the means of saving the lives of those who are involved in and especially trapped in a burning structure. There are few more important jobs that this type of life saving effort.

Fire and rescue service don't only deal with fires, though. You may have noticed fire trucks on the scene of an accident of some sort. Sometimes they are there in case a fire should break out at the site, but more often they are there as part of a rescue mission. Fire fighters have the responsibility and training to rescue people in dangerous situations, such as after a car accident, or when they are trapped in some other dangerous position.

There is no question that fire fighters deserve the recognition they get. Their job requires that they have a great deal of physical strength. They need to be able to control highly pressurized water hoses, carry fire safety ladders, quickly climb stairs and many other strenuous tasks. This is no job for the weak or lazy, and it requires you to always be in top physical condition.

Beyond the physical strength there is the need to think quickly and understand problems solving methods. But far beyond this is the ability to work in extremely dangerous conditions. Fighting fires, and rescuing people who are in harm's way automatically puts these people in harm's way themselves. They do their job always taking every safety precaution possible, but still knowing that they may be required to give their lives in service. There's the definition of a true hero.

 

Fire Safety News:

 

Fire Causes Springfield Hotel To Be Evacuated
Just about everyone was in bed and asleep when fire alarms started going off and an employee at the Missouri Hotel started pounding on doors...


Fire prevention workers visit neighbors in effort to educate - Poughkeepsie Journal

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Fire prevention workers visit neighbors in effort to educate
Poughkeepsie Journal
David Etienne, from left, a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician with the Fairview Fire District, and Will Freer, a fire protection specialist with state Office of Fire Prevention and Control, talk with Marist College students Liz .
7 Fire Safety Tips for College StudentsSayCampusLife
Colleges look at safety in wake of tragic fireThe Journal News | LoHud.com

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Fire alarms save lives
That's the message coming from Waterloo Fire Rescue, after working fire alarms helped residents get out of their homes in two recent fires..


Merseyside Fire Crews Warn Delaying Response to Automatic Fire Alarms Will Leave 290 Fires a Year to Spread
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND-- - Merseyside fire crews say plans to delay sending fire crews to attend automatic fire alarms in business and commercial premises will leave 290 fires to spread every year. The Fire ...


Fire alarms nearly doubled in 2011
THE Cebu City Fire Department recorded at least 219 fire alarms last year compared to only 117 blazes in 2010. The figures worried Cebu Provincial Fire Marshall Esmael Codilla, who was once a Cebu City fire marshall for eight years...


THD offers smoke alarms to eligible beneficiaries
Tribal Health would like to remind beneficiaries that the purpose of the smoke alarm is to give warning of a fire. Smoke alarms need to be placed in hallways leading to each bedroom. Always remember to change smoke alarm batteries when you change your clocks...


Fire safety advice - Doncaster Today

Fire safety advice
Doncaster Today
HUMBERSIDE Fire and Rescue Service is urging residents to protect themselves by checking electrical equipment is in good working order and is operated safely. Overloaded sockets and overheated appliances are the focus of Electrical Fire Safety Week .
Fire service issues top tips for electrical safetyHemsworth and South Elmsall Express
Warning over risky chargersBanbury Guardian
Make sure electrical equipment is safeSalisbury Journal

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Missouri first responders attend Electric Vehicle Safety Training - Columbia Missourian

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Missouri first responders attend Electric Vehicle Safety Training
Columbia Missourian
A Chevy Volt sits outside of the MU Student Center during the electric vehicle safety training session held by the National Fire Protection Association on Saturday. The training consisted of classroom presentations as well as a hands on portion where .
Firefighter's attend program for electric and hybrid carsKRCG

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Elgin Fire veteran retires; new deputy chief in Streamwood - Chicago Sun-Times

Elgin Fire veteran retires; new deputy chief in Streamwood
Chicago Sun-Times
EURMy most significant accomplishment has been my involvement in the fire prevention education programs,EUR said Baker of the programs that included Grade School Fire Safety Education, Citizen CPR and the Senior Citizen Smoke Detector Program.

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Montrose family escapes fire; no smoke alarms in home
MONTROSE EUR A Montrose family escaped a house fire Tuesday when a sleeping child awoke and raised the alarm...


Four false alarms will bring fine in Esquimalt
Esquimalt has brought in a new false-alarm bylaw that will trigger a fine after a property has four false fire alarms within the same year...


Officials stress fire safety for businesses - Brunswick News

Officials stress fire safety for businesses
Brunswick News
By LOUIE BROGDON The Brunswick News Fire officials warn that business owners should not allow a weak economy to get in the way of fire safety. Brunswick Fire Marshal Jose Juarbe says the most common violations he finds while doing fire inspections of .

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Thousands seek alarms after fire
Almost 11,000 smoke alarms and fire safety checks are carried out by Lancashire Fire Service in a single day, in the wake of a blaze which killed four siblings...


Park Jefferson sends residents letter pledging upgrades following fire
Following a meeting with city leaders, Park Jefferson announced it would improve fire alarms and separation walls after 40 apartments were burned earlier this month...


Fatal fire spurs calls for safety planning, education - CBC.ca

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Fatal fire spurs calls for safety planning, education
CBC.ca
The issues of fire safety has been pushed into the spotlight in the wake of a fatal Winnipeg fire. Four people died when heavy smoke and fire spread through their semi-detached home on Woodlark Place on Jan. 24. Fayza Peyawary (fron left), .
Hopes dim for infant who survived fatal house fire in WinnipegVancouver Sun

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