Firefighters put their lives on the line to protect their communities every single day. The presidents of two professional firefighters associations have denounced president donald trumps tweets about californias devastating fires.
Smokejumpers are specially trained wildland firefighters who provide an initial attack response on wildland fires by parachuting into remote and rugged terrain.
Images of firefighters fighting fires. The golden state is burning for very good reasons like climate change and population growth. Here are the salaries firefighters earn in each state according to data from. As fires have declined in the us the number of paid firefighters has soared.
Most are employees of the states fire service but more than a third are. Despite fighting californias largest fires inmates are denied licenses they need to become firefighters after they get out. But it doesnt have to be this way.
Ladder54 firefighters provides photos of firefighting firefighters fires and fire departments plus lots more. A northern ontario first nation where a mother and four of her children died in a house fire this week says it has no means or equipment to fight fires. Whether you run a business work for a company or government or want to know how standards contribute to products and services that you use youll find it.
Theres special operations rescues fire. Thousands of firefighters have been battling raging wildfires in california for months.