Fire Fighting
Firefighting is the act of extinguishing fires. A firefighter fights fires to prevent loss of life, and/or destruction of property and the environment. Firefighting is a highly technical skill that requires professionals who have spent years training in both general firefighting techniques and specialized areas of expertise.
Read more about Fire Fighting: Firefighters' Duties, Hazards Caused By Fire, Reconnaissance and Reading The Fire, Science of Extinguishment, Use of Water, Asphyxiating A Fire, Tactical Ventilation or Isolation of The Fire, Appendix: Calculating The Amount of Water Required To Suppress A Fire in A Closed Volume
Famous quotes containing the words fire and/or fighting:
“Oh! joyous hearts! enfired with holy flame!
Is speech thus tasseled with praise?
Will not your inward fire of joy contain:
That it in open flames doth blaze?
For in Christ’s coach saints sweetly sing,
As they to glory ride therein.”
—Edward Taylor (1645–1729)
“The only kind of love worth having is the kind that goes on living and laughing and fighting and loving.”
—Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976)