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The History of Firefighting

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“You go we go” is a famous phrase used by firefighters showing the brother hood and the similarities of how firefighters are local heroes like soldiers. Having a career as a firefighter to the public is about always being there in a crisis, and having the ability to save someone’s life. Even though firefighters do save peoples lives’ daily that is not the only thing they do day in and day out. Firefighting is physically demanding job. However; to get where the fire company is today has taken a lot. Being able to trace firefighting back to the Roman days, all the way to understanding the beginning of colonial firefighting, and how African American males were able to join the department.Along with the struggles of the men in the field then woman faced trying to become afire fighter which added a whole new dimension to the job. Then you add the tools that we reused,and how technology has advanced and changed the way thing are done within the fire department is only the beginning of the journey. The path that firefighting has taken to be able to have the local men and women to help save lives today is a long and ever changing one. First of all, in 24 BC the idea of firefighting was made. There were men that were assigned to watch over the town and watch and see if a fire was spotted.
Ridings 2If a fire was located the men would sound an alarm; which sounded like a loud bell alerting that the town of the fire. Because fire was such a common aspect of life due to the living

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