Firefighters go where they're needed, sometimes ignoring the dangers even when no one is inside a burning building to be saved.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely.
One thing that's great about firefighters: If they don't have the equipment they desperately need, they don't have the help, they don't care. They'll do it on their own.
With better gear, firefighters no longer surround and drown a fire - they go in.
Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter.
Those who purify your water, inspect your meat, and test your kids' toys, as well as a huge number of nurses, teachers, and our soldiers, are public employees. The firefighters who don't hesitate to rush toward danger while you run away from it - they are all public employees.
Firefighters don't go on strike.
What firefighters and people in our military and cops do is separate from what the rest of us do; basically these people say, 'I'm going to protect all these strangers.'
As the member of a firefighter family myself, supporting the widowed families of rescue workers is an important, personal cause of mine.
In open range fires it is about picking a spot and hoping it is the right location. At the head of the fire you have to worry about wind and humidity and a number of other factors.
Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.