THE UNITED STATES FIREFIGHTER TODAY By Paul Newhook Firefighting is one of the world’s most honored but hazardous occupations. It is the duty of every fire department to practice life safety, incident stabilization, and property conservation. Whenever and wherever an emergency arises, the fire department is one of the first called and to respond. In today’s fire service the fire department has an expanded roll that involves more than just fires. The emergencies …showed first 75 words of 772 total…

…showed last 75 words of 772 total…be better educated than yesterday. The fires and emergencies are different and require greater skill and training to be successful. Now what does this all mean, today’s firefighter needs to be better educated, be able to look at data and community response and interpret the data and see if we are doing a good job. We also need to be community spokes people with education and prevention discussions trying to prevent fires and tragedies.