-
subject to
jurisdiction to. Male
firefighters are
sometimes referred to as
firemen (and, less commonly,
female firefighters as firewomen). The fire department...
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International Firefighters' Day (IFFD) is
observed on May 4, in
order to
honour firefighters for
their service internationally,
remember firefighters who lost...
- The
National Fallen Firefighters Memorial is a
memorial to
career and
volunteer firefighters who died in the line of duty.
Located in Emmitsburg, Maryland...
- Charleston,
South Carolina,
resulting in the
deaths of nine
firefighters. It was the
deadliest firefighter disaster in the US
since the
September 11 attacks. The...
-
firefighters. On-call
firefighters who
receive some pay for
their work are
known as call
firefighters in the
United States, and
retained firefighters...
-
Retained firefighters are emplo**** and
trained by the
local fire and
rescue service. When
required to
answer an
emergency call,
retained firefighters are summoned...
-
Firefighter arson is a
persistent phenomenon involving a very
small minority of
firefighters who are also
active arsonists. Fire-fighting organizations...
- The
Uniformed Firefighters ****ociation of
Greater NY is
Local 94 of the
International ****ociation of Fire Fighters, the
union representing New York City...
-
deadliest wildland fire for U.S.
firefighters since the 1933
Griffith Park fire,
which killed 29 "impromptu"
civilian firefighters drafted on
short notice to...
- to be a
firefighter, and they are both
mentored and
closely inspected by
other senior firefighters and the officers.
Probationary firefighters can be full...
