In the modern sense, the fire departments advanced trucks, equipment and tactics are a comparatively recent development. Their personnel are either volunteer (non-salaried) or career (salaried). Typically, career fire fighters are in larger cities, and volunteer fire fighters are found when firefighters are training to become a ful time employee, and in smaller communities. During the past few months, I have learned a vast amount of information which has clarified what it is exactly that …
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…takes to work my way to becoming a firefighter. I want to serve my community and I want to do it well! REFERENCES CITED <Tab/>1. Bell, Karen Magnuson. Fire in Their Eyes: Wildfires and the People Who Fight Them. Harcourt Brace, 1999. 2.<Tab/>Gorrell, Gena K. Catching Fire: The Story of Firefighting. Tundra, 1999. 3.<Tab/>Treybal, R. E, general editor. Encarta Encyclopedia. Microsoft Corporation, 1999-2003