The Fire Department

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This paper explains that, for generations, nearly every fire department especially in more rural areas in the United States was volunteer; however, within the last fifty years, coinciding with the advent of automobiles, fire departments were able to cover a wider radius and became paid, professional civil servants. The author points out that, with organization, centralized training and government involvement, firefighting changed from dowsing flames to covering a wide array of emergency situations, rescues, code enforcement and public education. The paper stresses that the fire departments across the nation form a very close brotherhood dedicated to saving lives and are committed to making use of whatever resources are available to accomplish their goals of providing for the public's safety in all types of emergency situations.

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"Congress established the United States Fire Administration in 1974 within the same bill that created the National Fire Academy, which is managed by the USFA. Facing a dismal record of fire related deaths both to the general public and to the firefighters themselves, lowering the death rate became a primary objective. Almost thirty years later, the number of fire deaths has been reduced by half. The mission of the USFA continues to be "reduce life and economic losses due to fire and related emergencies." This mission is accomplished by providing public education, training to fire personnel, technology development, and data initiatives. The USFA is part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and works with other federal agencies and community fire protection and emergency services to protect the public. They maintain the National Fire Data Center and operate the National Fire Academy, which offers both residential and distance education classes."

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