What other responsibilities do firefighters have other than fighting fires?
Firefighting comprise only a small percentage of calls we respond to. Over seventy percent of emergency responses are calls for medical aid, vehicle accidents and other medical trauma. Other calls for emergency response involve hazardous materials releases, response to fire alarms and other calls for public assistance.

The firefighters spend quite a bit of time maintaining equipment, testing hoses, doing routine public safety inspections for businesses, taking training classes, cleaning the fire station and writing incident reports.

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1. Why does a fire truck show up when I call for EMS?
2. How do I obtain a copy of a report?
3. What other responsibilities do firefighters have other than fighting fires?
4. Why do I see firefighters at stores when they are working?