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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart
More than 69% of American firefighters are volunteers.
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My first major structure fire as a volunteer was in 2010 at an automotive recycling yard. Ironically I was in a Fire Fighter II training class at our firehouse when the pager went off. My instructor warned my partner and I of the dangers of this place especially flammable liquids. While she and I were manning the hose (she took this photo), I asked her what her choice of death was as we were standing in 2" of water/oil/fuel and God knows what else with a power line was arcing at the corner of the building, a 500 gallon propane tank about 40' away had a hose line that was on fire, 5 acetylene tanks were near the doorway just in front of us and several 55 gallon drums of racing fuel were exploding and going airborne all around us. Took about 2 hours to get the fire under control and NO one was injured. Someone was watching out for us.