firefighters
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Detroit’s Under-Funded Fire Departments Use A Soft Drink Can For A Fire Alarm
Where absent money leaves gaps, ingenuity fills in. Nowhere is that more true than in Detroit’s fire departments, where, as Detroit Free Press reporter Tresa Baldas shows us, a soft drink can full of jangling coins and screws alerts the Motor City’s long-suffering heroes when there’s an emergency.
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This Firefighter Is Writing Google Glass Apps To Help Save Lives
Google Glass sure has its fair share of dumb applications, but some projects mercifully seem to balance them out. Like the apps put together by Patrick Jackson, a firefighter who’s writing code to help rescue teams save time — and lives.
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This Is What Happens When You Fight Fires In -17C Weather
Firefighting is an extremely dangerous job on par with helicopter linemen and pizza delivery boys. But when fighting a Chicago-area warehouse inferno earlier today, crews had to endure both fire and ice caused temperatures hovering just above -17C.
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This Insane Helmet Cam Video Shows What It’s Like To Be A Firefighter
If you ever want to re-live your childhood dream of being a firefighter, watch the video up above. The helmet cam footage comes from Scott Ziegler, a firefighter in Michigan, and shows a year’s worth of fires from 2012. It’s freaking intense.