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[[Image:Chicago fire fighters.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Chicago Fire Department firefighters]]

[[Image:Chicago fire fighters.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Chicago Fire Department firefighters]]

'''Firefighting''' is the attempt to minimise injury or loss of life, or damage to property, caused by a [[fire]], either by extinguishing the fire or ensuring its containment.

'''Firefighting''' is the attempt to minimise injury or loss of life, or damage to property, caused by a [[fire]], either by extinguishing the fire or ensuring its containment.  Fire departments are organizations that provide communities with fire protection.  In the [[United States]], fire departments are a socialist institution as every citizen is required to pay for them in the form of taxes.

Firefighters or firemen are those whose job it is to attempt to extinguish fires in a given area.  Firefighters can either be paid (professional), or [[volunteer]].  In many rural areas and smaller communities, fire departments are volunteer, while in many large cities they are professional.  In most places, firefighters also perform other [[emergency]] service work, including [[search and rescue]], and emergency [[medical]] services.  Many firefighters are also certified as [[EMT]]s (Emergency Medical Technicians) or [[paramedics]].

Firefighters or firemen are those whose job it is to attempt to extinguish fires in a given area.  Firefighters can either be paid (professional), or [[volunteer]].  In many rural areas and smaller communities, fire departments are volunteer, while in many large cities they are professional.  In most places, firefighters also perform other [[emergency]] service work, including [[search and rescue]], and emergency [[medical]] services.  Many firefighters are also certified as [[EMT]]s (Emergency Medical Technicians) or [[paramedics]].