The fire Service
Benevolent is the fire's might,
If the mensch tames and watches it,
For what he builds, what he creates,
He owes to this heavenly power,
But terrible this heavenly power is,
If she, casting off her shackles,
Strides along on tracks her own
If the mensch tames and watches it,
For what he builds, what he creates,
He owes to this heavenly power,
But terrible this heavenly power is,
If she, casting off her shackles,
Strides along on tracks her own
This free daughter of nature.
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From: Song of the Bell, Friedrich Schiller
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In these days, the fire service is more than just firefighting as in Schillers „Song of the bell“. Today there are a broad range of tasks from technical rescue to providing the ambulance service, including tasks like hazardous materials, diving, high angle rescue, fire prevention and disaster management. Starting as a bucket brigade, the fire service changed over the centuries and is today a modern organization