Firefighters; As Heroes during Natural Calamity
As our days are getting close to the finishing line, as what those most people are saying as the judgment day, we encounter a lot of natural calamities all throughout the surface. Calamities that are beyond our expectation to happen, understanding and longings are really heart-breaking and frustrating in a way for most of us, especially those who are victims or casualties. But hope is still could be felt, even in behalf of these things around us. This is because there are still ways and people who are dedicated and devoted deep in to stretch their hands and hearts to help those who are in need. Even the God Almighty is really in great thought of pouring out His boons to those who are needy.
Thus, even firefighters or firemen are really one of the groups who are in helping hands as well to those in need. As we all know just last lately last December 17, there was a tremendous typhoon (Sendong Typhoon) assaulted the Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao area of country Philippines. That natural calamity brought huge numbers of casualties, tantrums, trauma, anxiety and problems to each Cagay-anons. Among those huge problems is scarcity of electric and water supply for both cleaning and drinking purposes. This was the time where all of the firemen or fighters functioned very promptly and well to their fellows. That time, they functioned as water suppliers with their big fire trucks to different areas in Cagayan de Oro. Even the neighboring fire fighters of neighboring cities in Northern Mindanao showed their support through assisting the Cagay-anons with their water supply problem.
With the act they showed, our firefighters or firemen are really into one thought of helping our countrymen. They have the portrayal of how good firemen must act like be. That time, having experience the same tantrums with those others because of the calamity, I could say, that our firemen are really living heroes in time. They don’t even questioned, why they serve those people who are outside their jurisdiction of duties. Instead, they showed the whole-hearted help without expecting in return and regardless of time. And having interviewed one of those firemen who were from Malaybalay city (the neighboring city), Mr. Denmark, he said that they sympathize of those people who are in great lost due of the typhoon. And they are really in deep intention to help those who are in need as well. Regardless of the time and the distance they travel, just to extend their water help to Cagay-anons, they would repeatedly do it; because they have the vocation of helping people in times need. That was so heart-warming as well to hear like that from those professionals who are totally emerged with the field they are in with total understanding and acceptance of their duties and function.
Though that just almost 4 hours of flood, which brought a life time gloom mark and grieve to those who lost their loved ones and lost of their belongings did affected great number of people, the hope must always be therein to each heart. It is because a lot of highly regarded professionals are still down-to-earth and humbled-hearted to assist everyone- as firefighters do in all times and with all of their hearts to every far reaching hearts as well who are in need. I salute to those fire fighters or firemen who contributed a lot on that sonorous moment in Cagayan de Oro, and we are hoping that you will keep up the good work!
Portrayed Dedication of a Fire Fighter!
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“He placed me in the area to help this boy.” This is what Lee Callaham, Assistant Chief, New England had sighed the time when he was once tested by the nature of the work he is in – Fire Fighter in profession. As what he shared in the world of fire fighters’, he was working with his landscaping field, when the fire incident happened on that same area, where he was on his job a teen boy was trapped in his on flame house and emanating heat on the area. That was a right timing for him to be there not to have another job in landscaping, but to render a severe service as a firefighter- to help people in times on fire. His presence in that area, made the incident solved immediately. To make the story short, Lee had helped and rescued the boy from the gateway of death, though the boy was really on the pick of death with the serious fire in the house of flame.
What makes this service in line with the dedication as the first pillar or edge of a Maltese Cross logo of fire fighter? It is the every service-oriented by Mr. Lee Callaham, which makes this a relevance to the field he is in. It is not easy to be in this field, because like those other professions, this also calls regardless of the time, place and incidents. The great thing in this citation or story is that, as a fire fighter, Mr. Lee portrayed the true dedication to his service and the passion of making his oath as one, to be ready to stretch out his hand to make the involved safe with all of his might and can do. He even added that the time when he saved the boy, it is not an accident or just a luck, but really a providence of God to have the boy saved. This is as well as proof of how a firefighter a prayerful and a great believer as well to the Almighty, which we all know will make him function as one accordingly.
Dedication, as one of what the fire fighters innately and obliged to live with, in the profession they have is really in great help to all of us in the community. Maltese cross is really that symbolic and that helpful to make every fire fighter we have not only New England, but of course to all through out the world.
FIRE FIGHTERS: A MIDST DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
“We need fire to mold our steel into tools; and tools into great usage for our life’s advancements.”
In the society, it is needed to have the full facilities and group of people who would maintain the peace and order as perfectly as possible. Thus, completing each man power and forces in all of the agencies in the community or area, is much needed. The most of it is that, it is very important as well to know who is who and what its function is. Thus, we usually have to define its mode, phases and terms according to its functions.
Just like the fire fighters we have in our societies, thought this term is really self-explanatory and its functions are really that vivid, I still would like to stressed it here more clearly what it is, its functions and the tools along with its priorities are for. Let me start it through differentiating fire fighters from fire fighting:
Fire Fighters are those people (men or women) engaging into the function of ceasing the blazes or flame of fire, which would create destruction and give hazards to the people in the area. These are the people who undergone Intensive trainings from their respective course/s and chosen field of duty.
Fire Fighting is the act of ceasing fire into big flames and even stopping it to harm people around. It is the main duties of the fire fighters, who are opt to have their lives into this line of profession and for the welfare of the community.
Those two terms are in one thought for the common good of the people if putting into action. Thus, upon having this work, fire fighters also in need for lots of tools while on duty and while fighting down the fire. Here are main tools they need on duty, that are in different variations:
- Fire axes
- Forcibly Entry tools
- Rescue Saws
- Rescue Tools
- Hand tools
Along with those tools are the basin gadgets needed; the flame proofing, fire gloves, illumination kit, fire shelters, fire firefighter turnouts or clothing and Helmet, fire dex leather structure boots as well.
Those mentioned tools above are needed to make those fire fighters function well and for their duties as well, to be very effective and easily done in the right timing for the very appropriate time as needed. Each kind and functions for each tool might be varying, but those are having the same function as a whole- to save lives; the same way for those fire fighters; who are dedicating their lives into flame literally, just to save people a midst of fire from hazards. It is their role and responsibility. Having reviewed and observed few of their experiences and done operations, those are not easy and safe. But with all of their will and vision of having their societal-centered mission, they keep on going with this field of duty to visualize, act and do into duty everything they could, just to save lives and impart to all of us the idea of SERVICE and DEDICATION for what the duty calls.
Being a fire fighter a midst of duty is inevitably hazardous as well. There are instances that they will not be that safe, in behalf of their intensive trainings. It is normal, because no one is perfect. But it will be good to have someone on this field who is strong in mind, emotion, determination, fix goal and vision to serve and save people from life curtailing flames, and the most is that optimistic and firm enough with the faith in God to have the duty be done accordingly and in line with His will. Thus, I would conclude it that a fire fighter must be prayerful before and a midst on their fire duty!