Talk: Firefighter
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" Firefighter is preferred to fireman because, firstly, not all firefighters are men, and secondly, because a firefighter fights fires. Given the definition of the term snowman, the term fireman is somewhat ambiguous (a fact that was exploited in Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451). "
Removed from article as POV and not relevant to an article about firefighters.
"No life has ever been lost to fire in a residence with sprinklers. "
this site http://www.homefiresprinkler.org/FireService/FSFacts.html says
"NFPA has no record of a fire killing more than two people in a completely sprinklered public assembly, educational, institutional or residential building where the system was working properly." - Omegatron 12:48, Apr 8, 2004 (UTC)
The history section claims that organized firefighting in Rome began in the second century AD. However, in contradiction to this, the page on Emperor Augustus (63 BC - 14 AD) claims that he started the world's first fire brigades a century earlier. Which one is correct? 84.239.128.9 17:19, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Well, Quintus Sutorius Macro, Prefect of the Praetorian Guard under Tiberius, Augustus's successor, had previously commanded the Vigiles, Rome's fire brigade. They were actually formed by Augustus in AD6. -- Necrothesp 18:05, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
