"You go, we go" is a famous phrase often used by firefighters that shows their brotherhood and loyalty to one another. Being a firefighter to the public eye is about being there during a disaster or at anytime anyone is in need since they have the ability to save a life. Although firefighters save people's lives' daily that is not the only thing they do throughout the day. Being a firefighter is physically and mentally demanding. But, to get where the fire department has gotten today has taken a lot of sacrifices from firefighters themselves and to the public. We are able to trace firefighting all the way back to the Roman days, all the way back to understanding the start of basic firefighting, and how African American males were able to join the fire department. Also with the struggles of women who wanted to become firefighters, what they had to go through and how it changed the dimension of the job. Then we see all the tools that have been and are still being used, and how the technology was and how it currently is. The road that firefighting has taken to have men and women help save the lives of the public has been changing ever since day one. .
A first thing first, in 24 BC the idea of a firefighter was created. There were assigned men who watched over their town and waited to see if a fire was spotted.(Smith) If a fire was spotted they would then locate it and the men would sound an alarm; which sounded like a loud bell that was loud enough to alert the whole town that there was a fire. Since fire was a common aspect of life due to the way the people's living conditions were the idea of a firefighter expanded all over different areas. Fast forwarding in history; the first official fire department was built in 1830 in Edinburg, (Bonson) Scotland. But not everyone in Europe though of the idea of making it a occupation. To them it wasn't even looked at as a necessity. Soon after the famous fire in London in 1866 occurred it was then said that something had to be done to protect the city, and the public from the destruction of fires.
