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The picture shows three New York City firefighters raising the U.S. flag at the World Trade Center, following the September 11 attacks. The official names for the photograph used by The Record are Firefighters Raising Flag and Firemen Raising the Flag at Ground Zero. [1] The photo appeared on The Record front page on September 12, 2001.
A formal fire photographer certification process is being drafted by the International Organization of Fire Photography. [7] The intent of this certification is to attest that an individual has sufficient training, skills and knowledge in relevant areas (health & safety, firefighting operations, etc.) to operate within a safe perimeter of an emergency incident scene.
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Regardless of how this balance works, a common feature is that smaller urban areas have a mix of full-time and volunteer/on-call firefighters. This is known in the United States as a combination fire department. In Chile and Peru, all firefighters are volunteers. [111] Another point of variation is how the fire services are organized.
The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is a labor union representing paid full-time firefighters and emergency medical services personnel in the United States and Canada. The IAFF was formed in 1918 and is affiliated with the AFL–CIO in the United States and the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada.
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Firefighter calendars are a type of decorative calendar that feature images of shirtless or scantily-dressed muscular men depicted as firefighters. They are typically marketed towards heterosexual women, and are often created by fire departments to raise money for charity.