What they do Firefighters typically respond to emergency services such as extinguishing fires and rescuing civilians from a burning building. When they are not on a job, firemen will be on call performing maintenance on their trucks, emergency service vehicles, and equipment. As well as performing maintenance while on call members will perform drills, eat, and sleep while on their 24 hour shifts. When firefighters pull up on the scene of a fire, they are responsible for connecting hose to a fire hydrant, controlling water flow from the hose, using a variety of tools to search through debris, rescue civilians and extinguish fires. Firemen also go out of their way to provide the message of fire safety. Work Environment Statistics show that