On January 24th, 2022, firefighters in Maryland responded to a two alarm fire at the 200 block of S. Stricker Street at six in the morning. Firefighters went into the house to put out a fire in hopes of saving the building next to it. While firefighters were inside the house there was a partial collapse that trapped four firefighters in the burning house while this happened. One firefighter that was trapped was rescued shortly after it happened while they were able to pull two more from the fire an hour later. Burnett (2022) wrote “Crews worked to extricate a fourth firefighter who was still trapped underneath the rubble left behind by the collapse. Three firefighters were taken to shock trauma; two were in cardiac arrest when they arrived, officials said '' (para. 6). Sadly three out of four of the firefighters that were trapped in the collapse passed away: Lt. Butrim, Lt. Saddler and FF/EMT. Lacayo. Oxenden (2022). “The Washington D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department said it sent the city 54 people, including six ambulances, four fire engines and two battalion chiefs” (para. 8).

During the time of the funeral Baltimore firefighters were allowed to attend the funeral when they were working due to other counties sending replacements for them. During this time other firefighters from different departments in state and out of state were responding to calls for them so they could attend the funeral. During this time all of the fire stations were shut down allowing all firefighters being able to attend the funeral while they were covered by different departments. Lt. Barium and Lt. Saddler were with Baltimore Maryland FD for 15 years where FF/EMT. Lacayo was with the FD for 6 years.

There are some dangers of the job because there are serious dangers that come along with the job that people might not know about. One of the major problems that can come with the job will be cancer because of how much smoke you are around. Depending on what type of accident you are in you could possibly get run over by a car that is not paying attention. All of the precautions that they take on the job will still not save them from getting injured. The most dangerous time for first responders responding to a call is going through an intersection when there's a red light. When you are going into a building that is on fire you don’t know what could happen while you are inside and what is happening outside unless you hear it on the radio. The building could collapse at any moment trapping the firefighters inside like what happened in Maryland.. There are many risks that they take during their time on duty and off duty. This includes volunteer firefighters responding to the station when they get a call due to the time they have to respond to the station. They have the ability to put lights on their car and have permission to use sirens and go through red lights to get to the station but during this time they could get into an accident. I would say that the most dangerous time for firefighters is when they are responding to the call and during the call. Overall, many people don’t grasp how dangerous the job really is and think that they are not risking their life to save others.