East Timor Firefighters
How would you like to be one of ten firefighters in a city of 180,000 people, only have two fire engines, and depend on international peace keepers to protect you while you fight fires? That is what the firefighters in Dili, Timor, deal with on a daily basis (from The Herald Sun).
DILI'S firefighters are probably the world's busiest right now as arsonists torch homes across the East Timorese capital – yet there are only 10 of them facing daily threats from angry mobs.Known locally as bombeiros, the firefighters have not been paid for two months, make do with only two fire engines and live permanently in their dilapidated central Dili headquarters alongside relatives and 250 refugees.
They have had knives held to their throats as they attempt to extinguish the handiwork of arsonists and must be escorted by armed international peacekeepers as they rush to stop the city burning.
Read the whole article. These folks really show what being a firefighter is all about.
Here is some info about the country of East Timor.
