August 23, 2009
Athens Greece Fires in Video
Youtube is the best source for raw footage and photo compilations for this incident.
In our country we rightfully preach safety as paramount. To that end we rarely see civilians actually manning fire hoses or beating flames with towels and branches. There is something very refreshing seeing citizens taking matters into their own hands to save their homes. Notice the neighbors helping firefighters man fire hoses and the woman in the alley beating down flames with a stick.
Something else we don't see much of in the US is fire photojournalism. Photo Journalists are always kept back by fire officials. Consider the two big fires in California this year, the 90,000 acre La Brea Fire and the 7,000 acre Lockheed Fire in Bonny Doon. I don't recall any close up images of flames or firefighters. I'm not knocking current policy, only stating fact. It's all about safety and control here.
In our country we rightfully preach safety as paramount. To that end we rarely see civilians actually manning fire hoses or beating flames with towels and branches. There is something very refreshing seeing citizens taking matters into their own hands to save their homes. Notice the neighbors helping firefighters man fire hoses and the woman in the alley beating down flames with a stick.
Something else we don't see much of in the US is fire photojournalism. Photo Journalists are always kept back by fire officials. Consider the two big fires in California this year, the 90,000 acre La Brea Fire and the 7,000 acre Lockheed Fire in Bonny Doon. I don't recall any close up images of flames or firefighters. I'm not knocking current policy, only stating fact. It's all about safety and control here.
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