Family of Firefighters.Firefighting is a family activity for the Smiths of Lyons, Colorado  The of this article or section may be compromised by "peacock terms".You can help Wikipedia by removing peacock terms. . Dad is an officer with the Lyons Fire Department. He spent part of the summer fighting wildland fires in California. Mom is a certified volunteer firefighter, and Mackenzie, 13, and Chris, 11, work as cadets behind the fire lines. Chris and Mackenzie helped their parents battle the Dakota Ridge wildfire near their hometown. The two snuffed out "hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. "-smoldering areas that could flame up Verb 1. flame up - burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity" blaze up, burn up, flare burn, combust - undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" again. At one point, embers were flying in the air, Chris remembers. "I was thinking, if this comes over the hill, things could get interesting." But other firefighters arrived and brought the flames under control. As cadets, Mackenzie and Chris receive training in fire-fighting methods. They also provide vital support during a fire emergency, like replacing air bottles in breathing equipment and carrying drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. to parched parch v. parched, parch·ing, parch·es v.tr. 1. To make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat: The midsummer sun parched the earth. (thirsty) firefighters. "My friends would be shocked if they knew how much I actually do," Mackenzie says. |
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