9 Things You Didn’t Know About Firefighters  Sep 25th, 2011  If
you were once a little boy (or maybe even a little girl),
there’s a good chance you wanted to be a firefighter at some
point. And who could blame you? Firefighters get to run
stoplights in their shiny red trucks, carry axes, and save
people from burning buildings. Those of you who didn’t quite
reach your firefighting dreams are probably missing out on
information about the men and women who risk their lives each
day to keep us safe and fire-free. Some facts make firefighters
sound even more awesome than we already know they are, and some
highlight the sacrifices they make for their communities. Here
are 9 things, both good and bad, you didn’t know about our
heroic firefighters.    1. They used to use buckets      Before
fire hydrants and huge tanker trucks were available to help
firefighters extinguish flames, men had to rely on buckets of
water passed down an assembly line. These units were called
bucket brigades. In the 1680s, people in New Yor