Firefighters：Heroes of the City消防員：火場上的真英雄

李蓓

Ring！ Ring！ Ring！ It is the fire alarm（火警）！ A house is on fire！ Firefighters（消防員） are on their way（在路上）.

Firefighters machines

多種多樣的消防車

The fire truck（消防車） is an important firefighting machine. There are different kinds of fire trucks. These are the four common（常見的） kinds.

Tanker truck 供水消防車

It carries（攜帶） water to fight（與……斗爭） fires in places without water.

Ladder truck 云梯車

It carries ladders of many different sizes（大?。?

Pumper truck 泵車

It carries a pump（抽水泵） and long hoses（管子）. It can pump（抽水） water.

Rescue truck 救護消防車

It carries supplies（必需品） to help hurt（受傷的） people.

Firefighters put out many kinds of fires. They put out house and factory fires. They also put out forest fires and other kinds of fires.

Firefighters do more than putting out fires. For example，they help people open stuck（被卡住的） doors. Or if（如果） there are beehives（蜂窩） in trees near buildings，they will come to help.