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Firefighters When I first joined the fire department, I didn’t realize how many different groups there are within one fire department. They ranged from junior members, to experienced “green tag” firefighters. There was even a division for the older ladies in the department. I will describe all of the levels in this paper and tell what their responsibilities were that made the department function. The first group is the junior members. These were the guys or girls who were between the ages of 14 and 18 years of age. All of them were classified as a “red tag,” which meat that they had a red accountability tag which restricted their duties on a fire or accident scene. They are not allowed to fight be on an interior attack team, operate hydraulic extrication tools and jacks, or respond to calls between the hours of 10 PM and 6 AM on school nights and can only volunteer for a certain number of hours per week. These members are issued the older gear in the department because of th