Air-raid sirens on Saturday morning sent residents across Israel into safe rooms and bomb shelters. For firefighters, however, it was the signal to shift from routine to a state of “special alert”: reinforcing crews at fire stations nationwide, mobilizing volunteers and “orange firefighters” — Home Front Command reservists trained as firefighters.
At the fire station in Ramat Gan, firefighters are already accustomed to going from zero to full speed in 60 seconds. That was the case yesterday as well. “We heard the siren and went into the protected space. At the same time, the station bell rang, and the sound indicated a level 3-4 emergency reserved for major incidents,” said Master Sgt. Dolev Ezra, a crew commander at the station. “Within a minute we were already on the way with the fire engine to the impact site in Ramat Gan. On the way I gather information over the radio network and try to picture in my head what kind of scene I’m about to encounter.”
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