It's great how the firefighters from the U.S. go over to train iin Israel by helping to put out fires. Reminds me of the time that Israeli pilots came to Miramar Air Station down near San Diego with a captured MIG to give our own Top Gons practice against a MIG.
A brotherhood of firefighters
American firefighters are training in Israel, putting out fires down south
BY SIMONE SOMEKH July 18, 2014
Billy Hirth loves the Jewish people. Hirth, 52, a senior firefighter from Arlington, Texas, has been in Israels southern region for the last few days, helping local firefighters put out the fires caused by rockets from Gaza.
I love Israel and its people they are kind and giving. So I wanted to be helpful, said Hirth. My family has been very supportive, even though my wife doesnt really want to know the details of what Im doing.
Hirth is here with 12 other colleagues of the Emergency Volunteers Project, a non-profit organization that trains American firefighters to operate in the Israeli environment during emergencies. The project was co-founded four years ago by Adi Zahavi, an Israeli volunteer medic from Jerusalem, who thought that recruiting reinforcements from abroad could help local firefighters.
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A brotherhood of firefighters | The Times of Israel
A brotherhood of firefighters
American firefighters are training in Israel, putting out fires down south
BY SIMONE SOMEKH July 18, 2014
Billy Hirth loves the Jewish people. Hirth, 52, a senior firefighter from Arlington, Texas, has been in Israels southern region for the last few days, helping local firefighters put out the fires caused by rockets from Gaza.
I love Israel and its people they are kind and giving. So I wanted to be helpful, said Hirth. My family has been very supportive, even though my wife doesnt really want to know the details of what Im doing.
Hirth is here with 12 other colleagues of the Emergency Volunteers Project, a non-profit organization that trains American firefighters to operate in the Israeli environment during emergencies. The project was co-founded four years ago by Adi Zahavi, an Israeli volunteer medic from Jerusalem, who thought that recruiting reinforcements from abroad could help local firefighters.
Read more:
A brotherhood of firefighters | The Times of Israel