A soldier is a member of a military organization, generally tasked with aiding military defense.

Within
an army, a soldier may have dozens of different jobs, each of which require specialized training and
aptitude. Some of the many jobs a soldier might train for include combat positions, engineering,
medicine, and intelligence careers.
Combat positions are what most people think of when they imagine the life of a soldier. While most
soldiers are trained for combat, many go on to join other careers that focus on different skills.
Combat-based soldiers train in a variety of weapon, hand-to-hand, and defensive tactics, and may
be deployed all over the world, on both combat and peacekeeping missions. Many combat soldiers
are called infantrymen, and serve as the primary ground force in a mission. An infantryman must be
in excellent physical shape and enjoy working as part of a team.
Soldiers with construction or mechanical skills may choose to become army engineers. These
professionals help build and maintain equipment and facilities for military use. Combat engineers are
often deployed to help set up outposts, hospitals, bridges, and other facilities during a mission.
Geospatial engineers help create maps and models of terrain, to assist in tactical planning. Soldiers
can even become carpenters, plumbers, and electricians for the army.
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A soldier with a desire to help others may be able to train for a medical or emergency care position.
Qualified doctors, dentists, and mental health professionals may be able to qualify for army careers.
Army veterinarians help care for service animals, but also perform public outreach work with animals
around the world. Army doctors and health care specialists can be sent into the field with combat
troops, and need advanced training in emergency and field care. For some jobs in the medical field,
a soldier will need previous civilian training in medicine, and may need a full medical degree.
Soldiers working in intelligence careers assist ground troop operations and help discover important
information that can affect military operations. Soldiers with multiple language skills can become
translators or interpreters, and may be sent to help ease operations all over the world. Cryptologists
help find and break codes, which can provide valuable information about enemy movement and
plans. Intelligence officers help gather and interpret information from foreign powers, through a wide
variety of observation techniques. Through their work, intelligence soldiers can help protect troops
on the ground and may be able to devise safer, more effective missions.
A soldier is one who fights as part of an organized land-based armed force;
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if that force is for hire
the person is generally termed a mercenary soldier, ormercenary.
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The majority of cognates of the
word "soldier" that exist in other languages have a meaning that embraces
both commissioned and non-commissioned A firefighter, also known as a fireman, is
a rescuer extensively trained infirefighting, primarily to extinguish hazardous fires that threaten
property and civilian or natural populations and to rescue people from dangerous situations, like
collapsed or burning buildings.
The complexity of modern industrialized life with a greater prominence of hazards has created an
increase in the skills needed in firefighting technology and a broadening of the firefighter-rescuer's
remit. They sometimes provideemergency medical services, for example. The fire service, or fire and
rescue service, also known in some countries as the fire brigade or fire department, is one of the
main emergency services. Firefighting and firefighters have become ubiquitous around the world,
from wildland areas to urban areas, and aboard ships. According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary,
the English word "firefighter" has been used since 1903.
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In recent decades it has become the
preferred term, replacing the older "fireman", since some women serve as firefighters, and also
because the term "fireman" can have other meanings, including someone who sets, stokes, or tends
fires - especially in designated fireplaces the opposite of the firefighting role.
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In many countries, firefighters may be employed as full-time workers and paid a salary. Additionally,
there are volunteer firefighters (who are theoretically unpaid) and retained firefighters (or auxiliary
firefighters, who are paid for the specific time they are on duty, i.e., permanent part-time career
firefighters) on call as required.
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In such countries as the United Kingdom, the use of additional
retained firefighters is standard. In Portugal, for example, the use of volunteer firefighters is
standard, along with career firefighters. In Australia there are volunteer brigades which are mostly
unpaid rural services, although traditionally they are paid by their employers if called out during usual
working hours.
Contents
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1 Goals of firefighting
o 1.1 Prevention
o 1.2 Self-preservation
o 1.3 Rescue
o 1.4 Fire control
o 1.5 Structure fires
o 1.6 HAZMAT
2 Occupational health and safety
o 2.1 Cardiovascular disease
o 2.2 Heat stress
o 2.3 Structural collapses
3 Firefighting around the world
4 Communication and command structure
o 4.1 Ranks
4.1.1 Chile
4.1.2 Canada
4.1.3 Commonwealth
4.1.4 France
4.1.5 Germany
4.1.6 Italy
4.1.7 Iran
4.1.8 Ireland
4.1.9 Japan
4.1.10 Russian Federation
4.1.11 United States of America
5 Firefighter equipment
6 History of fire brigades
7 Dogs
8 Fundraisers
9 Notable firefighters
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
officers in national land forces.