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Firefighting.

In hanja, it is written with 消, meaning “to extinguish,” and 防, meaning “to prevent”; in English, it is firefighting.

Thus, a firefighter is someone who fights fires.

It truly is a spirited word.

“This way, please.”

“Yes, sir.”

In that sense, the Empire's firefighting system was fairly organized.

Each district's public-order unit assessed fires and disasters and reported them to the Central Battalion,

which then dispatched troops to put out the fires.

“Everyone, stand!”...