If your cat's up a tree, you CALL the fire department. If SOMEONE's HURT, you call the fire department. If there's a mudslide or your house is on fire, you call the fire department. They're our first line of defense.
I'm a country boy, and out in the old country, all we do is bale straws of hay, and next THING you know you're SITTING under a tree takin' a nap with your hat down and a WEED in your MOUTH.