Most of us are ignorant of the fire prevention and safety procedures that one needs to follow at home with the result that the incidences of fire accidents at homes are increasing. Even if fire alarm systems are installed at home, lack of knowledge and training has made them totally ineffective and non-operational. Fire service department has huge task ahead of them to spread the awareness of fire safety and train us in preventive mechanisms to avoid fire accidents.

If you thought that being a fire fighter is easy job, you could be wrong. They are called to do a lot of things beyond fighting fires and they stand to face life-threatening risks as well.

Eight forms is all that is really necessary to earn a Martial Arts Black Belt, and this is in karate, or taekwondo, or kenpo, or even the many shaolin systems and other fighting arts. Of course the kata must be of the correct kind to be effective. A good example of this is found in Karate, which descended from Kung Fu, and from which developed both Kenpo and Taekwondo.