Eli5: Aren‘t firefighters afraid of getting electric shocks if they put out fires?

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When a house is on fire, they will usually use use water to put it out. But aren‘t they at risk of getting an electrical shock since there is usually still power in the house and they flood everything with water?

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One of the first arriving unit assignments is to pull the meter to cut power.

Often will also call all relevant utilities like electric and gas

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