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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When I was a volunteer firefighter 30 years ago in a small rural area we had a verbal agreement with the utility company that we could pull the meter. In exchange, we were to let them know it had been done and where we had left the meter. We always left it near the electrical service where we pulled it.

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