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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if the wiring is exposed enough to be a hazard the house is already pretty much toast and they aren’t in it anyway. They are just hosing it from outside.

They’re at more of a risk of electrocution when they are trying to bust through a wall to save a person than if they are just putting out the fire.

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