Risk Takers

Everywhere, people do risky jobs. In Phoenix, Arizona, firefighters take 24 hour shifts-sometimes taking over 10 calls a day-to protect their communities. But for these men and women, the rush of the risk and helping those in need makes it all worth it.

Alligators are a constant threat to the people of Florida. The first line of defense against them are the alligator trappers-a group whose job it is to find and capture these dangerous predators before they can harm the people around them.

Fighting fires has always risky, but to combat them in a forest, surrounded by millions of acres of fuel for the blaze, is another thing entirely. Forest Firefighters stop these infernos on the ground level, before they consume everything around them.