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ALL RIGHT. THANKS, JORDAN. IT’S A BIG WEEK IN BIRMINGHAM WITH THE CITY HOSTING THE WORLD POLICE AND FIRE GAMES. �������� 13 ERIN LLEWELLYN WENT DOWN TO CITYWALK TO GET AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE VEHICLES. FIRST RESPONDERS USE EVERY DAY TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. YEAH, JOHN, SEVERAL FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS CAME OUT HERE TO THE CITY HALL TO GIVE PEOPLE AN INSIDE LOOK AT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY DO ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, THEY SET UP SOME OF THESE VEHICLES OVER HERE TO GIVE PEOPLE AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE. THE EVENT WAS HOSTED BY THE BIRMINGHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE JOINED BY OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS FROM HOOVER FULTONDALE IN MIDFIELD. ONE FIREFIGHTER WHO WAS REPRESENTING THE PRATTVILLE DEPARTMENT, SAYS THE EVENT IS A GREAT WAY TO SHOW KIDS THAT POLICE ARE A FRIEND. THEY CAN LEAN ON. HE SAYS FIRST RESPONDERS ARE JUST ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TO HELP. IT HELPS THAT WILL STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. IT WILL DEVELOP A SENSE OF PRIDE, PRIDE THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE IN THE CITIZENS, THAT THE CITIZENS CAN BE PROUD, AND OUR ABILITY TO SERVE THEM. THEY GET TO SEE THAT WE’RE PEOPLE, SO WE’RE NOT JUST SOMEBODY IN A FIRE SUIT, WE’RE JUST NOT SOMEBODY IN A POLICE CAR. THAT WE’RE WE’RE YOUR NEIGHBORS. AND NOW THIS IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL EVENTS THAT IS RELATED TO THE WORLD POLICE AND FIRE GAMES THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. SO YOU STILL HAVE PLENTY MORE CHANCES TO GET DOWN HERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE ACTION