What about the safety aspect of having to give safety directions in two languages? Doesn't that slow the response time and endanger whosever language is spoken second? Who gets first warning to break out the fire tents?
Sorry but I believe they ought to require fireworkers to speak English. Do they allow non-English speaking firemen in communities? This is stupid. The best and brightest fire management will be lost to the crews while less-experienced but bilingual bosses endanger everyone.
You don't want to get me started about what's happening to fire managaement (doesn't have to do with the biligual issue).