Firefighting is the practice of attempting to extinguish a conflagration, protect life and property, and minimize damage and injury. One of the goals of fire prevention is to avoid conflagrations. When a conflagration is extinguished, there is often a fire investigation to determine the cause of the fire.
She's Mandela's third wife: Mandela was first married to Evelyn Mase, but their marriage ended in divorce. In his biography Long Walk to Freedom, Mandela has said Mase made him choose between family and politics. He later married Winnie Mandela, a firebrand who became his voice when he was in prison.
Quick Answer. Ricky Skaggs' first wife was Ralph Stanley's cousin, Brenda Stanley. They met when Skaggs, only 17 years old, was a member of Stanley's band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, and they married in the early 1970's. Continue Reading.