Paul Neal Adair was born in Houston，Texas in 1915.While growing up，he became known as Red Adair because his hair was bright red.As a young man，he dropped out of high school to help support his family.During the Second World War，Adair served in a trained army team that removed and destroyed bombs.After the war，he returned to Houston and took a job in putting out fires in oil wells for fourteen years.

　　But in 1959，Red Adair started his own company.During his thirty-six years in business，he and his crew battled more than two thousand fires all over the world.Putting out oil well fires can be difficult，but he developed modern methods to extinguish(熄灭)and cover burning oil wells.They became known in the industry as Wild Well Control techniques.In addition to explosives(炸药)，the techniques involved large amounts of water and dirt.Adair also developed special equipment made of bronze to help extinguish oil well fires.

　　Needless to say，Red Adair was a leader in this specialized and extremely dangerous profession.Red Adair was known for not being afraid.He was also known for his sense of calm and safety.None of his workers were ever killed while putting out oil well or gas fires.He described his work this way：“It scares you—all the noise，the rattling and the shaking.But the look on everyone’s face，it is the best smile in the world，when there is nobody hurt and the well is under control.”

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