Jackie Chan does his bit for firefighters

Decked out in full firefighter gear and arriving a fire patrol buggy, Jackie Chan threw his name behind the next World Firefighters Games in Hong Kong.

Chan was named an ambassador for next February’s games, which will pit firefighters from around the world against each other in sports events.

“A lot of people call me a hero,” Chan said recently. “Well, firefighters are real heroes; they are nameless heroes.”

Chan said he hopes to make a movie about firefighters, “I have had the script for some 20 years now,he said. “It is a dream of mine to make this film; if I do not make it finally, I know that I will ultimately regret it.” The games in Hong Kong will be the ninth edition of the event, which started in 1990.