Guild Wars 2

So I dipped my toe into WvWvW lately with my Warrior and my Ele. It reminds me a lot of Dark Age of Camelot warfare which I played a Ranger like class with . I have a Ranger in the 20s which I am taking out and one thing confuses me .

It seems like the Ranger has no active condition removal . There is the healing spring and the passive signet which when active removes conditions from allies . Do these work on the Ranger themselves also ? If not what do you do to get out of snares etc . Active condition removal seems to be a requirement for PvP .

Also what exactly are the pets for ? They remind me of the WoW style fire and forget pets which I dislike quite a bit . Is there more they can do besides that ?

Thanks for any help

The skill descriptions are very irritating, it seems allies is short for your allies, your pet and yourself, yet some descriptions explicitly state you and your pet, too.

edit: To answer your question, yes they remove conditions from you as well.