Fire department

“We got one.” Those words rang in Frank Maher’s ears as his truck pulled out of the fire station. The thick, black smoke could be seen from the instant they pulled out of the station. His group, consisting of 3 firefighters instead of the usual 4, was going to be the first at the scene, where someone had reported a fire at an apartment complex. Having served as a firefighter for 34 years, Frank never stopped wanting to make a difference. Growing up, he had always admired firefighters, and…

of the Aurora Fire Department History is an important subject when it comes to federal and state facilities such branches of the military, city police, sheriffs, and fire departments. Aurora fire department has a long history with humble beginnings as a small group of volunteers, when the city was then called Fletcher, to now having 15 stations and being able to cover 155 sq. mi. and serve over 300,000 citizens of the city of Aurora. Plenty has happened with the Aurora fire department, making…

Fire Department The ISO review of the Fire Department accounts for 50% of the overall score and evaluates numerous different aspects, including: engine companies, reserve pumpers, pump capacity, ladder/service companies, reserve ladder/service trucks, deployment analysis, company personnel, training, and operational considerations. The 2012 version of the FSRS has placed more emphasis on proper placement and deployment of resources and less on the number of apparatus and the equipment carried…

chief for the Los Angeles County Fire Department (“LAPD”) and a thirty-four-year employee of the LAFD. On March 4th, 2016 Clover arrived home from work and found his home on fire. After alerting the LAFD, Clover entered his home and rescued his wife from the fire. Unfortunately, a part of the roof collapsed on Clover and injured him. Clover was diagnosed with smoke inhalation, a separated shoulder, and burns on both legs that required intensive treatment. The fire that spread to Clover’s…

review of the budget for this fire department shows that the fire department doses a good job on management of money. The fire department is a rule fire department with 12 full time line personal 1 fire chief 1 full time office secretary 1 part time secretary. There is two part time personal and 6 fire fighter interns. The department is a transporting advanced life support with 4 ambulances 4 fire engines 1 water tender and 4 administrative vehicles. There is 3 fire station 2 station are…

Dekalb County Fire Department Firefighters have been needed since the beginning of time. Over time fire departments have been improving their strategies every day for the safety of their men and women. I am going to discuss the history, careers, vehicles and equipment, and the hiring process for the Dekalb County Fire Department. The first recorded organized firefighting service dates to the Roman Republic in the first century BC. Since then the evolution of firefighting has changed…

Introduction The Texas Fire Chiefs Recognition Program is a voluntary process where fire departments in Texas prove their compliance with Texas fire service’s current Best Practices. These Best Practices were carefully developed by Texas Fire Service professionals to assist departments in the efficient and effective delivery of service and the protection of individual’s rights. The Texas Fire Chiefs Association developed the Recognition Program to assist Texas departments in meeting their…

There is only one qualification required for them to accept you as a volunteer firefighter is that you are eighteen years or older. They generally accept anyone because they could you use as much help as they can get. There is a required two hundred and twenty-hour volunteer education workshop. There are no required hours or days that you have to volunteer, it is whenever you can give. They really appreciate anything because every little bit helps. They’re very lenient with the volunteers that…

I will be commenting on how my department has changed and resisted change in the past ten years by showing case effect through these three factors socialisation by the fire hall, Fire chief personality and fire department goals. The Bathurst fire department has always been a social club and since it was a composite department many of our members came from every walk of life as volunteers, we had mill workers, news anchors ,managers of companies just to name a few. And most of these members had…

victims and communities return to normal following domestic incidents” (Public Health Emergency, 2015). ESF #4 encompasses all aspects of firefighting but is more focused on larger scale types of emergencies requiring a Federal firefighting response. Fire…