Fire department

resist carrying out fire setting, despite potentially negative or harmful consequences. The presence of several episodes of intentional and purposeful fire setting characterize this disorder. Individuals with this disorder usually experience emotional arousal and tension prior to the act of setting a fire. Individuals with pyromania have a fascination with, interest in, or attraction to fire in several contexts (e.g., paraphernalia and consequences). They may set off fire alarms in stores and…

It is well known that fire fighters expose themselves to many hazards, from toxic gases, structural collapse, to fire and extreme heat. They don’t do it for glory but for the desire to help protect property and the people in their community. To help minimize risk to their health and safety, fire fighters use and carry protective equipment and wear specialized protective clothing, known as PPE. The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and the fire truck and equipment it carries has evolved…

The Butler Community College Fire Science department motto is “Duty, Pride, and Tradition”. It speaks for itself. It is straight to the point to what they want people to know about our firefighters. Our past, present, and future firefighters. The Duty, where our past firefighters have lost their lives. The Pride our present firefighters wear daily with their bunker gear. The Tradition that the future firefighter will continue to uphold. Everyone knows about the brave firemen and women, the…

The drought stricken lands of the Western states of America have been battling wildfires for so long that other nations have been extending their assistance to affected areas. The wildfires have been burning approximately 526,000 hectares of land across 10 US states, including California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. One of the badly hit drought-stricken western states is Idaho with 17 huge wildfires blazing since Friday followed by Washington, Oregon and California. The Canadian and American…

I've already seen my goals and my vocabulary to answer this lesson question. How can I write an effective argument for or against using planned fires to protect wild areas? To answer this lesson question, I begin by learning about the writing process. The first step in the writing process pre-writing, in which you'll plan out how to write a convincing argument about the best way to protect wild areas. As part of the pre-writing stage, I'll investigate this topic and form a claim. First I want to…

the dwelling of another. A serial arsonist is someone who compulsively sets fires. 25% of all fires started are arson. On average, arson causes $2 billion dollars in property. 700 lives are lost a year due to arson. Most arsonists are male, only about 10% of arsonists are females. Children are the culprits of about 50% of fires. Of the children, 70% of them are under 10. In 2010 the average dollar amount lost for a fire set $17,612. There are different common characteristics of serial arsonists…

The moment you swear in as a firefighter on a new department you join a unique brotherhood. In this brotherhood, you will develop new skills, experience good things and bad things, and you will be adopted into a close knit second family. As we all know, or the majority of us know, firefighters are a pretty unique bunch on individuals. Throughout your time in the fire service you will experience many different things, and because of these experiences you will develop a whole new set of senses,…

Prescribed Fire, needed or unneeded? Prescribed fire, the burning of dead or non-living trees, an important subject to people, however, it makes them wonder the perks and downsides of it, but the claim states, should prescribe fire be used, or not needed? Prescribed fire can be important to many people, as a result it can reduce chances of future fires. Prescribed fire can be excellent, for example, it can stop wildfires before they happen. They burn the dead trees which means they can’t catch…

“The most tangible of all visible mysteries-Fire,” said by Leigh Hunt brings us to think how amazing and destructive something so beautiful can be. Fire is considered one of the four basic elements and the fact is that nothing is basic about fires. The chemical process that occurs is what we see when the fire dances in front of our eyes. In the safety field there is an increased need for fire knowledge so that we can prevention and train employees on them. There are many components to consider…

Thousands upon thousands of acres are lost in forest fires every year. There are so many horrible effects from fires and most of them affect so many people. Studies have shown that out of all of the different methods to decrease fire damage, prescribed burns are the most effective. Prevention is the key to society these days and is definitely an important factor in saving lives. Reduction of fuels, prevention of vegetative communities, and improvement of wildlife habitat are happening because of…