Firefighter

Paying attention to detail is extremely important. Firefighters need some form of discipline to effectively to their job. Attention to detail is very critical for anyone working in the fire service. Firefighters are professionals, and must act accordingly. They must work as a team to properly handle certain situations. Paying close attention to the detail of any duty is vital for success. It’s their responsibility to pay attention to keep the crew safe. The fire service is a tradition that…

better on preventing and predicting future fires that can cause harm to the surrounding area. This topic is very important because not only it involves safety to people, but also structures. Saving lives when a fire occurs is the main priority for a firefighter, but also the occurring fire that is taking place in hand is also a priority because we do not want that fire to spread and cause more damage and even take potential lives. Also, keeping buildings save from fire is an important issue…

The dangers of firefighting do not end when the fire is put out, during the final steps of a call, firefighters are exposed to long term health dangers during a period called overhaul. Overhaul is a safety procedure performed by firefighters after the initial fire is put out, in order to look for hot embers in walls, ceilings, and other areas. The goal of the overhaul is to eliminate the possibility of a respark, starting the fire again. The danger of overhaul come in the form of harmful…

This was the first step in introducing “dual-function” paramedic/firefighter which led to having 37 paramedic ambulances to be created and added alongside the department within just eight years. In the year 1983 the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services was created to improve hospital delivery care and also allowing paramedics…

“Don 't you dare come any closer!” said a corpulent man, holding a broken piece of glass that was on the floor. Adam Corcuera and Steven Blackwell were the first paramedics to the KFC and were trying to tend to the stab victim on the floor but this bellicose individual would not let them. So the paramedics had no choice but to wait for the police to show up. While they were waiting Adam was staring at the stab victim and knew he only had minutes to live if he did not get immediate medical…

and seeing his or her apartment burned out by a fire and he or she drop to her knees hoping her children got away. A fireman walks up to them and say your children are okay. A firefighter as you know main job is to rescue any civilian from a fire no matter what cause. But firefighters are people too and being a firefighter doesn’t mean that you aren’t afraid encountering fire. As the poem states “I want to fill my calling, to give the best in me, to guard my friend and neighbor, and protect his…

The case study for unit three describes an incident in which two firefighters were riding on the turntable of their apparatus while going to a preplan. While riding on the turntable the two firefighters had to duck to avoid striking a bridge. An engine company was following behind the ladder truck and witnessed the incident occur and failed to take any actions to prevent or report it. An off-duty firefighter witnessed the incident and reported it to the chief. The department did have SOPs in…

attacks to visit ground zero on the 10th anniversary of their sacrifice. Burke starts by building up the reputation of the firefighters to appeal to pathos, continues to build on pathos by being candid about dangers and deaths, utilizing facts and statistics, uses an allusion of the president, and finishes the article by establishing credibility being immediate family with a firefighter who lost his life on that terrible day; however the end of the article is less powerful than the beginning,…

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 cat-stuck-in-trees rescuers, and the calendar…

night’s fire. When Mathias looked back and saw actual flames, he tried to determine where they were coming from, when he thought he knew where they were he had his assistant strike box 342 and sent the firefighters to the wrong place, almost a mile away from the fire. By the time the firefighters saw the actual fire and were able to get there it was already out of control. Also, due to the gusty winds the fire rapidly…