Firefighters

Firefighters Did you know that some firefighters are on duty for 24 hours straight, then they get 48 hours off? If that was school, that means that you would get 10 days off after going to school for only a week. I don't know about you, but that's all I need to hear to know that firefighting is a good job. Firefighting must be a great career field because they have a good salary, a lot of respect, and finally they need more recruits. Being a firefighter is one of the best jobs you can have…

The job of a firefighter is what the fitness world would call an occupational athlete. The job requires a high level of on the job stress as well as chaotic and unpredictable conditions that they work in. The firefighter works under conditions that require them to wear heavy gear called personal protective equipment that weighs 22kg that does not breathe and adds heat stress to the work they are performing. The physical performance requirements of the jobs include high level of aerobic fitness,…

Emergency Support Function 4 Firefighting (ESF 4) is an emergency support function that I am familiar with, having to write the one for the City that I work for. For the City of Groveland ESF 4 is the City of Groveland Fire Department. Support agencies are the other municipal fire departments, as well as, the Florida Forest service. The purpose of ESF 4 is to establish uniform procedures for effective coordination of emergency response and personnel assignments upon implementation of the…

Only a little more than half of the people who try out for the Coast Guard are physically in shape for the challenges they need to face in training. Rescues swimmers should not feel safe in the water, however they should have confidence ("Rescue Swimmer"). For one thing the Coast Guard makes it very hard for female to be in the Coast Guard because the women have to fully capable of everything the male are doing. The Coast Guard requires everyone to be physically fit, be able to participate in…

I want to attend the Ohio Fire Executive Officer class for the opportunity of bettering my education, resources and leadership skills to prepare for the opening of becoming Fire Chief. This class will provide me with exceptional information in relation to the daily operations of being a Fire Chief within a department. In preparation for advancement, I have previously attended Fire Officer I, II, and III. Logically, this class would be the next step to further my education for possible…

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 fire itself was started, as so it is said, by a match being accidentally dropped on a pile of cloth in the work area, which is proof of the unsafe working conditions. The fire had occurred in the late afternoon on Saturday, March 25, 1911, when one of the employees noticed the fire and brought it to the attention of the rest of people on the eighth floor, where it had started. The workers tried to put out the fire with buckets of water, but it quickly began to spread to the bins of scrapped…

In 1736 the first real volunteer department known as the union fire company was started in Philadelphia by Ben Franklin. The Union fire company was made up of all volunteers that would make a line from the closet water source and pass the buckets to the fire. There were many other fire brigades that were clubs or co-ops which only intended to fight each other’s fires that were in the group. Ben Franklin’s concept was to help everyone and their property from burning. During their spare time they…

A little after one in the morning, Miss Maudie Atkinson’s house caught on fire. The fire spewed from the dining-room windows and it slowly devoured the house. The old fire truck that had been killed by the cold, was being pushed through the streets by a crowd of men. When the men attached the hose to a hydrant, the hose burst and water shot up, falling to the pavement. Then the men took the furniture from Miss Maudie’s house to the yard across the street. Faces appeared in the windows upstairs…

Two weeks passed and it happened again. The urge to go into the room was so strong that I couldn’t ignore the feeling. The rug had an object under it. The object was still as the old man grabbed a chair, lifted it up, and slammed it right on the object with all of his strength. The object was still there. The old man kicked it and hurt his foot and screamed, “Dang, that thing is hard.” It felt like he just kicked a piece of metal. The old man told the object, “You want be tough, oh I’ll show you…