Firefighters

could lose everything you have ever had well. When I was 7 years old we had to evacuate because there was a wild fire up in the mountains near our neighborhood, there was so much commotion around our neighborhood we didn’t know even what to do. The firefighters had kept a close eye on our neighborhood since last week we knew there was a wild fire around our neighborhood, but we never knew it was that close to our house. It was early in the day when we were just having a normal day until there…

In the ethnography “Becoming a firefighter” by Matthew Desmond it discusses why people take on risky jobs such as a firefighter when they could easily take on jobs that are much safer to do. Matthew offers an explanation for this in his ethnography when he talks about the term habitus famously coined by sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. He discusses how there are two types of habitus. The first type is the general habitus, which is formed when we are very young and then there is the specific habitus,…

caused the car to pop up, slip, and roll over on its back while crashing into a wall. There were sirens everywhere while an inferno grew from the car. A firefighter, Jeff Charles, was able to save the girl, Angie, and the father, Christopher, but then as he went with the mom, the entire car exploded. The outcome of that crash and fire led to the firefighter 's death, the mom’s death, and Angie going blind. ---- 2008-Daniel was walking home after school and bumps…

Stress Disorder and firefighter suicide Fire department officers that present information on warning signs of suicide and PTSD to their firefighters will reduce the amount of affected firefighters by these two behavior issues each year. Warning signs are designed for family, and coworkers, however, they could also be for friends. Warning signs can just be another tool to protect our firefighters, time is going by so fast that co-workers do not recognize that their fellow firefighter may be…

It all started when I was in about fourth grade. A group of firefighters came to my school for a presentation. I remember vividly an intimidatingly burly fire marshall telling I don’t remember much about it, except that they told each of us that we needed an escape plan in case of a fire. I remember a story my mom had told me many times about a fire that devastated her family when she was a little girl. It made me shake in my shoes. I was a girl with a mission when I went home. After school…

- The strength of firefighter unions Total Words in this Document: 902 Title: Five Reasons Why Firefighters Need a Strong Union The benefits and protection given to firefighters by their local union are crucial for the success of departments and their employees who serve their communities. Here are five key reasons why a strong union is essential to today’s firefighters. 1. Guaranteed Safety and Fair Pay Before the first firefighter union was established in 1918, firefighters were not treated…

Female Firefighters Discriminated Against Gender is a part of everyday life with so much related to it based on stereotypes, customs, and ideas, learned from birth. This case study peers into gender discrimination by first providing a little historical background information. Next, it delves into an analysis of a case, Wedow, et al. v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, 442 F.3d 441 (U.S. App., 2006), and the Court’s opinion, by examining the pertinent facts of the case, highlighting the legal…

attack on the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers by hijackers on United Airlines Flight 175 and American Airlines Flight 11, people began to pour out of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers as firefighters rushed in - firefighters whose legacy will never crumble. The article, “Firefighters in 9/11” reads, ‘Firefighters in 9/11” reads, “Firemen, policemen, and many from the army came to help clean up. It took all the men many months to clean up the debris from the terrible day. The men had to deal…

capabilities that a professional must have in his mental and physical arsenal to save lives whilst risking his own. Sometimes being a firefighter is not always you getting to complete a search and rescue operation, or having to defuse an insanely large hazard incident that could affect every living organism or person within its hazard range and being a huge hero. Being a firefighter is about selflessly risking your life for someone who can be saved, not rushing in and trying to fix an impossible…

One quality firefighters must have is endurance. One must be physically fit to make it in the industry. Not only that, but once I get into the Air Force itself, to become a firefighter like I want to do, I must pass a series of physical tests that requires female participants to run a 2 mile in 22:43, 1.5 mile in 16:01, 21 pushups, and 38 sit-ups…