Firefighting

resolution imaging which allows them to support law enforcement. The government also uses drones to monitor wildfires because drones can fly at a variety of altitudes depending on the amount of data needed. However, due to the already large amount of firefighting aircraft used in wildfires, the fire department chooses not to use drones as frequently. In addition, the police force uses drones to monitor boarders for drug trafficking and illegal activity. The Predator is a special breed of drone…

The essence of flowers gives way to the aroma of diesel gas mixed with the smell of slightly musty and smoky outer gear. Trucks of contrasting builds and sizes fill the large garage, easily towering above me. I am instantly curious as to what each vehicle does. Seeing my father, wearing a white uniform shirt as customary with his position as a chief, I excitedly bound over to him and inquire about the different kinds of trucks. I felt as if I was a child in a candy shop. My father tells me that…

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…

To save the lives of people, the firefighter is there to risk their own life just to save others. They are considered to be the real heroes of the world. Their main duty is to save the life of a civilian and to protect the civilian property. When a firefighter enters the burning building, the first main purpose of him is to save the life of the civilians and then to ensure that less damage is made to the property (Kunadharaju, Smith & DeJoy, 2011). When these two goals are accomplished, the…

fire than all other natural disasters, including floods, hurricanes, tornados and earthquakes. Furthermore, the nation does not place enough emphasis on fire safety education, inspection, and code enforcement. Finally, the important areas such as firefighting, built in fire protection features in structures and fire prevention are neglected. Throughout history the destructive fire rate in the United States has been higher than any country in the industrialized world. For the most part the…

1. Plan to prioritize staffing within your patrol division by providing appropriate coverage with a reduced staff in keeping with the department’s mission statement. With the reduced staffing, the patrol division would have to undergo slight changes in their schedules. The number of officers manning a certain area would remain the same. However, the number of hours an officer spent on patrol would relatively increase attracting an overtime till the economic status in the organization adjusted.…

gather the injured to send them to the temporary relief stations that were set up in elementary schools (Southard 56). Medical relief personnel worked with citizen aid volunteers to help survivors with their severe burns (Southard 56). The citizen firefighting crew attempted to contain the fire in Urakami Valley, while relief trains carried 3,500 injured people to medical facilities outside of Nagasaki (Southard 59). Navy rescue workers aided in loading people into trains and sending them to…

Being a relatively new element when compared to many other known elements, Germanium has only been documented element since 1886. It has little to offer in the way of health benefits, but it still remains a useful element. Chemical Properties Germanium is the thirty-second element in the periodic table represented with the symbol Ge. It is located in the fourth period under group fourteen. Along with other elements like Silicon and Arsenic, Germanium is a metalloid. As a metalloid, Germanium…

Ever since she was a little girl, she always knew when those specific set of tones went off on the pager that daddy had to go. She sat and thought to herself, where does daddy go when those screeching loud pitches go off in the middle of the night? Was there someone breaking into the house? Did something bad happen to her family? All she knew was that daddy had to leave and sometimes he was gone for hours on end. She was extremely eager to find out the reason for her father’s absence some nights…

How the Mishandling of the Great Earthquake of 1906 Began the Panic of 1907 Natural disasters and macroeconomics are not two topics one would normally think to place together as affecting one another; however, natural disasters have the ability to play a large role in macroeconomics. For example, as tectonic plates ruptured on a chilly, San Franciscan morning in 1906, the American economy soon followed suit in a rupture of its own. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and its poor handling set…