Firefighting

My business which would be called the FF Facial Defense. This company would be designing a better SCBA, Self Containing Breathing Apparatus, face mask and would be located in the state of Pennsylvania As a firefighter I have seen turn out gear that was able to withstand up to five hundred degrees for five minutes or 1,200 degrees of heat for 8 minutes. However, I have learn from my fire academy instructor and from pictures that our face mask is not able to withstand 450 degrees of heat, but…

Why should firemen be EMT’S A Lot of people think all firemen do is sleep and watch TV, There not wrong we do sleep and Watch TV after all our training and clean the station is done. There is a lot of stuff that we do that people don’t know and its behind the scene. Firemen have to Be physically fit to do our job. We are constantly training to stay in shape we train to learn the new technology for our job or new ways to fight fires. Now why should firemen be Medically trained? All we do is…

Firefighting is known to be one of the most physically demanding jobs in the world. Any firefighter can attest to this statement and it is well known that personal health and wellness are important in the firefighting profession. Demands are placed on the body in several different facets. These include but are not limited to physical, psychological, and sometimes emotional stresses to the human body. Throughout a long firefighting career the stresses can begin to be overwhelming and start to…

I. Introduction This is a civil action due to an incident involving a park ranger and UH graduate engineer and his friends at Hawaii State park. The main party being held liable in this civil suit is the UH graduate engineer. Defendant Michael Nishimoto (“Defendant” or “Michael”) argues that this is nothing more than an unfortunate campfire event that accidentally injured Lehua Ching (“Plaintiff” or “Mrs. Ching”), park ranger in her line of duty and he should not be held liable. Also, Defendant…

Accident Prevention Preventing accidents when there is an open fire As the old adage goes, “ Fire is a good servant but a bad master.” Although fire has numerous good uses such as aiding us in cooking, keeping warm, roasting food and the list goes on, it can also bring about adverse effects and irreparable damage. This can be prevented if the fire safety precaution is taken and people are educated about the danger lurking around houses furniture(for eg. Electrical appliances) which may…

The first cause we found towards the deadliness of the fire was that when G.I. Harmon, an employee of the Labor Department, inspected the factory about a month before the fire he was held up by the factory owners, so, as G.I. Harmon was asked; “...they had plenty of time to remedy any defects that existed temporarily while you were there?”1 He answered yes. One of the main causes of the fire that may have been quickly remedied was the waste strewn about the factory. According to Fire Marshal…

Fire Inspectors 5 Most Common Violations Building owners and managers have a very tough job to do - from dealing with maintenance, security, tenant issues and government compliance. Always considering fire safety ensures that some very simple, but sometimes overlooked, items are addressed and small problems are alleviated before they turn into big catastrophes. A lack of handling routine maintenance items can end in disaster. The fire at The Station Nightclub in 2003, where 100 people were…

It was dawn turning dusk and 1987. Andrew, Arnold, and Anthony were getting tucked into bed. Their parents Randy and Ross kissed them goodnight and went downstairs. Slowly, the kids fell asleep into their comforting beds. They couldn’t stop thinking about the warm sunny summer days ahead of them. All of the sudden, a loud alarm went off. The kids got out of bed and smelled some smoke. They inferred it was a fire and did the precautions their parents said to do when there was a fire. They all met…

Goals and Purpose of Fire Ground Factors The fire ground can have many different factors that dictate how a fire will be fought and how firefighters should fight the fire. The purpose of this training is to build a solid understanding of the 4 main fire ground factors that an Incident Commander, and all firefighters, must evaluate. Overview of Fire Ground Factors Firefighters must understand the different factors involved in complex fire ground situations to have a better appreciation for all…

The Fire Fighter I choose to interview for my term project is Andrew Huizinga I picked him because I work at Fitness 19 and we’ve talked about me becoming a fire fighter and he has given me a lot of advice on what to do. Andrew was in the coast guard for 4 years then he went to school for engineering at Cal Poly. The first set of questions I asked Andrew were about the fire academy and why he wanted to become a fire fighter. The first question I asked Andrew was when and why did he decided to…