Firefighter

how do you remove smoke from A ceiling

Asked by norma over 10 years ago

we use positive pressure fans that basically forces the smoke out of the home through specific openings.

Asked by joe over 11 years ago

1. What made you choose your career as a firefighter?
2. What are the things that you like and dislike about your job?
3. What are some of the dangers that you come across?
4. How to you becomes a Sgt.?
5. What advice would you give to someone interested in becoming a firefighter?
6. What is the most rewarding part of being a firefighter?
7. What is the most memorable incident you have been involved in?
8. What is your specialty in the department and what is it like?
9. What are three issues you think are facing the fire services today?
10. What do you do when you are on your shifts?

Asked by Jessica Ussin over 11 years ago

1, Ever since I was little I was drawn to a career in public service and with the fire service I don't usually have to deal with negative feelings from my patients unlike police officers and have been doing the job since I was 22.2. Long hours and times away from the family.3. To many to list from fires to chemicals to dangers working in traffic on incidents.4. Time and certifications and expeirence allows you to advance your career. We have Engineers instead of Sgts.5. Finish school and get your EMT and volunteer with your dept if they have volunteers.6. Taking care of others when they don't know who to call and we are able to take care of their problem.7. To many but probably bring a child back from drowning.8. We do everything from EMS to Fire and Rescue so everyone tries to maintain the same levels of expeirence. I am a supervisor so that puts a significant amount of responsibility on me.10. Increased budgets and decrease income, Also being able to recruit significantly trained individuals that will stay on the job.11. Maintenance, Training and personal projects but you can never gurantee what gets done baseed on call volume.

How many women work within your fire station?

Asked by Chels over 11 years ago

1 at this time out a force 44

Why do Fire departments usually operate most of the area's ambulances? What was the idea behind that decision? Did they use to operate out of hospitals? Thanks.

Asked by 824 about 12 years ago

Since there are not as many fires like in the past to keep your staffing levels departments also perform EMS services. by doing this it also brings revenue in. Some systems are still run out of hospitals or by a county or city. the idea of the fire dept is that we already have the ability for quick response but trained people so naturally it fit for many communities.

What does shift night mean in relation to vol. firefighters

Asked by ... almost 11 years ago

Usually volunteers have to pull some duty to ensure that there are people to respond. A neighboring volunteer fire dept has their volunteers pull a night shift from 8 pm to 6 am at least once a month. So this is probably what you are refering to.

Are fire blankets truly safe to use on kitchen grease fires ?

Asked by David over 11 years ago

If you are able to get close enough to the stove yes, but prevention is the best. Don't cook unattended. Keep a lid to cover over the pan to remove oxygen thus you can reach the controls to turn off the stove.