I was a firefighter for 16 years in Northern California. In all that time, there was only 2 times I thought I might "buy the farm" as they say. All in all, safety is of primary concern to any modern fire department, whether paid or volunteer. Every firefighter is trained in the mantra, "Us, Ours, Them, Theirs". We always work in a team environment, and modern gear and equipment is designed with safety as a first priority. Such things as NOMEX, a fire resistant fabric our turnout gear is crafted from, to PASS alarms, which don't go off unless they stay still for 30 seconds or more, allowing outside teams to locate a downed firefighter, help keep us safe.
All of that said, many of the environments we work in are extreme, by nature unsafe, and are hazardous to human life. In the average house fire temperatures are 800 - 1000 degrees at ceiling height, and around 300 to 400 degrees at floor level, where the firefighters do their work. In addition, many other tasks, such as emergency medical, land and water rescue, vehicle extrication and hazmat have all been added to the firefighter's mandate in the last 30 years, adding to the amount of risk.
Statistically speaking, firefighting is getting safer every year in the US. But if you Google "firefighter deaths in US 2011" you'll see that not every one of us makes it out alive.
Not very. Firefighters not only risk their lives when they enter a burning building, but any time that they respond to a medical emergency or vehicle collision. They even risk getting shot at by people at scenes, illness from smoke inhalation, heart attacks, wrecking while responding to scenes due to uneducated drivers, etc. They are also exposed to diseases more than the average person, since during medical emergencies they may be exposed to a disease by the patient.
Yes. There are a lot of dangers in this profesion.
it can make them die from the fire.Sometime they need to stay in hospital for 10 year.
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Is it dangerous to pull people out of burning buildings? [/sarcasm]
Because you have a 50-50 chance that you might not come back alive from a fire accident
Both are equally dangerous and important. We need them.
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You can be a firefighter in the army and the retirement and career benefits are the same as any military speciality. You will need to talk to your recruiter about the job openings. The MOS (Military term for job) is 12M and falls under the engineer branch. Be advised that on active service there are less than 300 slots for firefighters, so its not an easy job to get.
It may because being a firefighter is a position of public trust.
A well Control Firefighter is a firefighter who extinguishes oil and Gas well fires .. This site shows what the job entails http://www.wildwell.com/
That is the correct spelling of firefighter (from fireman).
A fireman's job is to burn books.
yes it does
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Most employers who have volunteer firefighter-employees will recognise this and allow them to go when necessary.
Consecutive days off Usually a livable wage if working for a career department Meaningful job that motivates the firefighter to strive to be the best at their job Respect in the community Opportunity for advancement Driving big red