What you hear on news programs is a certain percent contained! Not controlled. The percentage that is contained is how much actual fireline that is surrounding the active fire. The fire is not controlled until you have 100% containment,generaly!
Firefighters, paramedics, EMTs, dispatchers, fire inspectors, and administrative staff typically work at a fire station.
Firefighters, paramedics, EMTs, and administrative staff typically work in a fire station. Firefighters are responsible for responding to fire emergencies, while paramedics and EMTs provide medical assistance. Administrative staff handle paperwork, scheduling, and other office duties.
SPEED stands for S: Size-up the situation, P: Primary search, E: Evacuation, E: Extinguish, and D: Done. This acronym is used as a reminder for firefighters to follow these steps in order to effectively respond to fires.
Firefighters would help by sandbagging around places so water cant get in, or they'll sandbag a piece of road so that water will only follow that road. Firefighters will help by bringing their fire trucks around to a flooded or flooding site, and pump up as much water as they can into their fire trucks. Firefighters will help by doing their normal activites if a fire has started. Firefighters can help by evacuating people from homes, cars, building, etc Firefighters can help with search and rescue if someone has gone missing, they will do this by helicopter,boats, cars/foot.
A group of firefighters who are assigned to a truck or engine would be called a "company".
It is stated that in the year 2010 the percentage of firefighters that died in a fire was 29.8 percent. It is also stated that 4,325 on duty firefighter fatalities occurred in the United States between the years 1977 - 2011.
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FIRE
Firefighters!
firefighters
When there is a fire.
the symbol for a fire station is either a dalmation, a firefighters hat, the firefighters cross, or a firetruck.
The firefighters fight the fire (if they are there). If the fire is when the firefighters are on another fire the next closest fire company is called to put out the fire. Several fire stations have caught on fire. Fires at a fire station are usually caused by firefighters cooking and when they get called to an emergency they forget to turn off the stove or oven in the excitement.
A firetruck.
Fire trucks and fire enine or fire rescue
Firefighters need fire retardant clothing when they fight fires.
Paramedic firefighter known as fire medics are firefighters with an emergency medical technician-paramedic license.