Firefighters

Firefighting personal protective equipment (PPE) typically consists of multiple layers. The outer layer is commonly made of Nomex and/or Kevlar. The next thermal layer is often Nomex, though other types exist. The third layer is a moisture barrier, composed of a fabric designed to wick moisture away.

I heard that in one of the Australian bush they had a fire spreading at over 70 kph.

It involves carrying an almost 20 pound fire hose several blocks, running up several flights of stairs with the hose and running back down, crawling through a tight space with all your gear on, going into a smoky building where you can't see your hand in front of your face, get a 140 pound dummy, put it on your shoulder, and carry it out of the building.

save cats, bind oil in car accident, rescue people from car accident. look out for fire when an autamtic alarm is registered and find out that someone took a hot shower/cleaned his room and raised dust. Organize parties. Help some trucks on the road again. Extinguish a fire in a dumpster. Oh, and sometimes bigger things catch fire...

ohh well i live in Texas and i have pretty much been stung by a man o' war (also manowar so i call it) so i know those are out there... lol :] there are also blue buttons which actually do not sting, but sometimes can cause a rash so i heard if touching them. however when i did, i didn't get irritation what so ever (ofcourse i collected them in my bucket!!). cannonball jellyfish too but are more closer to Florida.. but could get near Texas.. moon jellyfish too.. (very pretty!) and the sea nettle. haven't seen this yet- Lions Mane jellyfish. i always used to go to the port lavaca beach until that desease came about.... :(

my mom always tells me that when a jellyfish is dead it can still sting!! i always found some washed up on shore includind baby ones :] ephyna is the proper name though. they remind me of squishy on finding nemo except they are literally see through when i saw em.. i love Texas and the beach and visit every time i can!! expecially mustang island. just be careful and be aware!!

-kati

From what I was told by a licensed plumber it is on the "street side" of the fresh air inlet into the main line.

"Red" Adair (Paul Neal, 1915-2004) was an American oil well firefighter. He was well-known for the new ideas he used to fight large fires, or cap blown wells that weren't burning.

Danmari is the oldest type of Kabuki. The style is like that of a pantomime. In developed Danmari scenes the characters engage in a slow motion, pantomime steuggle for possesion of an object.

Generically, a "truck" could be almost any vehicle used by the fire department, but the term has become specialized over the years. Originally, "engine" referred exclusively to "pump", the important tool for getting water to a fire. Today, "fire engines" are those vehicles of the fire department that pump water. The term "truck" is reserved for other types of vehicles, usually having one or more ladders. Since Fire Engines and Fire Trucks perform significantly different functions at a fire scene, they are very different. Fire engines are equipped with hoses and water so that personnel can aggressively fight the fire. Fire Trucks are like the firefighter's tool box -- carrying ladders, rescue equipment and other tools to enable personnel to support firefighting activities. == The terms fire truck and fire engine are used interchangeably by some folks. They have similar meanings in their general applications. But toss out the "fire" and shorten the terms to truck and engine and now we're talking. An engine is generally a "triple combination" rig, which is "old school" for something with a pump, a water tank and some hose (the "triple" part of the triple combination). This unit is the basic "fire engine" that we are used to seeing. Firefighters have a variety of hoses (called "lines") that they can pull and deploy. Some engines have a "hose reel" or two with a "hard line" on the reel. It's hard rubber and is non-collapsing. The reel allows it to be quickly deployed without having to pull it all off the reel. And it's easy to stow it when you're done! Recall that collapsible hose must all be pulled from the bed to charge it with water successfully. (Unless this is done, the kinks will prevent the flow of water - you can't get the wet stuff on the red stuff.) Some engines also have some kind of "master stream" appliance on the top for pouring out a big volume of water in a hurry in case they need to soak a major fire. And their hose bed will be full of (usually 2 ½ inch) line that will allow them flexibility in the way they deploy as an engine. (They can be used as a pump and a manifold.) The engine will also have a number of hand ladders hanging on it, too. And their compartments are full of stuff to support the deployment of the lines. Certainly there is a fat supply of first aid stuff. There is probably a "jaws of life" appliance on the unit. And some engines will have a fixed ladder that can be deployed from the vehicle. This ladder may or may not have a nozzle at the top. We good? Let's look at the truck. The truck is a big boy with a fixed ladder. The ladder portion may be towed on a rig that is articulated, or the whole body of the truck might be one big piece so no one has to "drive" in the back like on the articulated unit. As for the ladder, it may or may not have a basket on the end for firefighters to stand in. And the ladders usually always have a nozzle (or two) on the thing so a master stream of some sort can be set up from a high point to help douse flames. Certainly the advantages of the ladder in rescue operations are a primary reason for the development of this big rig. There are usually outriggers that stabilize the truck when it is being set up to deploy the ladder. And there will be a pump in this unit to supply the water needed by the nozzle(s) on the ladder. Trucks usually don't have a water tank aboard like the engine. The truck compartments will have extra equipment for working big fires. A big gas-powered saw for cutting ventilation openings and large fans for smoke ejection can be on this rig. Hey, someone has to carry them. The squad isn't going to have the whole load. (The squad is the "carry all" for fire scenes. It has a lot of extra material and equipment for other emergency action from fire ground support to rescue operations to scene clean up.) The main difference between the truck and the engine is usually cited as being that the truck is the rig with the big ladder. That's what makes the truck the truck. It's a bit more of a specialized piece of equipment than an engine, which is usually the first piece of equipment that is sent to a scene. The truck will be called out for structure fires and other activities where extra manpower is required. (The firefighters on the truck can support the firefighters on the engine even if the truck itself isn't being used directly.) Having worked with both an engine company and a truck company, the differences blur a bit in a situation where the sky is red, the smoke is thick and the water is streaming.

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General information about volunteer fire departments can be found on Wikipedia. More specific information about volunteer fire departments can be found on the websites hosted by individual volunteer departments as well as local news organizations that cover their activities.

No, Benjamin Franklin did.

first he says you guys should rock paper scissors for it. when they are done he says congratulations and hands them the wrapper.

This answer is just a beginning... the proverbial tip of the iceberg....

It depends on where they are, initially! A volunteer can advance to career officer; career officers can advance to leading battalions, to becoming training officers, to assistant chief, to chief - depending on the additional training they take and years of service, of course. One can be a medical training officer for the EMS side, or for practicals. One can go on to teach in a college-setting classroom. One can get into the - Yuk - political arena with state/national offices. FEMA. Forest Service. Take your skills and experience to one of our fine magazines as a writer... editor... artist. It's all up to you and want to want to do, how hard you're willing to work, what effort you put into both your work and studies, what other skills you combine with the FF (as in teaching, writing, etc). The list is endless.

New York, las angeles, and Chicago

The town.

In a shoe factory in Beijing.

Depends on where you get a job at for the city or the county. Starting pay for a rookie firefighter is 65,000 a year. After your first year you will increase to 70 k a year.

An ICS typing resource describes sizes, capabilities, and qualifications needed by staff for each resource. This system allows the manager to decide if the resource they are looking at is appropriate for the project at hand.

the fire door is usually rigged with an alarm that in some cases immediately calls the fire department

It depends on the situation. If your house or something is on fire that you cannot easily control or put out yourself, call the fire department. If someone is robbing your house, you should call the police, not the fire department.

Call an ambulance or the police.

Remote camp usually near a fireline, and lacking the logistical support that a larger fire camp would have.

i know where to get the fire fighter outfit but i don't know how to put it on it is at broker fire department good luck

Because if you try to save the drowning person, you may need help or you may get into trouble and need to be saved too.