Fire Service Traditions

To better understand the background of the contrasting views, we must look at how the fire service has developed around

In the Fire service following instructions is of utmost importance. Not only is your life at risk if you fail to follow instructions, but you are also putting your fellow firefighters lives at risk.  However, not all instructions given are life threatening but,  are there to keep order and uniformity. The fire service is a paramilitary career meaning that it has a very strict standard on how things are done.  When you are given a specific instructions, it is important to truly understand what your task is. This includes everything from your job at a structure fire to knowing what your morning chore will be. This is in order to properly due your job and, to ensure that no repeats of that same task are done. Going back to the point of you fellow

One could say the Fire Service possess one unique quality about how it operates daily and that is the culture and the community that lies within every department. Culture is defined as defined by Miriam-Webster “the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations (Definition of Culture, 2017, para. 5).” The many diverse aspects of each department in still’s a variety of cultural differences separating one department from the next. At the heart of all departments, fire service culture is the men and women who work and train hard to serve their communities as prescribed by the Fire Chief. The Fire Chief, however,

There are many areas in the fire service where potential lawsuits and liability can arise; some of these areas include, but are most definitely not limited to negligence, hazing, and not following the fire department’s SOPs/SOGs. As our society has changed, so has its expectations of those in emergency services—while many in the community may think of firefighters as the pinnacle of what an upstanding citizen must look like, there are countless moral and ethical pitfalls that firefighters can fall prey to and diminish the reputation of the fire service.

Firemen, while intimidating to the general public, are widely accepted and respected. This means that they serve as an embodiment of the public as a whole. In their hands fire is used to

The history of fires goes back to the 17th century. They were called, “Fire buckets”. They came into existence because there was no fireman. Fire buckets were people organizing themselves like a human chain with buckets passing around. There was at least two to three buckets full of

Grey’s Anatomy, Chicago Fire, my life is nothing like that. Of course there are exhilarating moments on the scene of an incident or on the 5 Center floor of the intensive care unit, however, the realities of working as a fireman or in a hospital are not nearly as glamorous. Running into burning building and extracting people from impossible car accidents are not every day occurrences. In fact, seeing a building fully engulfed in flame is a rare sight that will leave you in awe nearly every time. On the first day at the fire academy I got a reality check about firefighting. At the beginning of each class we take a moment of silence for fallen firefighters. Nowhere in the job description does it say that you have to die in the line of duty,

Fights would break out between runners and the responding fire companies for the right to fight the fire and earn the insurance money. On April 1 of 1853, Cincinnati OH became the first professional fire department made up of full-time employees and they became the first company to use steam fire engines. During the 19th and early 20th century volunteer fire companies served as fire protection and as political machines. The most famous firefighter/politician is Boss Tweed, head of the notorious Tammany Hall political machine in New York City. Tweed got his start in politics as a member of the Americus Engine Company Number 6.

The most common fire department would be the New York City Fire Department. The first fire organization was started in 1648 and was adopted by the Dutch Settlement of New Amsterdam. The money was raised by finning the public for dirty chimneys. The group of people known as the rattle watch patrolled the streets from 9 o’clock until down the next morning look for fire. It was 1658 when the first bucket brigade was formed which consisted of 250 leather buckets manufactured by a local shoe maker. It was not until the year 1664 when the Britch settlement was renamed New York.

The fire service has long-standing traditions dating back to the 18th Century, whether it is the color red on fire apparatus or the shape of their helmets. Some traditions are important in the American fire service while others traditions are dangerous or unneeded practices but still, exist for a variety of reasons. One of the biggest challenges to making changes requires the changing of the culture within the fire service.

Being the first woman to participate in a fire rescue and late be made the mascot for firemen was Lillie Hitchcock Coit. What made her famous amongst the people of San Francisco was from the first time that she participated in a fire rescue with the Knickerbocker Engine Company No.5 (Museum). It was not common for women to work, especially in a job that required strength and “manpower”. She moved to California from West Point in 1851 with her parents. Ever since she was a young girl, Lillie found a fascination in fire fighting, which is why at fifteen years old she grabbed hold of the vacant spot on the rope and helped the

according to the novel fahrenheit 451 firemen did put out fires way back in times before society changed. In guy montag's society, firemen start the fires in the homes of the people who are suspected of hoarding books and other materials that goes against the grain of their uniform and conformities of society. They must start the fires but not harm anyone and make sure that all the books and reading materials that are against the law are burned or

     In the past, most people thought firefighters had a pretty easy career. Much of the time they were off work or just laying back waiting for

I truly enjoyed reading the material for this week 's discussion. I found it fascinating to read how these people of passion were so revered as leaders. Something I found difficult while reading the stories of these various leaders was the details of what they did within their respective industries that made them successful. Although I recognize the importance of the details, I found myself continually fanaticizing about how the many different approaches would directly translate to the fire service. Because of the uniqueness of the fire service as an industry, I found it easier to relate to themes and concepts rather than the details. 'Strengths Based Leadership ' by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie For example Simon Cooper stated: "people create memories, not things. If we ask guests what color the carpet was in their guest room, they probably won 't know. The real value comes from the ladies and gentlemen (employees) who bring that hotel to life. Ten percent is the platform, but the rest is people. (Rath & Conchie, 2008, p. 43) As I read this I couldn 't help but think of the fact that our customers in the emergency response world (fire service) likely remember more about how we treat them than what uniform we wear or what kind of apparatus we arrive in, so long as we bring true caring and compassion to their bedside. In addition Cooper 's people over platform approach was obvious in this Rath & Conchie description: "then when he talked of the night-and-day difference that a

Looking at the changes in fire service little has been done in totality to address firefighter deaths. In fact one of the most