You must always introduce yourself to a local firefighting community. Firefighters can also work long stressful hours at work, putting them and real bad stressful conditions. You must have a real good fitness or very fit for the job. You’ll be required to pass a strenuous physical examination at the time you apply for work as a firefighter. Working as a volunteer, if you can take full EMT training. You’ll receive even stronger credentials, then you may apply for firefighter status. You must find a CPR class at the American Red Cross or other agency
Fire fighters put their life in danger every single day to help and save the public .Fire fighters must be prepared for the endangers they encounter and be able to respond immediatly to a fire or any other emerginces that arise because fighting fires is so complex it requries organzation and team work. At every emergency scene ,fire fighters perform specific duties assigned by a superior officer. At fires they connect hose lines to hydrants,operate a pump to high pressure hoses and postion ladders to deliver water to the fire. They also rescue vicitms and adminster emergency medical aid as needed. Fire fighters duties may change several times while the company is in action . Sometimes they remain at the site of a disaster for days at a time, rescuing trapped survivors and assiting
Whenever the news is on television, the public is always warned about a new virus or disease that is troubling society. The Zika virus has been around for quite some time and did not make waves when it was first introduced. However, that is something of the past. It is now making headlines because of the possible effects that it has on pregnant women and their babies. The Zika virus has become a public health crisis in a short amount of time. What was once just a minor illness has now transformed into something that has future parents afraid.
The Zika Virus has taken the country by storm in recent months. The virus is spreading explosively across South and Central America. Zika is a virus which was thought to be previously harmless, but recently,
Firefighter fatalities are one of the many areas the U.S. Fire Administration collects data on and completes a report annually from reports coming from all the United States. They have conducted and analyzed this information for about 30 years. The report is completed as resource to identify cause of death and trying to prevent future firefighter deaths. According to this report, there were 122 firefighter fatalities from January 5, to December 29, 2007. During that year, eleven (nine percent) of the fatalities occurred in the state of South Carolina. During the month of June 2007, nine South Carolina firefighters perished in a single fire and nine others were seriously injured. The catastrophic fire occurred on June 18, 2007. The fire started
Zika is a mosquito born virus that was first discovered by researchers studying monkeys in Uganda during the 1940s. By 1952 the virus was identified in humans and throughout the 1960s to 1980s small outbreaks were found across Africa and Asia. The Island of Yap reported the first large outbreak of Zika in 2007. In 2015 Zika spread to Brazil, The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, El Salvador, México, Paraguay, Suriname, and Guatemala. During this period Brazilian scientists discovered a link between Zika and Guillain-Barré syndrome, causing the immune system to attack nerves. Later a link to microcephaly, which causes a baby to be born with an abnormally small head due to abnormal brain development. In 2016 Zika continues to spread throughout the Americas. This virus poses an extreme threat to pregnant women continuing to spread through sexual transmission and mosquitoes.
On the 7th of February 2009, an extremely bad bushfire started in Victoria. It has been given the name, The Black Saturday Bushfires, and according to Black Saturday Bushfire (2016), the weather conditions were some of the worst bushfire weather conditions ever recorded. People reacted by 500,000 people making donations to the Red Cross and the government raising over $220 million.
The Olympic Games in Rio De Jaineiro during this past summer of 2016 shared the spotlight with the Zika Virus. Many athletes were concerned about this new transmitted virus and proceeded to walk away from the games. Even with many of the athletes backing out of the games there were many brave athletes that looked past this obstacle and focused on something else, winning the gold. The committee was thinking of relocating the Olympic Games because of the Zika breakout and all of the commotion it had caused. Not many knew about the new virus; how you could get it and how it was being spread. Many people just thought it was just another normal mosquito bite that only gave some type of minor flu. Little did anyone know that in fact the Zika Virus is very harmful and, can end up being deadly.
When people think of the word ‘epidemic’, they generally imagine a widespread disease that threatens humanity as a whole. While most of the hysteria associated with pandemics stem purely from fiction, it can be understandable why people always fear the worst. That is why when an outbreak of the Zika Virus was reported in the United States, an overall feeling of malaise set in. As of September 21, 2016, a total of 3,358 cases of the Zika Virus have been reported (“Center for Disease Control and Prevention”). Though the numbers are alarming, there is no need for a national quarantine or emergency evacuation. In reality, the Zika Virus is not as intimidating as society puts it out to be. The panic and confusion associated with
This article focuses on the outbreak of the Zika virus, which has recently begun spreading across the world with an emphasis on Latin American countries Brazil and Colombia. There are currently over 26,000 people who have been confirmed as infected with the virus in Colombia alone and this number is expected to rise dramatically to about 600,000 within the coming months considering the location and altitude of the countries and the frequency of their carrier mosquito. The virus has no vaccine yet; all prevention methods are focused on controlling the mosquitos spreading the disease by promoting proper sanitation regarding dirty water storage and accumulated trash. Among the people infected is 16-year-old Angie Paola Castro, one of 3,177 women
After the dreadful attacks of 9/11/01 I Dan Mcwilliams and 2 other firefighters restored America’s patriotism and pride. That fateful day George and I were racing to the attack site when I spotted a American flag hanging on a yacht indocked in the Hudson river. “Gimme a hand, will ya George?” i said trying to get the flag down luckily my childhood friend Billy Eisengrien was nearby he exclaimed “You need a hand?”.
Firefighter injuries and deaths have a significant impact on organizations, families, and the community. The price is paid with the lives of the firefighters, their families, and the dollars and resources of the taxpayers. The actual cost is difficult to determine since there are many variables, however the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) produced a report in 2005 attempting to put a cost to firefighter deaths and injuries. Data for this 2005 study was not comprehensive and many of the sources were unqualified, however the estimates are still considered credible by the authors. The estimates were based on: costs associated with overtime, investigations, physical fitness programs, lost time from work, prevention related
April 2015, small but deadly outbreaks began in Brazil, South America. Hundreds of Brazilian women infected by the Zika virus, endanger their unborn children to develop a form of brain damage called, Microcephaly. In the early months of 2016, South America’s CDCP (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) announced the Zika virus has taken full effect, and called for a state of emergency. Researchers today, study the effects of the Zika virus, where it comes/evolved from, and if there is a cure.
In conclusion the zika virus is a dangerous thing to the humans and the other animals out in the world. I hope you have learn something about this. Like the effect it could have on you or other