Firehouse Luxuries As firefighters, our job is to ensure that everyone is safe in their home during the day and the night. We respond when trouble strikes so that people can hopefully get back to their lives with as little damage as possible. It is an enjoyable job, but the stress can become unreal, especially when we are dealing with a blaze that does not want to be put out. It is after times like this that we venture back to the station to enjoy our own brand of firehouse luxuries. Our Home Away from Home Many of us live above the station. We sleep and eat as a group in our little space above the trucks. It is not an ideal living situation, but it ensures that when trouble comes our way, we are ready for it. Our truck is ready in less time than it takes for us to slide down the pole and reach it. It works better that way. The problem is, it means that we are never very far from the job. We spend a lot of hours waiting and then we spend a lot of time rushing. It becomes exhausting to have to respond within a split second to an emergency that has happened across town. Those middle of the night phone calls are the worst, as well as those blazes that burn so hot that you can feel the skin burn when you walk near it. How We Relax …show more content…
We added a few amenities; a game area complete with table tennis, air hockey, and video games. We also upgraded our showers so they could help us cool off and relax after a hard day of fighting a fire. We searched through many reviews and settled on a double shower head for our showers. After that was purchased and we decided that we should have made that investment much sooner, we also decided that we needed the best shower head speakers we could find. The end result, we almost prefer to be at the station now than to be at
For years if not decades, firefighters have responded to a reported structure fire that turned out to be a fully involved single room. This fire scenario requires a core set of fire tactics and skills to control and extinguished the fire, but is it this simple? Perhaps twenty years it may have been, but new dangers are lurking in every scenario and may have detrimental outcomes for unsuspecting and unaware firefighters and victims. The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) agency along with the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) have been conducting research to understand fire behavior and fire dynamics. This research is providing firefighters with new information about how and why
Inherently the fire service operates in high-risk environments to facilitate the role of preserving life safety and property conservation. How these incidents are managed and safeguarded by our administration
Firefighters can count on having an exciting job. Firefighters will be able to drive fire trucks or other emergency vehicles to emergencies. Most stations have an engine or ladder, rescue or squad, command, and a special vehicle which includes tankers, vent, or an ambulance. Most firefighter love putting out fire because their adrenaline starts to pump. Firefighters go to about
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Would you be willing to risk your life to go into a burning house to save someone you have never even met before? Firefighters face this possibility every day. The dedication, training, and pride of firefighters makes this career highly respected on many levels. Few people really have the true desire and makeup to be a firefighter, but those who do find the job challenging and rewarding. As a community, we should be grateful for these brave workers and their dedication.
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Safety is a priority in the fire service. We must keep our personnel safe in order for them to provide affective service to the citizens. Our actions, our training, and the equipment that we use, all play a significant role in our overall safety. I have identified three items that will improve safety for our crews, floatation devices, lighted traffic cones, and personal escape canisters.
After visiting some actual fire departments, I realized as a firefighter you certainly have a lot to be proud of. It’s not your average job and does require quite a bit of organization to stay on top of everything. Everyday you have to be ready and prepared for just about anything that can happen. You never know what kinds
Firefighting is the greatest job in the world in my opinion. You get to fight fire, serve and protect the community, grow great camaraderie with you crew, and even save a cat out of a tree from time to time. Those are some of the positives but this career isn’t all rainbows and sunshine, it is an extremely hazardous job that can end your career or even your life in the matter of seconds. Unfortunately, I see way too many times firefighters thinking they are invincible, thinking nothing bad can happen to them. Firefighters need to constantly be training, seeking education, learning their territory and buildings, and many more things to try and prepare them for any situation that comes their way. Every day you should either be learning something
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A large fireplace provides a comfortable place to relax snuggled up on the plush sofa. Arched windows provide plenty of natural light for reading in the lobby. The high ceilings make for an expansive room that never feels cramped. After checking in, take a ride on the vintage elevator that was the first in Petaluma when the hotel originally opened. It takes a little