As a current student at Ridge Fire Academy, I have learned so much about myself and what it takes to become a Fire Fighter. The instructors have taught us and informed us on how dangerous this job may really be. From the stories of their past experiences, to scars they have received, it is apparent that danger may be present at anytime. The unfortunate story of Lieutenant John Mickel and FireFighter Dallas Begg is a testimony to that concept which should always be remembered as a learning tool in the firefighting world. May they never be forgotten.
The fire service means something completely different to me now that I am in the fire academy than a couple years ago, before I even had the interest in pursuing to become a firefighter. Before
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I now understand that it does not only have to be fires or car accidents in which the fire service must be involved. In the academy, I have learned that the fire service mission is to “save lives and protect property and the environment from fires and other hazardous situations.” Because the amount of fires are not as numerous as it used to be, the approach has slightly changed to saving lives and protecting from all hazards, not only fires. Firefighters are involved in emergency medical services, technical rescue services, and dealing with hazardous material. They are also involved in fire prevention and public safety education to help educate children and adults on how to prevent fires and what dangerous habits may cause fires. No matter what occupation in the fire service, it must consist of people who are brave and willing to sacrifice anything, whether it be their personal hobbies, their time with family, or even their life. There must also be a willingness to care for others and put others ahead of themselves. It is very important for the fire service to keep a positive public image, which can be done by displaying respectable qualities such as having good character, integrity, and generally a good work …show more content…
As I have mentioned before, I wanted to become a firefighter when I was younger. Since no one in my family is involved in the fire service, I feel that this desire was never nurtured and therefore put on the back-burner. After graduating high school, I had no clue that I would be getting an EMT license or that I would be going to the fire academy. Firefighting never crossed my mind. I was not completely sure on what I wanted to go to college for, but I knew I wanted to do something unordinary and active to where I was not sitting at a desk all day. Athletic training seemed to somewhat fit that category; therefore I went to college to major in Athletic Training to hopefully work for a college or professional sports team. During this time, I was also training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and had a couple training partners who were firefighters that happened to be very good friends of mine. After completing my Associate’s degree, I applied for the Athletic Training program at the University of Central Florida. Unfortunately, I did not make the cut and was not accepted into the program. They only accepted applications once a year so I decided to continue going to school to complete some prerequisites and then reapply the next year. Again, I was not accepted which made me very frustrated because I felt like I wasted so much time going to college just to become an Athletic Trainer. I began speaking to one of my
I did the training for two years, then the program, and I did about two hundred hours of ridealongs, and that's when I realized I wore my heart on my sleeve a little bit too much to be an officer, and so I decided to go to law school instead. When I was applying to law school, I thought, "I need to travel to see the world before I hit this path. " So I
On September 13th, 1967 a fire took place in a church in Windrixville, there were some children playing in the church when it caught fire, there teenage boys saved their lives. There was a school picnic planned that day of the fire. Some of the students were disobeying their teachers. Those children were the ones in the fire. Three teenage boys showed up soon to become heroes.
The first record of firefighting dates back to the 2nd century during Egyptian times. The fire service has made tremendous strides over the years, including when Ben Franklin founded the Union Fire Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1736, which was the first volunteer fire company. Since then there have been many great leaders who have led the fire service to be what it is today. One person who is most well-known for their impact on the fire service is Chief Alan Brunacini; also known by his friends and coworkers as “Bruno” (Foskett, 2020). Bruno joined the fire service in 1958 with the Phoenix Fire Department.
The most common services provided are “fire services, ems services, public assist, water rescue, wildland and some personnel are members of a VSR team” (Sime). Eldorado County fire has about 233 structure fires per year with station 25 having the most at almost sixty fires, and station 72 having only seven fires. For wildland fires, the total amount of fires comes out to about 200 fires per year. As for public assist, the numbers are significantly higher at the total number between stations being approximately 905 assist (Hardy). In order to get a job with Eldorado county fire department the mandatory requirements are “EMT or paramedic, fire academy, be at least 18 years old” (The Career Firefighter).
In today’s society, building regulations have made the buildings themselves better equipped for the possibility of a fire. Jonathan Fowler, a level three local firefighter volunteer in Cave City, Arkansas for the past nine years, said the fire of 1911 burned the whole building in a total of eighteen minutes. As a result, each room in a standard government building can help contain a fire for fifteen minutes and keep the flames from spreading further and causing even more destruction. Another example of a positive result from the fire is within two years of the tragedy, more than thirty laws had been passed to help prevent anything tragic that can be averted from happening again (Wignot). Another result of the fire was it made Americans realize that those women who burned were technically citizens of the United States of America, but because they were immigrants, they were discriminated against and not treated fairly (Cornell).
Over the years, and that does not only include the time I have been an explorer, I have heard many attempts from many people to define the fire service. The definition I have heard that is most accurate to me is that the fire service is like a family. The family sticks together and helps each other out, but the family also tries to help others in need. And unlike other families, the fire service family has a special bond. Most firefighters have seen each other at their worst, seeing dead children or being exhausted at a fire call.
Without the slightest hesitation, intrepid firefighters will enter a blazing building to rescue anyone who may be trapped. These demonstrations of heroism inspire people of all ages, especially young boys. One such boy was named Billy Johnson. Billy Johnson was a boy raised by his mother after his father died of cancer. His childhood home was across the street from the town fire department.
Norwood and Gray argue that, “We, the American fire service, are behind in some aspects of our tactics and understanding of fire behavior”(59). Here I agree with Norwood and Gray because they are many examples of what needs to be changed. If you look at other fire services around the
Because of this development the city replaced their volunteer fire department with a full time staffed department in 1858. At this time the fire chief proposed many changes to
"I really got the job I always wanted since I was a kid," says Chief Bermingham. Chief Bermingham was hired in 1981 where he served as a private for 12 years. He eventually worked his way up the ladder to fire chief in 2009.
A firefighter needs to have a variety of skills such as evacuate fire structures and treat victims, suppress and extinguish fires with hoses pumps and additional apparatus’. Not everything a firefighter accomplishes involves fighting fires, and saving people, they also act as role models for the younger generation, and the community. A firefighter may have to participate and give a lesson in
Also all interior decorations are required to be treated with flame-retardants. Even with these standards, most of which have been in effect even before the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire. Have served a purpose for fires how they are spread. Most people at that time didn’t put these codes into effect at that time because of the cost and economy and most couldn’t offered it because of world war two. But the main over view and what changes were made for future fires and how it changed and served as a catalyst for the fire service profession in a positive way
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire In March of 1911 the deadliest industrial fire disaster in the history of New York City and one of the deadliest in US history occurred that changed the world. Men and women who were working hard in the Asch building, ready to be released in five minutes, burned to their death in a matter of minutes. By the senseless actions of a worker throwing his cigarette into a bin filled with scraps of inflammable clothing, the whole building suffered.
Most people nowadays know firemen as the superheros to come save other people from dangerous situations, but they were the complete opposite in the