...five minutes to get yourself ready and aware for what your about to be facing. During those five precious minutes, someone's house is a blaze with fire. It is your duty to put that fire out, preserve as much as possible, and protect life. Do you think you could handle so much responsibility, pressure, and risk? I know I could. It is a dream of mine to become a firefighter in all sense of the word. I enjoy the thought of risk taking and even helping people, which is why I think that this profession would be just right for me. Ever since I was about 11 years old, and my house had caught fire, had I wanted to be a firefighter. Just watching all of those skilled firefighters mesmerized me. They had such precision and knew exactly what to do in what seemed every situation that would be thrown at them. I feel as though this is their personality and traits added to this accuracy at being so good at what they do. I also have quick reflexes, good stamina, and I tend to think of myself as a fast and logical thinking, just as they all were. I chose this career not only for my liking to it, but also because of the growth in the profession. Firefighting is a field that has potential for growth in the coming years, the education, requirements, and dedication are all equally important to this extremely dangerous, yet exciting job. Firefighting is one of the most dangerous jobs out in the occupation world today. Summed up as a whole, firefighters are trained to fight fires, rescue people in need...
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...October 28, 2014 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has come a lengthy way to cut the death rates of firefighters in half. In 1970, they implemented a plan to help change working conditions for all Americans. OSHA was charged with the accountability of fulfilling health and safety standards, conducting inspections, issuing citations and penalties for noncompliance of regulations. OSHA created a division called National Institute Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). This division, the NIOSH, conducted research on the causes and prevention of work-related illnesses, injuries, and deaths, then provide information on what new measures can be used to prevent this from occurring so often. The group was directly appointed by the president of the United States (Edwards, 2010). During my research, I discovered a book detailing the standards of OSHA. Accident Prevention and OSHA Compliance is a book that is said to contain information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. The book discusses some interventions OSHA and NIOSH have implemented. Here are just a few interventions, Occupational Health, Hazard communications, Respiratory Protection, Protective Equipment, Emergency Response Planning, Enforcing Safety, First Aid and Medical Personnel. OSHA also covered Inspections, Preventable Injuries, and the hardest one of all which is Tragic Accidents (Michaud, 1995). As we can see, OSHA, being enacted into law in...
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...PERSONALITY AND JOB SATISFACTION: AN INVESTIGATION OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN FIREFIGHTERS Interactions Between Personality and Various Factors at a Local Fire Department By Jennifer S. Skibba A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Degree With a Major in Applied Psychology Approved: 4 Semester Credits Dr. James Tan, Investigation Advisor The Graduate College University of Wisconsin-Stout May, 2002 The Graduate School University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI 54751 Abstract (Writer) Skibba (Last Name) Jennifer (First) S. (Initial) Personality and Job Satisfaction: An Investigation of (Title) Central Wisconsin Firefighters Applied Psychology (Graduate Major) Dr. James Tan (Research Advisor) May, 2002 (Month/Year) 108 (No.of Pages) American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual 4th Edition (Name of Style Manual Used in this Study) The purpose of the present investigation is to evaluate how personality and job satisfaction affect job performance in employees at a Central Wisconsin fire department. Through a process of conducting assessments and gaining access to performance evaluations completed at the department, interactions between the variables was seen. The main effects found were that Factor C (Emotional Stability) and Factor F (Liveliness) of Cattell’s 16 PF had positive correlations with job performance, while Factor H (Social Boldness) had a negative relationship...
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...Topic: Firefighter Daily Preparation Specific Purpose Statement: The specific purpose of this speech is to inform the audience about a firefighter's daily responsibilities to insure that he, and his crew, are ready for any call. Thesis Statement: Many people do not realize the work that firefighters do on a day-to-day basis. Introduction I. Lazy! All they do is eat, sleep, and watch tv. It's such an easy job that requires no experience in order to make such a decent living. II. I'm sure that you feel the same way. I mean, what do they do that's so special? They may have an occasional fire that they extinguish and a basic medical call from time to time. III. Many people do not realize the work that firefighters/first responders do on a day-to-day basis. Body I. First Responders go through a lot of preparation to insure that their lives are as safe as possible at the beginnning of each shift. A. At the beginning of each shift, a good firefighter thoroughly checks his/her breathing mask, air tank, bunker pants, bunker coat, helmet, nomex hood, gloves, boots, radio, and flashlight. 1. The process of checking an air tank. B. Each vehicle must also be thoroughly checked. 1. The engine lights, brakes, turn signals, sirens, the water pump, all tools, extra hoselines, bags, medical equipment, extra air tanks, and machines. C. After all equipment has been checked, rules mandate that these checks be documented and signed by the shift...
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...ECON 251 MO2 Spring 2014 First Supplementary Essay The topic “Firefighters Watch as Home Burns to the Ground” is about a house in Obion County, Tennessee burning down and the firefighters watch it, because the homeowner didn’t pay the $75 a year to have fire protection. Most people believe fire protection is a “public good”, but under these circumstances fire protection is not a public good. A product is a public good is only if non-payers cannot be excluded from its consumption. I pro for what the firefighters did, because if a person doesn’t pay into fire protection, then the people don’t pay the firefighters salaries. Why should they risk their lives for people that don’t support what they do. The payment is only $75, which is really cheap to have protection from fires. If people want to take a chance on not having a fire, then it is their problem when there is a fire. The topic “Perpetuating Poverty: Lotteries Prey on the Poor” is about the lower income people spending more money on the lotteries than higher income people. This is a perfect example of a regressive source of government revenue. This means the government takes a larger share of income from the poor than from the rich. I am pro for the lotteries being a regressive source of government, because the poor people know exactly what they are getting into by chancing their income to have a hope to win some more money. One thing I have learned from gambling is the house always wins, so you should be prepared...
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...accomplished, and it is a career in which I have a lot of respect for. In order to be a firefighter you must be in shape, prepared, experienced, and ready to deal with your job emotionally as well as physically. I chose to be a firefighter because I want to be able to help others and make them feel safe to live in their communities. 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 of jobs you are going to be set out to do in one day. This means your equipment should be in order, checked and ready to go. While going through training, I began to realize this is a career that is can be emotionally overwhelming. You must be able to cope with mental stress, and stay prepared at all times. Just the fact that you don't know what you are going to encounter throughout one day can be stressful. Knowing this you must learn how to deal with your emotions, whether it's through group therapy or just relaxing after work. People are going to depend on you when they're in a dangerous situation and you must be strong and help them when they are in need. To help others you must also be physically and mentally prepared. Being a firefighter is no easy job, but somebody has to do it. The job is both mentally and physically challenging...
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...I believe that some of the factors involved in the procedure violations are due to the culture of the organization and the discourse surrounding what it takes to be a “real” firefighter. The ideologies within the organization seem to support not following procedure. Many types of power could be at play including reward, coercive and referent. Rookie status probably includes some kind initiation process, which includes taking some risks, to be accepted in the organization. The atmosphere appears to be highly competitive with payoffs for the winner. It appears that the consequences for not following procedure are governed by the members and not addressed by leadership. Understanding that discipline and manufactured consent are used as a process to develop the ideology of the organization would help one determine what power structure was being supported by the violation of standard operating procedures. The corporate norm seems to make the behavior of the rookies acceptable within the organization. We know that ideology is the internal workings of the organization it shows up in words, actions and practices. As these ideas are formed we know they reflect the social needs of an individual, group, class or a culture. Ideology functions in four different ways to support the power of the organization – representing sectional interests as universal, denying contradictions, reification and control. Employees participate in a process of going along with these without examining if...
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...Abstract Ever since man was able to harness the power of fire, he has been trying to control it. From a single bucket wielding man to a complex well trained and organized team have been working on controlling and suppressing fire for millennia’s. Many simple and complex tools have been developed to help in the control and suppression of fire. Organized fire brigades can be dated back to the earliest civilizations because of the fear of fire and the damage that it can cause. Many great infrastructures have fallen to the devastation of fire and have taken large groups of dedicated members to control those fires. Over the past century, the fire service has become more than just fire suppression, now these dedicated individuals are trained to rescue people, control hazardous materials, perform fire prevention duties, and attend to the injured. Many people think that the fire service is a fairly modern idea due to the industrial revolution. Some researchers have said that firefighting was first started and organized in ancient Egypt. There is evidence of firefighting machinery was used in Ancient Egypt, including a water pump that was developed by Ctesibius of Alexandria in the third century BC which was later improved upon in a design by Hero of Alexandria in the first century BC. One of the first well documented fire brigade or suppression team was the ones of the Roman Empire. The Roman emperor Augustus is credited with instituting a corps of fire-fighting "watchmen" in 24 BC....
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...In Fahrenheit 451, the firefighter Captain Beatty states, “Each man the image of every other; then they are happy…” (Bradbury 55). This quote means that people won’t be happy unless they’re like each other. The book is set in the future when books are illegal, but more specifically being unique. Firefighters no long fight fires, they now burn books along with the houses that contain them. People who are unique are gotten rid of, usually by death. The author, Ray Bradbury, didn’t go to college. Instead he went to a library, which makes him different. In addition, the firefighter Captain Beatty expresses the opposite of what Bradbury means, in the form of satire. In Fahrenheit 451 happiness, according to Ray Bradbury, is being an individual....
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...prevention that has to be looked into to find out if this is a better way. Engineering, Education and Enforcement have worked for now maybe it’s time to change the The Three E’s around and make education the most important. The Job of Fire Prevention The implementation of the fire bureau has led to better enforcement of life safety codes and inspections to help prevent fires from happening. There have been many instances in history that show how fire prevention could have saved lives. What has to be done to reinvent the idea of fire prevention? How many fire departments do fire prevention every day, my guess would be not many. Fire prevention should be taught every week not just during fire prevention week for the idea to help prevent fires from happening. The U.S. population has the mentality that fires only happen to others and not me and if it does I am insured attitude(Hensler, 2011). Some firefighters receive their training on fire prevention on the job, but does that mean they are being taught by someone who has had formal training or was that person taught on the job. The efforts to change the culture of the fire service from a suppression mindset to a safety mindset are causing some in the fire service to be considered a hieratic. We need to change the way we train by making Fire prevention a fundamental duty and the power to enforce the codes(Hensler, 2011). The responsibility to perform an inspection has to be approached...
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...POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER | | | What the causes and effects of this disorder. The treatments. There are two articles added after I wrote the paper. | | Sue Aman | | | Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) a delays stress reaction to a prior incident. This delayed reaction is often the result of one or more unsolved issues concerning the incident. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is something that I personally worry about because I am currently involved with the EMS (Emergency Medical System). Currently I volunteer through the ambulance core and going to school to get my EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) certification. They have taught us about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Yes anyone can get and go thought Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. But it is found most common in the medical field and the military. As far as the EMS stand point. A stressful, events are sometimes psychologically overwhelming. Some symptoms will include depression, startling reactions, flashbacks, phenomena and dissociative. Episodes even can experience amnesia of the event. Critical incident stress management (CISM), this is a form of treatment that I would be provided by the base. It is developed to address acute stress. It’s a theoretically is used to confront the response to critical incident and defuse it. Critical incident stress management is basically refers to a debriefing for personal that was on the scene of the incident...
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...RECRUITMENT & RETENTION OF THE VOLUNTEER:: RECRUITMENT & RETENTION OF THE VOLUNTEER THE MISSING PIECE OF THE FIRE SERVICE THE MISSING PIECE OF THE FIRE SERVICE August 15, 2002 Prepared By: Franklin Woodrow Wilson II Lieutenant, Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................... iv INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 1 HISTORY OF THE FIRE SERVICE ......................................................................... 4 RECRUITMENT ........................................................................................................ 6 MARKETING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ............................................................... 6 ISSUES AND DIVERSITY CHALLENGES ............................................................... 7 CRITICAL AREAS TO INCREASE RECRUITMENT ............................................ 9 COMMUNITY .................................................................................................... 9 SELF ESTEEM ................................................................................................. 10 NEEDS ............................................................................................................ 10 PHILOSOPHY ........
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...Augustus Caesar Born Gaius Octavius, Augustus was born in September of 63 B.C. Octavius' father, Gaius Octavius, was a praetor for two years until he died in 58 B.C. Therefore, Octavius grew up without a father for most of his life. Through Octavius' long life of seventy-seventy years, he accomplished a great deal. He reduced the size of the Senate, he was an integral part of the second triumvirate, and he was elected the Pontifex Maximus, just to name a few of these accomplishments. Octavius received the name Augustus by holding the consulship and receiving various awards. This title was not given out to just anyone. In order to receive this title, one must be a large contributor to the city (Boardman 533-534). Octavius Caesar was related to the famous Julius Caesar through Octavius' mother. Atria was Octavius' grandmother and Julius Caesar's sister, therefore making Octavius his great-nephew. When Julius Caesar was murdered in 44 B.C., his will read that Octavius was to be adopted by him, making Octavius his son and heir to the Roman Empire. Also, in his will it stated that every citizen of Rome would receive a cash gift. Octavius rushed to Rome to take his throne, but when he arrived in Rome, he realized the Antony had already taken control of the city. He could not persuade Antony to release the money in Julius Caesar's treasury so he had to borrow all the money he could to give the gifts to the citizens. Julius Octavius Caesar was only eighteen when he was thrust...
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...Fire Spread By: John Williams Abstract A fire is a rapidly moving element that can spread quickly from one building to another. In the event a fire ignites, firefighters must be aware of the factors that cause a fire to spread quickly and work to prevent those elements from aiding in the fuel of the fire. Fire spreads by three causes: convection, conduction and radiation. Fire control (or fire fighting) consists of depriving a fire of fuel (Reducing Agent), oxygen (Oxidizing Agent), heat and/or the chemical chain reaction that are necessary to sustain itself or re-kindle (also known as the four components of the fire tetrahedron). Firefighters are equipped with a wide variety of equipment to accomplish this task. Some of their tools include ladder trucks, pumper trucks, tanker trucks, fire hose, and fire extinguishers. Very frequent training and refresher training is required. Structure fires may be attacked, generally, either by "interior" or "exterior" resources, or both. Interior crews, using the "two-in, two out" rule, may advance hose lines inside the building, find the fire and cool it with water. Exterior crews may direct water into windows or other openings, or against other nearby fuels exposed to the initial fire. A proper command structure will plan and coordinate the various teams and equipment to safely execute each tactic. Most...
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...I believe that the principle Finish what you started is the most important one because if you can’t finish something it means you don’t have the commitment, devotion, passion, and determination that is necessary to succeed. The reason why this is such an important thing is because when in the line of duty a firefighter/EMT simply cannot stop and give up on the job is given. You can’t just stop, especially when there are lives on the line which make it a principle worth following. FInishing something that you have started is difficult for a couple of people due to the habits they have. I know this because sometimes I have problems finishing assignments but i try my best by asking for help on whatever is i'm trying to finish. There are ways...
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