...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 and will continue after if they are showing signs and symptoms of distress while resting. Before reentering the scene and even before leaving the scene. That is based on my own personal knowledge and awareness. There are three articles included in this paper just so you have more idea of the two incidents that happen. We have lost three great heroes in the last two years. The first...
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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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...Page Number Abstract 3 Review of Related Literature 4 Works Cited 11 Abstract I am going to write about diversity and integration in the workplace and how it creates room for new ideas as well as the possibility of increased conflict. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Fire Service, where new recruits and veteran firefighters live together, eat together and place their lives on the line for a career that prides itself on tradition. Some people may learn to tolerate differences within the normal workday, but old stereotypes, unconscious behaviors and occupational stress collide in volatile ways when living with co-workers on 24-hour shifts with member of the opposite sex. To start out, I would like to give you what I interpret as a meaningful definition of diversity. It is generally defined as acknowledging, understanding, accepting, valuing, and celebrating differences among people with respect to age, class, ethnicity, gender, physical and mental ability, race, sexual orientation, spiritual practice, and public assistance status...
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...with his viewpoints on censorship which provide a parallel perspective comparing how American citizens have lived prior to and after the 9/11 attacks. Bradbury’s novel begins with explicit details describing the burning of books. The opening is somewhat alarming because burning books is not what a normal person would consider to be the duty of a firefighter. The government has made it forbidden and unlawful to read books. As a reader, I could not help myself from thinking back to the times of Communism in the Soviet Union and Nazism in Hitler’s Germany. During the 1950s, in protest to Communism and Nazism, many of the same token books were being burned here in the US. In the film a symbolic relationship between black, evil, Communism, and death is painted by the firefighters jet-black hardened helmets and their jet black flameproof jackets. The color black seems to symbolize the coming of death. The firefighters wore all black uniforms and they rode on a very red box-like shaped vehicle filled with petrol. The red could symbolize blood and the vehicle seems shaped like a casket. Another scene in the film, when the firefighters responded to a call at an apartment complex, seems to portray white supremacy. After the books were found and collected, they were taken outside to be burned so that people of all ages could watch. Not only was this scene a form of propaganda the government used against people to show the...
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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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...developed to enhance an individual’s overall ability to complete physical tasks by incorporating many different forms of exercise, from gymnastics to weightlifting (Glassman, 2002). CrossFit Training is different from the popularly accepted idea of a workout because it’s not just situps, curls, leg press, and a half an hour of cardio. CrossFit is all about combining movements and shorter, high intensity cardiovascular sessions (Glassman, 2002). For every long distance effort, a CrossFit athlete will do five or six at a short distance. This is implemented because compound movements and high intensity anaerobic cardio (cardio that doesn’t expend oxygen) are more effective at achieving any fitness result that could be desired, which is a statement based in scientific fact, not opinion (Glassman, 2002). Even though this is scientifically supported, the common method for working out is the old way of isolated muscular exercise combined with cardio....
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...he events of 9/11 were huge. The body of evidence that the administration, or other agencies within the US government, were involved is also huge. The problem with summarizing the information is that the scale of the operation and its cover-up are so vast. Finding smoking guns is like picking up litter on a field. It's hard to move in a straight line. That makes it hard to create a simple narrative. My personal questioning of the events of 9/11 began a few years later, when my sister went to a 9/11 conference and brought back books, DVDs, and enthusiasm. I watched the DVDs and became especially fascinated with one clip where the North Tower appeared to be literally erupting as it fell. One streamer caught my eye because I was able to follow its trajectory. I did some simple measurements right on the TV screen and estimated that the horizontal ejection velocity of that stream of debris was around 60 mi/hr. These ejections of material were from high in the building. How could heavy steel members be thrown sideways so fast when even the downward collapse had not picked up very much speed? This did not seem to me to be consistent with a purely gravitational collapse. I was hooked. I started using some video analysis tools I use in my teaching to analyze the motions of various ejecta and the buildings themselves. Several videos of the collapse of both towers show waves of horizontal mass ejections that race down the faces of the buildings, nearly keeping pace with material falling...
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...Lizbeth Gerena Final Project- My Writing Portfolio English Comp. 101 Prof. Cody June 27, 2015 I have decided to enter writing assignments 1, 2, and 5 into my writing portfolio as a part of my final project. I chose these three specific essays because each essay relates to me in a unique way regarding my life experiences. I feel that I capture my audience’s attention in such a personal way that they desire to hear more. My personal writing comes from a vantage point about a particular subject in an expressive aim. The content of my writings are equipped for people who are more advanced in life; compared to those who haven’t had experience to support a family, finances, or particular employment. My writings apply to the expressive aim of writing and have comparable lacks. In my future writing processes, I plan to sum up my essays with less redundancy and more content. I learned to touch on the major points of my writings without presenting new information into my conclusions. While reviewing my essays, I realized that I continued to repeat the same errors but made the effort to not double speak when creating my words and thoughts. Given the corrections, I was able to make improvements to my writings so that they will have a continuous, but steady flow avoiding lessening the value of the subject at hand. Throughout the review process of my writing assignment 1, I was able to learn how to conduct APA Style within in my essays...
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...system, Wildland Fire Leadership Values and Principles handouts (single-sided), notepad, writing utensil Objective: Students will identify Wildland Fire Leadership Values and Principles illustrated within 12 Angry Men and discuss leadership lessons learned with group members or mentors. Basic Plot: The jury of twelve 'angry men,' entrusted with the power to send an uneducated, teenaged Puerto Rican, tenement-dwelling boy to the electric chair for killing his father with a switchblade knife, are literally locked into a small, claustrophobic rectangular room on a stifling hot summer day until they come up with a unanimous decision - either guilty or not guilty. The compelling, provocative film examines the twelve men's deep-seated personal prejudices, perceptual biases and weaknesses, indifference, anger, personalities, unreliable judgments, cultural differences, ignorance and fears, that threaten to taint their decision-making abilities, cause them to ignore the real issues in the case, and potentially lead them to a miscarriage of justice. (http://www.filmsite.org/twelve.html) Cast of Main Characters: Martin Balsam Juror 1 (Foreman; coach) John Fiedler Juror 2 (Bank clerk; inexperienced juror) Lee J. Cobb Juror 3 (Angry gentleman with photo of son) E. G. Marshall Juror 4 (Stock Broker) Jack Klugman Juror 5 (Grew up in the slums) Edward Binns Juror 6 (Painter) Jack Warden Juror 7 (Sports fan) Henry Fonda Juror...
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...Purpose Statement: The purpose of my speech is to persuade my fellow classmates that if you drink and drive there will be consequences. Intro: I’m sure that most of you have heard the story of Jacqueline Saburido. This was the young lady that was involved in a car accident and practically burned alive due to a drunk driver. She was on her way home from a birthday party with some of her friends. Just then a young 17 yr old boy who was headed home from a party with his friends smashed into her car due to alcohol. Two friends died on the scene and two were rescued, but poor Jacqui was pinned in the front of the car unable to move. The car caught fire in just minutes after the impact. Over sixty percent of her body was burned and to this day she has gone over fifty operations in order to survive. To begin with, I will explain a personal story. Next, the statistics that go along with drunk driving and accident are remarkable. But there are ways that you can help prevent it. I. An incident happened just this year on the night of Halloween. A. Sitting at home that night watching the movie Halloween with my family and girlfriend. 1.Just minutes after the movie ended there was this loud bang out front. It literally sounded like someone had ran into one of our cars in the driveway. We look out the front window and see that across the street there was a Jeep Cherokee that had smashed into a tree. We all ran out to see if everyone was ok and my mom was calling...
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...ife Books Life Books, Inc., is an S corporation in the state of Colorado. This corporation is capitalized by two stockholders and two principal investors. This corporation will formalize the sale of customized life history books for its clients and customers. Although based in Colorado Springs, CO., Life Books will sell its products nationwide through am aggressive internet marketing plan. Life Books, Inc. will open for operation in Septembers 2012. The office is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and will initially provide services online as well as to clients living in Colorado Springs, CO. Colorado Springs is home to several large military installations with a rich military culture across the city. Life Books will be located in Colorado Springs, CO. At the outset, the target clientele is senior Americans that want to preserve their rich history through photos, letters and videos of themselves for their children, grandchildren and other family members. The second step in marketing to new clientele will be people that perform dangerous occupations and other clients with high-risk lifestyles. The clientele in the group will be fire fighters, police offices and military members. Life Books, Inc., will use journalism professionals to write goodbye letters, life stories, explanation memos and detailed descriptions of life events for our clients. The customer’s Life Book will be assembled at the request of the client or at the request of a close family member when...
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...Pleasantville. Montag in Fahrenheit 451 is torn by his personal emotions toward what he believes in and the need maintain the current state of deception. Not telling the truth about the past history can make the people living there more oppressed. Similarly, David and Jennifer in the 1998 film Pleasantville expose new revolutionary ideas to a perfect “pleasant” world, which not only disrupts the order, it allows for people being true to themselves and show individuality. These are only some of the many examples where lying turns into a serious matter which can potentially destroy your life or someone else’s. Although telling lies can spare feelings for a designated amount of time, being brutally honest causes less harm and allows relationships with people to prosper in the...
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...James Poniewozik writes the article, “The Princess Paradox”, in which he tells about his own personal experience with his daughter and princesses. Poniewozik writes that he tried raising his daughter to like legos and soccer balls, not barbies, and to play firefighter and watch Dora the Explorer videos (Poniewozik 323). He then states that even through all that work, his daughter wanted to be a princess when Halloween came around. After hearing this, Poniewozik does not go on to bash the idea that his daughter likes princesses. Instead, he writes positive things about princesses, praising the way that over the years, they have learned the lessons of feminism, self- determination, and independence (Poniewozik 324). Unlike Orenstein, who does not want to be open to the fact that her daughter might actually like princesses, Poniewozik accepts that that is what his daughter wants to be and does not try and force her to be...
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...permission politely and correctly, you are more likely to get what you want the next time. “Conversing with Peers and Adults” You should always know how to speak to a person or persons. Being able to have an affective language and voice upon a group of people or an impotent person is very paramount. When knowing how to communicate well with someone including (Being able to be heard over a loud room, eye contact with everybody in the room, or just that person, and fluent language) shows that your are very serious about what you do, or bring to the table of business. “Disagreeing Appropriately” Don't make the disagreement personal. If you get upset, it can help to remember you're mad at the idea or concept your parent (or friend, coach, coworker, etc.) is raising, not the person. Avoid putting down the other person's ideas and beliefs. Use "I" statements to communicate how you feel, what you think, and what you want or need. Listen to the other point of view, and stay calm. “Following Instructions” The importance of instructions is so you will know what to do, you need to know how to do it right. Like you need to know how to follow instructions at school so you...
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...season two, episode five at the University of Phoenix student website. The examination of the actions of health care workers in response to the health concerns of key characters will be highlighted including the community hospital, senior center, school, and the Bley household. The role of the preparedness of the public health agencies, who initially responded to the community emergency, and who should monitor the effects on the community health will be assessed. Identification of how public health care teams can enhance the citizens’ preparedness for emergencies will be explored as well as suggestions to improve personal preparedness in a similar community emergent event. The Neighborhood The Neighborhood has a population of 64,200 including all ages from zero to over 90 years-old. An uncontrolled forest fire has been burning for over five days. As firefighters battle the fire, city officials state the community is not in any danger. However, the thick smoke is covering the town. The healthcare workers are working hard to treat people of the community with chronic lung problems (Pearson Health Science, 2009). Hospital The local hospital is a 362 inpatient bed facility (Pearson Health Science, 2009). The raging fire has the emergency room and local offices seeing an increase of patients suffering breathing problems from the fog of smoke over the community with many residents being admitted to the hospital. The hospital’s medical-surgical beds are full and the shortage...
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