Currently serving Jasper County Fire Rescue in south Carolina along with Charleston County EMS.
0745: report for duty0745-0845 apparatus inspected and inventoried or cleaned.0945-1100 daily dutiesMonday- detail kitchenTuesday- WindowsWed- detail the rigThur- detail specific storage roomsFriday yard maintenance
1100-1300 Lunch1300-1500 training1500-1700 any special projects1700-0800 downtime, sleep, watch tv whatever
All subject to change daily for responses to emergencies
That pretty much sums it up
Were pretty flexible as long as it is good. I am not going to lie but there has been a time or 2 that we accepted it but later go rid of it.
Quite a bit so we know what to use on what type of fires. For instance we do not apply water to flammable metals, or water to flammable gases. Sometimes we use dry chemical extinguishers on materials to remove the chemical reaction. Fires go out due to either removing oxygen(difficult), cooling, burns out of fuel plain and simple or intefferring with the chemical chain reaction such as dry chemical does.
No, very rightfully to be concerned. Age is a factor but also you are using windows with a specifically designed component that has been altered.
Federal Lobbyist
What was the strangest lobbying request you've ever received?
Veterinarian
Do you think keeping monkeys as pets is a bad idea?
Call Center Employee (Retail)
When do your policies allow you to hang up on a rude caller?
Vacuum is your best option, do not use until properly cleaned.
Engine first so you can get the knowledge of how the environment in a structure fire really is which is no where close to what you go through the academy.
No, believe it or not they sell them at the FDNY store in New York not to far from Time Square.
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