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Firefighter

arringnl

32 Years Experience

Goose Creek, SC

Male, 54

Currently serving Jasper County Fire Rescue in south Carolina along with Charleston County EMS.

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Last Answer on June 29, 2022

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How many people are on a truck with your FD? You said 10 FF's in your HQ station. How many units operate out of that station? Thanks.

Asked by Rescue about 12 years ago

We operate 2 stations, soon to be three next year. 

St. 1 Staffing is 10 guys- 1 Captain, 1 Engineer, 3 Paramedics and 5 FF EMT's

St. 1 mans a 4 man Engine Co, 4 Man Rescue Company and an ALS Medic unit with 2, They also operate a Squad that takes 1 man off each unit to handle additional EMS calls.

St. 2 1 Captain, 1 Engineer, 1 Paramedic and 1 FF EMT.

We run over 4000 calls a year with an average of 10 calls a day for a community of 36,000 people. We handle Fire/EMS/Rescue.

I'm thinking about interviewing a firefighter for my high school chemistry class. How much chemistry (types of fires, flame retardants) do firefighters know and use in their daily lives and jobs?

Asked by lc about 11 years ago

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.

Would you consider a fuse box from 1958 a fire hazard.

Asked by kim almost 11 years ago

By modern standards that would be a yes to it being a fire hazard.

I live in a 2 story home and I'm concerned about getting stuck on the 2nd floor in the event of a fire. Can you recommend a good escape ladder? I'm looking for one I can practice on. Most of the ladders I'm finding say that they are a 1 time use.

Asked by Crystal over 10 years ago

i would be skeptical of a ladder that says one time use since it is recommended to occassional practice. I have never heard of a one time use ladder.

hey Im on my way to become a vol. firman within less than a year , I wanted to buy an fdny shirt to wear to support them . Would FDNY firefighters or others get offended if I wore a station t shirt due to me not being a fireman there ?

Asked by ty almost 11 years ago

No, believe it or not they sell them at the FDNY store in New York not to far from Time Square.

Is there a technical term you use for alive people trapped in buildings? Or injured people? Say you're radioing back about someone who was trapped by debris - what is the formal term for them?

Asked by Jonbo over 11 years ago

We use "Entrapped patients"

What is a typical daily routine in a firehouse?

Asked by Andre over 10 years ago

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