arringnl
32 Years Experience
Goose Creek, SC
Male, 54
Currently serving Jasper County Fire Rescue in south Carolina along with Charleston County EMS.
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.
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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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Vacuum is your best option, do not use until properly cleaned.
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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.
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Navy Officer (Former)
Do you think there's a chance the US reinstates the draft?
Sushi Chef
Is there a stigma against sushi restaurants that have non-Asian chefs?
School Bus Driver
Do the kids treat you with the same amount of respect as other authority figures at school?
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.
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By modern standards that would be a yes to it being a fire hazard.
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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
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