Currently serving Jasper County Fire Rescue in south Carolina along with Charleston County EMS.
We use "Entrapped patients"
By modern standards that would be a yes to it being a fire hazard.
Monitor the expiration date is the best way.
No you can be both. There are approx 1.5 million career firefighters with the remainder being volunteer. Jobs in the south tend to be easier to obtain for some reason , of course you need to make yourself marketable by obtaining a degree, get certified as an EMT.
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Fire burn faster and tactics have to change with these materials. We used to have about 30 minutes on a structure to get it out but now it is more like 15-20. Fire are burning faster and hotter and we are dealing with more deadly smoke which has increased levels of Hydrogen Cyanide for instance. Beside that we are dealing with Truss Construction and gusset plates that are only stuck into a quarter inch of the wood and it does not take long for these to deteriorate and have collapses.
I am slightly confused. What job are you doing when you apparently are standing next to a burn barrel
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