arringnl
32 Years Experience
Goose Creek, SC
Male, 54
Currently serving Jasper County Fire Rescue in south Carolina along with Charleston County EMS.
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.
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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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The majority of Depts in this country are volunteer so yea they work hand in hand side by side
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Volunteer and get your paramedic and you will have a extra thing going for you. Paramedic is a must for many departments.
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Each state has set training requirements most the same but some more in depth. It depends per state some training can be initially in house with testing done at a academy.
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Public education. Emergency Medical Services. fire prevention to name a few. We do not fight as many fires that we use to.
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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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