Currently serving Jasper County Fire Rescue in south Carolina along with Charleston County EMS.
Yes a CO detector should be in place based on the usage of the diesel engines etc.
Join a volunteer Dept and get yourself ready. Down South we don't have civil service exams. When the vacancy occurs we advertize the position for applicants.
this also depends on availbility of others. Some communities have no choice but to use them.
The training is the same usually. But sometimes it comes down to available training time. Career FF train just about every day for at least 2 hrs generally. Volunteers have fulltime jobs that they have and training times are limited. Volunteers do take the same curriculm as career although
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Are you referring to a Breathing Apparatus Controller dealing with exiting and entering areas while utilizing scba?
Yes it can which is why we wear glovewhile operating at car wrecks.
Thats how you learn and they get to know you.
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