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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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im a couple months away from be able to become a fireman my chief wants me to start haing out around the fire house with the rest of the guys so i could learn , do think they will be ok with me there or annoyed?

Asked by ... over 9 years ago

Thats how you learn and they get to know you.

How do firefighters determine if it's too risky to enter a house or to climb on a roof? It seems like a lot of injuries happen from collapses.

Asked by Beasy over 9 years ago

Some departments have chosen to still cut holes in roofs and videos are abundant showing how dangerous this is. In my 25+ years of firefighting I have only cut a hole in a roof twice. My department uses Positive Pressure Ventilation and has not had a case yet where it didn't meet is goals. Now there are times where cutting holes in roofs are necessary but the risk vs gain has to be looked at. If you have a large strip mall fire and the fire is running the attic due to lack of firebreaks that were not required at the time you may have to cut a trench line across the roof to stop the flames from continuing. Any time a firefighter steps on to a roof the firefighter should sound the roof with and axe to feel if the roof is "spongy" if it is there is risk for collapse. The new construction has not been firefighting friendly, It is now that economics comes first where building components are lighter and fire burns through it faster thus collapse time shortens for us. So burn time prior to fire dept arrival and type of construction should be your big determinants of roof operations.

What is the role of BA board controller?

Asked by ko ko htike over 9 years ago

Are you referring to a Breathing Apparatus Controller dealing with exiting and entering areas while utilizing scba?

I'm planning on going back to college currently I have a BS in Turf/Soil Science. What is the better option get another BS in Fire Science (I have 12 credits of) or a Masters in Emergency Management. I'm also enrolled to re-cert my expired EMT-B.

Asked by Brett about 9 years ago

Most deifinately the Masters in that it opens more doors since Emergency Management covers many areas, fire, ems, DHS, FEMA to list a few. Broadens your choices.

I really needed some help with the questions i sent earlier but i have heard nothing. Well God bless

Asked by kim over 9 years ago

What was the question again

can a fire fighter work 24/7 if they wanted to ?

Asked by Damian smith about 9 years ago

Compensated no, it is a violation of Fair Labor and Standards. you can only work so many hours in a week.

in a fire would a solid wall made of stacked 2x4's be safer than a traditional wall of 16" studs with sheet rock/plywood

Asked by jleslie48 almost 10 years ago

Tends to dues to the greater thickness of wood. Modern construction uses less wood and more synthetics that makes the fire spread dues to smaller amounts of surface depth thus burns faster.