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After a fire, why do firefighters cut the wood in about 2 ft. long?

Asked by James over 11 years ago

What are you referring to?

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Whats something good to major in ?

Asked by Jay about 9 years ago

Depends on what you are looking for.

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Im visiting hawaii on vacation and notice there is not even a smoke alarm in the condo..whats the minimum hotels/condos need

Asked by Sandy about 10 years ago

Go to this site for the regulation for the state of Hawiai.http://labor.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/State-Fire-Code-1-1-10-w-signatures.pdf

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best construction of walls in your home in a fire

Asked by jleslie48 about 11 years ago

Metal studs is the best.

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Does becoming a fire explorer for a fire station help you later on when applying since becoming a firefighter is quite competitive

Asked by Benjamin over 10 years ago

Simple answer is yes it helps especially for exposure to the career

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I was out back near the bottom side of my home right under roof gutter run off there was black and when I picked and smelled there had been a fire there and I dont understand how it happened

Asked by Dellen about 10 years ago

Lightening strike possibly

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i am about to start the process to join my local volunteer FD, in nj and i wanted to know do volunteer fireman just have to take firefighter one or both one and two , also on average how long does the fire academy take to become a vol. firefighter
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Asked by 99 almost 11 years ago

To go interior firefighting you have to be FF2. I would imagine your system is similar to SC in that it takes approx 4 months based on volunteers work fulltime jobs.

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After a fire, why do firefighters cut the wood in about 2 ft. long?

Whats something good to major in ?

So you wanna be a Firefighter?

Im visiting hawaii on vacation and notice there is not even a smoke alarm in the condo..whats the minimum hotels/condos need

best construction of walls in your home in a fire

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Does becoming a fire explorer for a fire station help you later on when applying since becoming a firefighter is quite competitive

I was out back near the bottom side of my home right under roof gutter run off there was black and when I picked and smelled there had been a fire there and I dont understand how it happened

i am about to start the process to join my local volunteer FD, in nj and i wanted to know do volunteer fireman just have to take firefighter one or both one and two , also on average how long does the fire academy take to become a vol. firefighter
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After a fire, why do firefighters cut the wood in about 2 ft. long?

Whats something good to major in ?

So you wanna be a Firefighter?

Im visiting hawaii on vacation and notice there is not even a smoke alarm in the condo..whats the minimum hotels/condos need

best construction of walls in your home in a fire

Also on Jobstr...

Does becoming a fire explorer for a fire station help you later on when applying since becoming a firefighter is quite competitive

I was out back near the bottom side of my home right under roof gutter run off there was black and when I picked and smelled there had been a fire there and I dont understand how it happened

i am about to start the process to join my local volunteer FD, in nj and i wanted to know do volunteer fireman just have to take firefighter one or both one and two , also on average how long does the fire academy take to become a vol. firefighterAs

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