What Do Fire-Fighters Do?
What Do Fire-Fighters Do?
What Do Fire-Fighters Do?
What Do Fire Fighters Do?
Every time I see my neighbor this is what I hear, "How much sleep did you get in the firehouse last night?" I thought I'd just write the answer down.
I've been a fire-fighter for 30 years and its certainly different than other occupations. Around the station it is an easy going relaxing atmosphere. It could be compared to a fraternity or even a family setting. Bosses are nearly partners, there are no time clocks or quotas. We find time to eat, exercise, read, watch TV or occasionally even nap while waiting for the next alarm.
Then the Claxton sounds. The buzzer goes off at all times but especially in bad weather or under particularly hazardous conditions. You must respond immediately from what you are doing even if you are on the pot. The alarms are always pressing, often confusing, always dangerous in route, and often physically, psychologically or biologically harmful.
On arrival, besides excitement you may experience revulsion, fear, dread, or wish you were somewhere else. There are no atheists in burning buildings.
In a recent 90 day period, twenty four fire fighters were killed on duty across the fifty states. On 9/11/91 three hundred and forty four will killed in an hour. Since the discovery of rubbing two sticks together, fire fighters have rescued people from fires, More recently fire fighters aide people in every type of circumstance. In this process we get sneezed on, coughed on, bled on, regurgitated on, urinated and defecated on. We confront cancer infection, TB. Hepatitis, AIDS and who knows what other contagious diseases.
During the common house fire a variety of chemicals in the garage or under the kitchen sink would baffle Einstein if he mixed them together and added fire. Our skin, eyes, lungs and blood stream come into contact with these chemical mixtures, The fire jackets we wear, unbeknownst to most people are not fireproof, much less vapor gas or explosion proof.
We stopped rescuing cats in trees because we started rescuing people in all situations, besides fires. Fire Fighters climb after suicide ledge walkers, medically sustain victims of car, boat, truck, bicycle , motorcycle, and pedestrian accidents. We respond to chemical, oil, gas, or nuclear spills, Fire Rescue is the first called for plane crashes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, lightening strikes, electrocutions, power line emergencies, riots, domestic violence , child abuse. hostage situations, robberies, rapes, and murders.
In place of rescuing cats, we deliver babies, give physical to street people, provide some public transport, work large crowd situations, firework displays, athletic events, parades, and do blood pressures for the elderly.
A Fire Fighter can earn his entire years salary on one call or end his life in one short moment.
Yes neighbor, occasionally we do sleep. If the station duties are done, training is over, building inspections completed, the equipment is cleaned and checked, the time is right, the weather good, the police are not busy, the crime rate is down, rush hour is over and the drunks , crowds, emotionally disturbed, the insane , the sick, the wounded, the aged, the lost and the homeless are all home in bed doing just fine, we just might take a nap.
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