A Career as a Fire Fighter

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My Career

The career field I chose is to be a firefighter. The reason why I want to be a firefighter is because they help people and prevent fires from spreading. I’ve always wanted to help people everywhere, because I don’t like it whenever if there is an accident and some people died and lost their loved ones, people talking crap about them and just talking and pointing the cameras in their face watching them cry. I want to help people and make a difference and help protect people’s life, and be someone people recognize when I walk by them.

The Roman Emperor Augustus is credited with instituting a corps of firefighter vigilantes in 24 BC when checking for fires was developed. Firefighters or what they called them (watchmen) sounded an alarm if they saw a fire somewhere. To put out the fire they used buckets of water, and threw the water directly at the fire. They also used a tool called the axe to free people from a building that was on fire, and tried to free them using the axe. For major fires they used long hooks with ropes attached to them to bring down a burning building and take out the fire on the ground. Sometimes they used explosives to bring down a burning building as well and put water on it on the ground.

In a typical year approximately five hundred applicants are interviewed, and about one hundred forty to two hundred candidates are invited to attend one of our new recruit training boot camps to fill vacant positions. Career trends for firefighters are police officers because there will be competition for available positions and their opportunities will increase, and candidates will face increases in education for admission to employment opportunities. Jobs related to firefighters can ...

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...ucation officers are often responsible for specialist tor technical training. A health and safety advisor offers expert knowledge and skills in order to generate and promote a positive health and safety culture. This represents a key role in helping control occupational risk.

The fire department interview is a challenge that is a component of the hiring process for most fire departments. The interview is usually weighed more than any portion of the exam. Many of the questions put a candidate in a situation. They are designed to see how the individual can think on his or her feet. The more you learn about the types of questions the more chances that you will have.

The median expected salary for a typical firefighter in the United States is about forty three thousand, the annual pay for a typical firefighter in the United States is thirty one thousand.

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