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Herbert T. Johnson, commonly referred to as Herbie, was a Captain on the south side (District 5) Chicago Fire Department. He started his firefighting career in 1980 in the Chicago Fire Department. Throughout 32 years of being on the job, others appreciated him for his humor, positivity, and humble nature. Aside from his family of the fire service, he was married to his wife for 28 years, had 3 kids, and had 7 siblings; many whom became police officers or members of the Chicago Fire Department. He

I want to become a firefighter. Most firefighters start off as volunteer firefighter training. By volunteering many, during this time helping around the station and building professional contacts. You must always introduce yourself to a local firefighting community. Firefighters can also work long stressful hours at work, putting them and real bad stressful conditions. You must have a real good fitness or very fit for the job. You’ll be required to pass a strenuous physical examination at the time

In the silence of the night, as one is entering into the relaxing state of dreaming, the radio scanner sends out a familiar pitch. Low and then high, I leap out of bed with anticipation. With a bit of luck, I will remember to put on clothes: are they mine, and are they right side out and not on backwards? How could something which seems so insignificant to nearly everyone else, make my heart start pounding and my adrenaline running? Ever since I was a young adult, I have wanted to be an EMT.

Alexis Cordova Mrs.Wallace English 12-3a Evolution of Fire Fighting Firefighting is a dangerous job. It takes lots of courage to have to endure the harsh conditions of a structural or rural fire, all while trying to save someone 's life. Fire fighters put their life on the line to save the environment, people, and animals. With all of the harsh conditions involving putting out a fire, there is lots of equipment that a firefighter must use to protect themselves such as strategies that are used

Firefighter Firefighting is a hard job with long hours and typically long hours off as well. Firefighters are responsible for saving people’s lives and rescuing people who are trapped inside blazing fires. “Roman Emperor Augustus created regulations for checking and preventing fires they were known as the watchmen.The equipment used in early modern times and ancient Rome was very basic. Their method was very time consuming and most of the water was lost while it bounced around being passed” (“History

Believing that having a career in which one can help their country for exceptional causes is ultimately essential. Hence, being a firefighter is a superb profession in that one is not only able to alleviate the harmful causes in this country, but to have a marvelous sensation knowing an area of livelihood is safe from the fact that of being apart of a delightful brotherhood of well trained, maintained individuals. Firefighting is being extensively trained, primarily to extinguish hazardous fires

Smoke Ventilation      Firefighters, lately defined as heroes, have a very exciting job and do some pretty amazing things. My main interests however, is how firefighters ventilate heat and smoke from a structure fire. What pieces of equipment do they use? How do they use those pieces of equipment? Why ventilation is so important and why do they take certain precautions when using their equipment?      Growing up in the woods has made my life a lot

The Flashover Chamber About two weeks ago, I went on one of the best field trips I’ve ever been on. I went to Auburn Fire Station and their flashover chamber with the fire and rescue classes. Both the fire 1 and fire 2 classes went together. The entire experience was something that I never thought I would get to do, and I was very lucky to have the whole opportunity. Fire and rescue offers opportunities and experiences that some people will never experience, but this by far has been the best one

Firefighting is a hard job with long hours and typically long hours off as well. Firefighters are responsible for saving people’s lives and rescuing people who are trapped inside blazing fires. “Roman Emperor Augustus created regulations for checking and preventing fires they were known as the watchmen.The equipment used in early modern times and ancient Rome was very basic. Their method was very time consuming and most of the water was lost while it bounced around being passed” (“History of FireFighting”)

Another important career in the emergency field are firefighters. The steps to becoming a firefighter are simple, with starting out as a volunteer. Volunteering helps build a vital professional contacts, which is important is this highly competitive field. A fire science education is required and offered at most community colleges and four year universities (Fire Science Degree Programs in North Carolina| Firefighter Training). Then attending a fire academy which typically last three months. This