Currently serving Jasper County Fire Rescue in south Carolina along with Charleston County EMS.
Usually volunteers have to pull some duty to ensure that there are people to respond. A neighboring volunteer fire dept has their volunteers pull a night shift from 8 pm to 6 am at least once a month. So this is probably what you are refering to.
Not that I can think off, just keep nationwide potential in mind.
Volunteer with a Dept. but make yourself more valuable by getting your EMT Certification since that is where the majority of our work comes from. It takes longer to teach a person to perform EMS than firefighting. So that gives you a heads up against others. I don't know how your feel about the military but they do have firefighters that you can enlist for.
Engine first so you can get the knowledge of how the environment in a structure fire really is which is no where close to what you go through the academy.
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Yes it can which is why we wear glovewhile operating at car wrecks.
Yes a CO detector should be in place based on the usage of the diesel engines etc.
Vacuum is your best option, do not use until properly cleaned.
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