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Do volunteer firefighters usually have less training and experience compared to career ones?

Asked by Alec about 10 years ago

The training is the same usually. But sometimes it comes down to available training time. Career FF train just about every day for at least 2 hrs generally. Volunteers have fulltime jobs that they have and training times are limited. Volunteers do take the same curriculm as career although

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refrying to the question i just asked about school its high school and ages 17 - 18

Asked by alias over 10 years ago

this also depends on availbility of others. Some communities have no choice but to use them.

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I just became a firefighter and I they told me that I may never have to climb the aerial ladder because at that they station that I am at they don't have an aerial ladder truck. Is this true? I have no problem with the aerial ladder.

Asked by Tom almost 10 years ago

If they don't have one I guess you are in a good position then

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I work in a small office that is attached to a garage by an interior door. The garage is used to repair heavy equipment (Loaders, Back Hoe, Dozers) as well as gravel trucks. Should I have a C O sensor in the office?

Asked by Rich over 9 years ago

Yes a CO detector should be in place based on the usage of the diesel engines etc.

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Asked by Paula about 11 years ago

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.

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I really needed some help with the questions i sent earlier but i have heard nothing. Well God bless

Asked by kim over 10 years ago

What was the question again

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im a couple months away from be able to become a fireman my chief wants me to start haing out around the fire house with the rest of the guys so i could learn , do think they will be ok with me there or annoyed?

Asked by ... over 10 years ago

Thats how you learn and they get to know you.

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Do volunteer firefighters usually have less training and experience compared to career ones?

refrying to the question i just asked about school its high school and ages 17 - 18

So you wanna be a Firefighter?

I just became a firefighter and I they told me that I may never have to climb the aerial ladder because at that they station that I am at they don't have an aerial ladder truck. Is this true? I have no problem with the aerial ladder.

I work in a small office that is attached to a garage by an interior door. The garage is used to repair heavy equipment (Loaders, Back Hoe, Dozers) as well as gravel trucks. Should I have a C O sensor in the office?

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Explain how motivating factors of modern fire research impact fire science.

I really needed some help with the questions i sent earlier but i have heard nothing. Well God bless

im a couple months away from be able to become a fireman my chief wants me to start haing out around the fire house with the rest of the guys so i could learn , do think they will be ok with me there or annoyed?

Firefighter

Ask me anything!

What do YOU do?

Do volunteer firefighters usually have less training and experience compared to career ones?

refrying to the question i just asked about school its high school and ages 17 - 18

So you wanna be a Firefighter?

I just became a firefighter and I they told me that I may never have to climb the aerial ladder because at that they station that I am at they don't have an aerial ladder truck. Is this true? I have no problem with the aerial ladder.

I work in a small office that is attached to a garage by an interior door. The garage is used to repair heavy equipment (Loaders, Back Hoe, Dozers) as well as gravel trucks. Should I have a C O sensor in the office?

Also on Jobstr...

Explain how motivating factors of modern fire research impact fire science.

I really needed some help with the questions i sent earlier but i have heard nothing. Well God bless

im a couple months away from be able to become a fireman my chief wants me to start haing out around the fire house with the rest of the guys so i could learn , do think they will be ok with me there or annoyed?

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