Essays on Firefighting

In response to the fire tragedy that resulted in the death of firefighter Oscar Armstrong, according to the NIOSH Fire Fatality Investigation Report (2005), the Cincinnati Fire Department has made a number of changes to avert similar incidents from recurring in future. First, the Department has reviewed and revised its current standard operating procedures (SOPs) with respect to fire fighting. This is to ensure that its firefighting officers don not at any time enter burning structures without charge hose lines since it this was one of the factors that led to Armstrong’s death according to the report. Further ...

A team player is simply a person who works very well as a member of a team or a group of individuals. Being a team player not only leads to significant benefits to the team player but also to the organization which the team player is working for. Various teams formed in an organization require very strong team players for them to help in performing the duties and responsibilities bestowed on them towards attainment of the overall organizational goals. A team player puts the interest of the organization first and is actively involved in coordinating the efforts of every ...

One Meridian Plaza was a high rise commercial building that housed offices in Philadelphia, United States. The 38 story building was designed by an architectural firm named Vincent Kling and Associates and it opened its doors to the public in 1972. On 23rd February 1991, a fierce fire broke out in the building on the 22nd floor. The cause of the fire was said to be the ignition of rags soaked in linseed oil (Penwell Corporation, 2011). The resulting fire spread to seven other floors in the building and raged on for hours. Three firefighters lost their lives trying ...

Firefighters have what is considered to be as one the best jobs in the world. They are recognized as heroes, the community loves them, they save the precious lives of people, use powerful tools, and of course, they efficiently put out raging fires. Even their salaries are something to talk about. Also, firefighters normally receive pension, paid vacations, and medical insurance (“Benefits”). Indeed the benefits and perks of being a firefighter is a big selling point for the job. For these reasons, some eight years ago I had wanted to join this awesome group of men and women that ...

In his objective of promoting the volunteer section of RVVFD firefighting department, Rick Wyat has several aspects to consider: target audience, budget for promotional activities, communication channels, message that he needs to diffuse, to transmit to the targeted audience. The targeted audience appears from the case study: it is represented by Ralston Valley population. They must understand the importance of their local firefighting department and also the needs that the department is confronting with, in terms of personal or staff motivation. This implies an awareness campaign, in order to determine the people from Ralston Valley to react to ...

Mitigation responsibilities

Introduction Many Southwestern communities of the United States are facing a very serious and also a growing risk of wildfires. Climatic changes, rising numbers of outdoor recreationists, ecosystem and climatic changes, rapid growth of the population and development in the wildland urban interface area are increasing the risks of wildfires and their impacts. The communities from rural area often have limited resources to deal with unforeseen severe wildfires. They have no structural fire protection and are ignorant of this status of wildfires. The local rural fire protection agencies, federal and the state are very much struggling to keep up with ...