I have a new job that sells products to fire departments and I want to understand the market a little better. Would it be appropriate to go into a local fire station and ask if I can talk and observe what they do?
I’m not trying to sell them anything, I just want to understand their issues and what they talk about.
No one wants some guy walking around their ‘house’ or place of business (the broad above, may get easier access.. especially with that dress/heels) — while a Firehouse is essentially a public place, it’s also very controlled & vital for the community. It’s about response-time, preparation and assistance to its area residents.
While people visit unannounced — it depends on the rapport you build. Also, you can expect the firemen to be a little more suspicious of grown men that want to wander around, especially in NYC post-9/11, right? You can’t expect to just show-up & be allowed to walk-around and inspect/observe the place, right? You may want to take a more OFFICIAL approach, as well. By sending a letter or email to the FDNY. In that way, you may score 2-3-4 or more visits.
In a fire how is it that a father watched his son pull the fire alarm or a friend watched his friend pull the fire alarm? Can a mature son who knows there is a fire ask his dad if he could pull the alarm? Could the father go with the son in a safe location to keep his son calm and to see if it is working. Could a father say to his son how to break the glass or to pull the lever down. If the lever did not go down the first time could the father say pull it again your doing a good job. Or when the son is pulling the alarm can the father say you are doing a good job and say the handle will lock into place and to wait until the alarm sounds?
None of the situations that you descirbe are really of any relevance when there is a fire in any type of occupancy. If you have the ability, regardless of age, pull the fire alarm and get out of the building. If you pull an alarm and nothing happens, get out of the building and call for help from another location. If there is a fire, that is no time to teach or coach people about alarms. A fire doubles in size every minute, so seconds mean lives.
Whi is there jsut a police force for roads?
Fire and rescue situations do not occur enough to warrant the time and expense of keeping personnel and vehicles on the road at all times.
Police carry first aid kits and fire extinguishers, they can stabilize most situations until fire and EMS arrive.
im looking for a fire training academy in a hour radius of houston
there is a nationally recognized one at Texas a&m, I think hfd has an academy.
I have played Emergency 3 and 4 and also Fire Chief. I was wondering if there are any more games of this type. I thoroughly enjoy games that involve rescuing people and extinguishing fires, also dealing with incidents.
Nope, there is a very small audiences for games like these, therefore few are made.
I want to be a paramedic and know that most opportunities are going to be with fire departments, but I have no desire to fight fires. I was wondering if you can be part of the fire department, but only be a paramedic.
Departments are different, some require paramedics to rotate to fire calls so they do not ride the ambulance all of the time.
Some departments have dedicated paramedics who never ride fire equipment.
You will have to check with different departments to find out what their policy is.
My neighbor in my apartment building lives somewhere else for most of the year. Her fire alarm is out of batteries and the warning beep is going off every 45 seconds because it is running out of batteries? How long do I have to wait until there aren’t enough batteries left to even power the warning beep?
call the manegment at your apartment they will change it as required by law, god forbid something should happen like faulty wiring and a fire starts in there and no fire alarm is sounded till the fire has spread to the neighboring apartments
i need some ideas over an educational drawing over fire safety
What age group? Adults? Kids? High School? Grade School?
Some addtional information would be helpful to better answer your question.
NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) always has good stuff available. Fire Prevention Week is in October. They have some good stuff on thier website, including some coloring and find the hidden image pictures. Check ‘em out…
Have you ever seen an electrical fire? Can a person start an electrical fire? How do you prevent electrical fires? Any info. would be appreciated.
Everyones right be illegal wiring. Get a licensed electrician to do the job right. Unless you want your house burning down. Fires caused by overloads, ground faults etc.
Inspectors found a few issues that needed to be addressed in this house during an inspection on May 28, 2008.
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