Does the battalion chief report to the fire chief? I noticed during a tour of the new firehouse that the battalion chief has a bigger office than the chief – usually a sign of where you are on the organization chart.
The Chief is the Chief in most fire departments. They run the show, and have deputy and assistant chiefs who are subordinate to them. They have department wide command responsibility. Battalion Chiefs command a "battalion" of fire companies, each Company (engine, truck, rescue, etc.) is then usually led by a captain or lieutenant.
But, unlike the military, Police and fire departments have no standardized rank structure, so it could be different in different fire departments. Also, there is a difference in combination departments, where you have volunteer officers as well as career (paid) officers. So, I can’t be sure what they ToO is for the place you visited.
I am interested in becoming an emt for the fire department, but I am wondering, what is typical work schedule like? I do know that firefighters go 24 on and 48 off, or two 24 hour days a week, but how does an emt schedule compare to this? I am in southern california if it makes a difference.
24/48 is the typical schedule for FDs.
In Southern California, EMTs are also firefighters with the Fire Department. Actually most are Paramedic/Firefighters. They should have their Paramedic cert by the time they apply to the FD. In northern CA, San Francisco has a few EMTs who are with their EMS department who are not FFs.
There are usually 100s of applicants for any open position.
Our volunteer fire department allowed a man to join, then elected him as Assistant Fire Chief. He has Hepatitis C. Should a person with Hepatitis C be allowed to be on a volunteer fire department and assist in emergencies?
Yes it is perfectly fine and legal for healthcare workers, including doctors who are infected with HIV and Hepatitis C to work. There are some restrictions – these apply to what are called "exposure prone procedures" where they may be a higher possibility that the doctor/healthcare worker may infect a patient. Particularly these are surgical disciplines where for example the operator may not be able to see his or her hands inside a patient as with surgery. Otherwise there is no restriction apart from the general surveillance that occurs with doctors etc with any chronic illness.
http://www.freedomhealth.co.uk/forum/f3/hepatitis-c-hiv-infected-doctors-276/
I have to do 40 hours of community service as a graduation requirement. And i remember that theres a fire department a block away, and was wondering if i could do it there.
Only the local fire department can tell you. Here in Canby, Oregon, you couldn’t — the fire department has a sign that says "volunteers needed", but most people who say they want to volunteer are never called back, and the volunteers have to commit to be firefighters — they offer no other way to help as a volunteer.
Here is a huge number of things you can do as a volunteer
Community Service and Volunteering by Teens: How to Find Opportunities
http://www.coyotecommunications.com/stuff/teenvolunteers.html
A volunteer fire department has a member who would like toi see this flag flown 365 days a year. Another member says he thinks this is illegal. Is there a law prohibiting flying the flag 365 days a year.
Sure, why not it it is below the USA and state flags.
Does every fire department in a town have a fire chief or is there only 1 to every city?
There is only one Fire Chief per department. While there may be several stations throughout a city or or town, there is only one Fire Chief. Each station usually has a Captain or Lieutenant that is in charge of the station and a Battalion Chief that is in charge of several stations. Some departments also have District Chiefs.
In school someone pulled a fire alarm, so I’m wodnerign how they’ll figure out who it was.
depends on the school. Since it is more than a school offense, but illegal they can bring cops to do prints, review camera footage, find out what students were out of class at the time and interrogate them or some fire alarms spray the hand with an ink to stain the person who pulled it.
I took this physics exam in university (midterm) and during the testing period (near the last half an hour) the fire alarm rings. The invigilator did not say anything so all the students kept writing the test and ignored the alarm. I was confused and the fire alarm did not help me panicking abit and ended up wasting 30 minutes. I think the chances of me getting a low mark is high. Can I petition this with the teacher for a rewrite or not possible?
Next time your friend pulls a fake fire alarm, make sure that you understand the testing protocol.
It seems like you should have handed your paper into the instructor with a note, and left the building.
Most professors at Universities in the United States would have given you a make up exam under these circumstances. Now, I think you are stuck.
None-the-less, I’d explain this situation to your teacher and ask for a secondary exam, to be considered for final grading.
I have an exterior wall in my attached garage that is not insulated at the moment. I was looking at putting up the paper backed pink fiberglass insulation. I was wondering if you had to cover the insulation with sheetrock/drywall to meet fire regulations, or if i could just staple up the insulation and be good. I live in ohio and tried searching the Ohio Revised Code to no avail. Any licensed contractors/code experts that can fill me in?
The garage is not part of the living space and since the wall is not against the living space you should be able to do whatever you want as long as the electrical is up to code.
Check with the local building code officials to make sure
In a garage, I would opt for peg board rather than sheetrock or just insulation but to each his own.
Chris
I am interested in a MS in fire safety. or fire protection engineering. I could not find mnay universities in europe that do offer that program. Is there any in turkey that do offer it?
Hmm, Fire Safety Engineering as a standalone program is NOT offered in any universities in Turkey neither as a BS nor MS as far as i know. There might be elective classes you could take in a Mechanical Engineering program to specialize a bit in fire protection but that would be it.
Actually, i don’t think it’s offered in Europe either as a seperate program by many universities as you found out about it the hard way.
I know of a joint program offered by ERASMUS involving three different universities in Europe: Ghent University (Belgium), University of Edinburgh (Scotland) and Lund University (Sweden). I think that one is probably the best option out there you could find as long as you don’t plan to get education in the US.
Here, let me get you the link:
http://www.imfse.ugent.be/index.asp
Good luck.