Family Tradition Of Firefighting

When you hear the word firefighting, what does one think about? Burning builds, grass fires, car fires, all the modern day stuff, right? Has one ever sat back and thought about how firefighting started? Going back even 100 years, one will see such a big difference. Firefighting is a bit of a family tradition, in some stations. For example, station 11, the Bentleyville Volunteer Fire Department, has been passed down for three or four generations with the Sicchitano family. They eat sleep breath firefighting. Also Firefighting is not just mom and dad passing it to their children. For example station 47, The Fallowfield Volunteer Fire Department, and station 33, The Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department, have two special firefighters Ryan Waggoner (47) and Hayden Roberts (33); not only are they firefighters, yet they are also cousins. Keeping firefighting in the family is an important tradition. Being the next Fire Chief is a big deal, also. Yet being a firefighter in general is a huge deal, especially since they are volunteers. Now, let’s take a few steps back in time and see how they fought fires in the 1800’s compared to how they do it today.
A typical house fire burns at 600°F and some fires can reach temperatures as high as 1200°F. Early firefighters were not equipped to handle this kind of heat and
You have special courses that you have to pass and a course to run and if you miss the time by one second than you fail. You have to be physically fit and mentally stable and able to handle the blood and disgusting stuff, and some people can’t tolerate that it takes one in a million to become a firefighter the average Joe cannot be a firefighter without the special training. The next time you think about not being respectful to an emergency responder think twice because one day you might need