After reading "Coping with Stress: An Ethnography of Firefighters” I believe Rubenstein completed an ethnography. Through his use of observation and the interviewing of an informant‚ the author gained insight into how some firefighters deal with stress. Rubenstein faced a few challenges: he couldn’t observe or experience the major causes of stress on firefighters. He couldn’t ride with the firefighters to a call or have firsthand observations of a fireman’s actions inside a burning building. He
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THE DILEMMA OF BEING A WOMEN FIREFIGHTER The fire service is not an exclusive men’s only club. We represent the cross section of our culture and in a perfect world‚ would treat everyone equally. There are hundreds of laws generated and passed to protect‚ women‚ minorities‚ religious beliefs and freedoms‚ age‚ certain disabilities‚ gender beliefs and lifestyles and our veterans. Every day our industry violates those very laws designed to protect those covered under the law. Claims based on the violations
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have an extensive array of tools to help them out in a vast amount of ways. One really great tool firefighters have is a pike pole.”Pike Poles are long poles with a metal hook on the end. They are used to search behind walls and ceilings for fire and to ventilate structures by breaking windows and walls. It is also used in water rescues to grab people as they swim by”(Quora). On top of that‚ a firefighter needs to be fit and in shape enough to have the ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift‚
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wrote a paper explaining how one could believe a firefighter was responsible for their lung cancer. I have attempted in this paper to refute that idea. A firefighter’s lung cancer is merely a biproduct of their job. They do not choose to walk into smoke. They have proper equipment to mitigate the risk. In addition‚ they may not know what they’ve walked into until the exposure has already occurred. I have shown in this article that the firefighter is necessary in our community; they contribute to
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uncontrollable such as firefighters genetic condition‚ current health condition‚ age‚ gender‚ stamina‚ and others alike.The extrinsic risk factors are the ones that are within their control to maintain health by means of physical activities‚ using of personal protective equipment‚ and following standards and guidelines. Identifying these two kinds of factors are important so these could be address and prevent accident and other health related issues on the part of the firefighters. Both the management
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fields‚ but holds great use in fire fighting. Through firefighter tactics and training‚ high risk situations can be taken on with greater chance of success. Firefighting tactics can be set in place to ensure the best outcome while on the fireground. The team needs to be focused and know the game plan. The article compares NFL players to firefighters in the sense
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characteristics of a hero is a firefighter. To begin with‚ a child primarily dreams to become a firefighter when they are older. Thus‚ a firefighter represents as a role model to children and people of society. Firefighters extinguish fires‚ which take an amount of bravery and teamwork (“Firefighter”). Fires are certainly dangerous because in some cases‚ they expose poisonous gases. These hazardous situations can also be fatal or even kill people. Therefore‚ a firefighter risks his or her life to save
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Extinguishing a fire is one of the most important duty which firefighters have to do in a fire incident. In the past‚ it was more difficult for fire fighters to extinguish an incident location specially high buildings because their focus is divided on different missions like evacuating the building from people‚ extinguishing a fire‚ trying to extinguishing the fire in less time‚ and saving life and properties. Thus‚ they were spending more time in doing different duties before reaching their basic
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fireground tactics. Additionally‚ leadership in every department needs to acknowledge the changes‚ educate their members‚ and incorporate new fire-fighting practices to help protect firefighters and civilians. In the article Vulnerability Assessment Program by Ronald Jon Siarnicki‚ he discusses the fact that firefighters in the United States die in the line of duty at the rate of
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unit. It has over one thousand full-time firefighters‚ two hundred reserve firefighters‚ covering twenty-three cities‚ and protecting over 1.7 million people. OCFA mission “We enhance public safety and meet the evolving needs of our communities through education‚ prevention‚ and emergency response.” For every fire station and firefighter in OCFA‚ they all do basically the same
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