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    constantly on call. Since firefighters are constantly on call this can lead to a lack of sleep. A lack of sleep can lead to physical and mental issues for an individual. Another issue that can make a firefighter’s job stressful is technical problems. Firefighter’s could have gear that does not fit properly or tools that do not work properly. Having bad crew members can also lead to stress. Considering a firefighter is always on call he or she spends a lot of time with other firefighters. Having coworkers

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    Hamlet‚ The Tragedy of Macbeth‚ and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet are just a few examples of his outstanding pieces of literature. Even the childhood story of Peter Pan can be considered a tragic hero. In modern society an example of a hero are firefighters. Joseph Campbell once said‚”A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” What Campbell is meaning by this quote is that a hero has to go out of their way to help someone. To be a hero someone has to given;

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    Question 1 When a case of negligence is filed‚ three elements must be proven and justified in order to sustain a lawsuit. These three elements include: i) Defendant owed a duty of care to plaintiff ii) Defendant breached the duty of care iii) Defendants breach of duty caused injury or damage to plaintiff There are several parties of defendants involved in this case including Bart‚ the owner of 1 Main Street‚ the initial property where the fire broke out; Provincial Insurance Inc. for the

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    and Fire By Norman Maclean‚He explains how fires effects the smokejumpers and him. The story illustrates how fire acts and how to control it. Also the personality they have to maintain as a smokejumper or ground crew. And what it takes to be a firefighter in any region. And everything in between showing you the realistic point of views that they suffer through everyday. Blue Sub-Topic #1 Fire is a very dangerous and harmful act but also can be maintained various ways.All fires are not the same. There

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    case of Frank Ricci vs. John DeStefano was established through an invalid act in the case of firefighters‚ promoting firefighters to be precise. The case began in the city of New Haven‚ Connecticut‚ New Haven had gone to great lengths to create a test that would give one race edge over the other. The written examination‚ in November through December of 2003‚ was to test members of the New Haven firefighters for promotion to captain‚ supervisor‚ and lieutenant. The city signed a contract with a

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    before their eyes. As many people tried to just get out of the area as soon as possible‚ the New York firefighters were doing nothing but trying to save as many lives as they could. People were praying for their lives and the lives of other in the streets‚ in fear of being caught up in all of the madness. There were no useable elevators and at times it became discouraging to many of the firefighters because they had to carry sixty-pound hoses up eighty cases of stairs‚ but they knew they had to do

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    different types of patients. With the paramedic course employees have the opportune to become air ambulance paramedic and also RPCP‚ RACP‚ RCCP‚ the opportunities don’t end there because it also gives you the opportunity to work such as nurse‚ firefighter and coast guard. Finally‚ I chose paramedic as my top rank career because I get the opportunity to

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    joined their efforts to allow greater numbers of firefighters available in case of a major incident. They are all interconnected through the same paging system. If a structure fire occurs during day time where the majority of the firefighters are at work‚ all pagers from the joined departments are activated at the same time. Whoever is available would immediately respond to the scene. Since it is extremely hard to preserve a group of 25 firefighters‚ this might be a system that the Aurora Fire Department

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    become a volunteer firefighter if I still want to do it at that time. I have always wanted to be a firefighter ever since I was younger‚ but I thought I wouldn’t be able to do so I let it go. Now after watching a TV show “Chicago Fire” I really want to be a firefighter. I thought it would be better to just be a volunteer instead of changing all my classes for college and everything to be a firefighter because I also want to be an athletic trainer. So‚ with being a volunteer firefighter I still can be

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    1975 GULF OIL REFINERY FIRE In the early hours of August 17‚ 1975‚ a tragic disaster occurred on the Gulf Oil refinery in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. This horrific disaster took the lives of eight firefighters‚ and potentially could have taken more lives if it wasn’t for the help of many surrounding fire stations. The cause of the fire was the overfilling of Tank 231. While no crude oil escaped from the tank as a result of being overfilled‚ large quantities of hydrocarbon vapors were trapped above

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