on average‚ in just one year. • The average pay for firefighters in the United States is around $40‚000. • The starting salary for police officers in the United States is around $29‚000. Do athletes deserve more money than fire-fighters or teachers — people who hold what many consider to be more valuable jobs? People who think pro athletes are overpaid say other‚ more important professions are more worthy. Police officers‚firefighters‚ and doctors save lives sometimes while risking their
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Image of Fire in “Fahrenheit 451” In “Fahrenheit 451‚” firefighters rush to homes and start fires‚ rather than prevent them. Ray Bradbury’s story depicts a futuristic society where fire has become the matter of a significant dispute. On one side‚ fire is seen as almost a cleansing tool used to purify the thoughts of ordinary citizens by protecting them from reading “dangerous” works of writing by burning all copies of forbidden books. The government tells its people that reading books
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empty and still confused to why such a random act took place. Firefighters‚ police officers‚ and paramedics that were called to the scene‚ ran into the burning building unprepared for what was to come. 343 firefighters died in the collapse of the towers. 23 New York police officers were killed‚ along with 37 port authority police officers. Also‚ 43 paramedics were killed in the line of duty. In spite of surviving the attack‚ many firefighters‚ citizens‚ and paramedics were exposed to the toxin in the
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Former Fireman Pays Tribute to Women in Firefighting In Eugene Welischar’s second novel‚ the main character‚ a female firefighter‚ helps foil an attempted terror plot in New York City. Female fighters are nothing new; they have been around for decades. However‚ only a few books were written or movies made about them. Novelist Eugene Welischar refuses to let it pass by making a female fighter – and single mother – the protagonist of his second novel titled In Over Your Head: Attack on Times Square
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bravery. The definitions of those words are what determine if a person or an act is considered to be foolhardy‚ courageous‚ or cowardice. There are many types of people who have to have courage‚ such as policemen and firefighters. Some people may say that courage is when a firefighter runs into a building that’s on fire to save others lives. Other people can say that courage is when decide to your homework the night before when you know it’s a big project and you put it off till the last night. The
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Table of Contents Abstract The Los Angeles City Fire Department employs over 3‚300 people in order to provide quality public service to the residents of Los Angeles. With the recent economic turndown that began in late 2007 and the budget crises within the City of Los Angeles‚ an Early Retirement Incentive Program (“ERIP”) was introduced and approved by the City Council and Mayor on October 30‚ 2009. The purpose of this program was to reduce annual ongoing City payroll costs by providing
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Harassment Claim: Courts conclude that sexual harassment does not have to involve physical contact. The individual accused of sexual harassment will be reprimanded. 7. Mandatory Retirement: As firefighters get older‚ they are less able to carry on their work. Tampa’s mandatory retirement age for firefighters is legal and no changes will
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Syndrome” or “Hero Complex” occurs when someone deliberately creates a situation where a hero would be needed‚ thus allowing that person to become a hero. Although not many studies have been performed on the subject‚ hero syndrome is common in firefighters‚ police officers‚ and medical workers. For example‚ Jimmy Wade Pearson‚ a policeman‚ placed explosives on a bus intended for the Turkish Olympic team in the Los Angeles Airport during the 1984 Summer Olympics. Because he knew of the bomb‚ Pearson
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was worth his life. So what is the meaning of hero? Walter Ehlers and Tyler Doohan symbolize the meaning of hero. Their courage to choose and act selflessly for the betterment of the greater good surround us every day and everywhere; from the firefighters‚ to the soldiers‚ to the scientists and to those who work tirelessly behind the scene making that very same decision to dedicate their life to the greater good‚ live and breath the meaning of a
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FAHRENHEIT 451 BOOK REVIEW Book by: Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is a gripping story about a firefighter named Guy Montag who begins to question following after the mindless zombie-like lifestyle instigated in his times after meeting a clever young girl named Clarisse McClellan. I know what you’re thinking‚ what could be controversial in the life of a firefighter? Well in this novel based in the near future‚ instead of putting out fires‚ firemen burn books and arrest the people
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