This summary is gonna help figure out what a typical day as a firefighter looks like.
Firefighters are all bout helping people. It's like being a superhero but there is a lot more to it. Firefighters must always be on their best behavior. The job is very demanding but it is also very rewarding.
A firefighter protects people, their property, and their goods against destruction or damage due to fire. Their job is very wide. They could be performing CPR, extinguishing a fire or removing a civilian trapped after a car accident.
Firefighters are dispatched to many emergency every day. In their down time, they eat, train and practice all the aspects of their job to stay on point. They have to clean the firehouse every day, and they watch TV when they are free.
At the fire house, but they usually have a sector of the city they work for that they have to protect.
In Quebec, you need minimally to complete one year of formation at the formation center. Then, you could complete your training in college.
About $60 000
They need to learn the basics of first responder. Many firefighters decide to specialize in a specific intervention. A firefighter could be a technician in hazardous material, underground intervention, air rescue or even water rescue.
There are physical and psychological dangers associated with the job. For example, smoke inhalation and post-traumatic shock. I also read that over one in four firefighters have to take time off for work-related injuries, ranging from slipped disks to disfiguring burns.
Very unlikely
In general, most firefighters retire at about 50 years old after 20 years of service.
In conclusion, firefighting is a very hard job but for those of us that chose it, it is amazingly rewarding. Firefighters are always on their toes since the variety of intervention is endless. Many firefighters picked this job because of the amount of action, the feeling of helping others and to make a difference.
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