Firefighters work 72 to 96 hour shifts (3-4 days) at their duty station. Training and equipment maintenance takes up a good deal of firefighters time when they are not on call. Firefighters constantly train so they are ready to handle any type of emergency. Firefighters also conduct fire safety inspections in businesses and wildfire safety inspections on improved property. Firefighters must also maintain and clean their stations.

While the main duty of a firefighter is to fight fires, there are many other tasks included in the job description. Firefighters provide emergency services for natural disasters, gas pipe explosions, bomb threats, and hazardous waste spills. In these situations, basic medical care may be administered by firefighters. In addition, firefighters conduct fire safety inspections, and offer educational seminars to community groups and schools.

Each firefighter must complete the Illinois Firefighter 2 state certification. This class is put on by the Northwest Training Cooperative which consists of qualified instructors from area fire departments. This class is held at a number of different fire departments in our area including Grayslake. Each firefighter learns about the equipment, how to use it and different tactics and strategies to fighting fires. Most of all they learn safety for themselves and any victims.

Good question. Actually, fires are only one of the emergencies we respond to, and not the most common anymore. Firefighting is about ten percent of what a fire department deals with these days. Seventy percent of our emergency responses are, in fact, calls for medical aid, including trauma on the street and illness at home. Other calls for emergency response involve Hazardous Materials Releases, Technical Rescue (high places, deep places, tight places, water rescues, etc.

In the old days firefighters played cards and took it easy while waiting for the next fire. Now every minute of the day is packed with activity. Maintenance of all 9 vehicles, and all the equipment on each one, daily training, and fire inspections, public education, and responding to questions and concerns from the public keep us busy all day long.

With hundreds of Dagorhir members camping out for the week, there are lots of opportunities to socialize with new and old friends. You'll often find yourself becoming fast friends with the fighter who tried to skewer you with a spear that day. After the fighting is over, many people love to visit other camps or to host people in their camp, sharing a beverage and retelling war stories that get more grand and heroic each time they are retold.

Jefferson Firefighters are also first responders. They carry medical equipment in the trucks and arrive to assist the paramedics. When they first arrive they are able to begin a patient history, take vitals and assess to transferring the care of the patient quickly to the paramedics.

We respond to approximately 3,000 calls in a year, several hundred of which are false alarms. Of the actual emergencies, approximately ? are medical and ? are fires and rescue calls.

Because there are numerous tasks, such as rescue, ventication, and fire suppression, that must take place simultantiously. Sufficient manpower is essential to provide safety to our firefighters and to ensure efficient rescue as fire suppresion operations.

No. The dispatcher will ask you for pertinent information concerning the incident you are reporting. In all cases, emergencies involving someone's life will take priority over emergencies involving property only. If the situation seriously changes before help arrives, call 9-1-1 again and update the dispatcher with the new information. You are encouraged to dial 9-1-1 anytime you feel an emergency response by Police, Fire, or EMS personnel is needed.

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It depends. Often they simply don't. A great deal of firefighting or searching is done by feel. The glow off the fire or flames is sometimes all you see in the beginning. There are devices that allow firefighters to see in smoke quite well. But these devices are usually not available to every firefighter on the scene. They are usually for very specific purposes. See, "Thermal Imaging Camera" http://www.riotacts.com/fire/glossary.html

To protect your home from wildfires, you must create a "safety zone" or "firebreak" by reducing the amount of dead or dying fuel (vegetation) around your home. This does not necessarily mean all vegetation should be removed. In fact, having fire-resistant plants and trees your home that are properly trimmed and well watered can serve as a firebreak. For more infomation about how to protect your home from wildfire click here .

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