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Professional Firefighting

Professional Firefighting. Brittany Forsstrom. Every year, fires take many lives and destroy billions of dollars worth of property. Firefighters help protect people and property. They are often the first at an accident or emergency.

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Professional Firefighting

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  1. Professional Firefighting Brittany Forsstrom

  2. Every year, fires take many lives and destroy billions of dollars worth of property. • Firefighters help protect people and property. They are often the first at an accident or emergency.

  3. What Do You Enjoy About Working in the Emergency Service Field? • The Challenge • The Gratification • The Inconsistency • Helping Others • The Adrenaline Rush

  4. What I Did • 80+ hrs of job shadowing • Rode on SS-55

  5. Day 1July • Cardiac Arrest • Patient Assist (Recalled) • Abdominal Pain (Recalled) • Tank Inspection

  6. Day 1July (ctd.) • Soak Down at Summer Camp • Seizures (Recalled) • Pinewood Village (Recalled) • Inspections at local Businesses

  7. CPR • ABC • Airway • Breathing • Circulation • 30 Compressions • 2 Breaths

  8. CPR Demo

  9. InspectionsBuildings • Extinguisher • Emergency Lights • Hazards • Smoke Detectors • Sprinklers

  10. Day 3July • Roof Inspection • Assist the Squad • Tour of Township Building • Fire Call • Summer Camp

  11. Fire Call • 71’s Upper Makefield Fire Co. • Fumes • Stand by

  12. Engine 55-1 Staging up the street Command Station Scott Ratzke Myself PECOWorkers

  13. Engine55-1

  14. Engine71 Scott Ratzke Myself

  15. Scott Ratzke Myself

  16. Incident Command

  17. Day 7 • Truck Check • Inspection • Fall Victim

  18. Truck Check • E55-1 • Is everything working? • SS-55 • Is everything working? • How does it drive?

  19. 5” Hose line Ladders Hand-lines

  20. Deck Gun Pump Panel

  21. Bumper Lines

  22. Bolt Cutters Tools PW Extinguisher Shovels Fan

  23. High-rise Pack Air Cylinder Air Cylinder

  24. Air Pack Fittings 5” Hose

  25. Flashlights Radios Air pack

  26. Bumper-line

  27. O2Cylinder AED Burn Kit First-in Bag Cribbing Webbing

  28. Ropes

  29. Hydraulic tool Hydraulic tool Generators for tools

  30. Cooler Stinger 5” Hose-line Oil Dry

  31. 3” Hose-line 5” Hose-line 3” Hose-line 2” Hose-line 2” Hose-line

  32. Engine 55-1 Engine 55 Old Rescue 45 Special Service 55

  33. Warwick Twp. Fire Company Firefighter of the Month Award

  34. Reflection • Changed mind about EMS • Became more involved in my own company • Enjoyed the experience

  35. Future • Joining Trevose Fire Company • QRS • Want to get my EMT-Paramedic • Joining a Fire company out at college and doing a live in

  36. This project has changed my life

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