| Most of us are ignorant of the fire prevention and | | | | heat inside. Heat stress results when they wear |
| safety procedures that one needs to follow at | | | | these clothes and get into a fire. |
| home with the result that the incidences of fire | | | | In the course of their rescue operations it is quite |
| accidents at homes are increasing. Even if fire | | | | likely that the structures that are on fire may |
| alarm systems are installed at home, lack of | | | | collapse and fire fighters get caught underneath |
| knowledge and training has made them totally | | | | the debris. There fore it becomes important that |
| ineffective and non-operational. Fire service | | | | they are always in communication with their team |
| department has huge task ahead of them to | | | | through radio so that they can seek immediate |
| spread the awareness of fire safety and train us | | | | assistance in case of an accident. |
| in preventive mechanisms to avoid fire accidents. | | | | The job role of every staff member in fire |
| If you thought that being a fire fighter is easy | | | | service department demands that they be flexible |
| job, you could be wrong. They are called to do a | | | | and multi tasking. It also calls for people to have |
| lot of things beyond fighting fires and they stand | | | | physical and mental strength and endurance |
| to face life-threatening risks as well. | | | | coupled with emotional maturity. |
| Fire departments get calls for help in all most all | | | | Fire services and department is not only about |
| events like accidents, natural disasters, | | | | fire fighting. Many other roles like fire control |
| emergencies and life threatening situations including | | | | operators, civil resilience management, safety |
| sometimes rescue of cats which have climbed up | | | | training and education; procurement, |
| on the tree. They are always ready to go and | | | | administration, vehicle maintenance and HR make |
| keep their equipments and vehicles in ready state. | | | | up for a complete fire service department. |
| Firefighters have to watch out for signs of stress. | | | | Working for fire service department can be |
| Not only emotional and psychological stress, but | | | | challenging and at the same time fulfilling also. It is |
| also the body condition can vary due to the | | | | fraught with dangers and risks and one needs to |
| insulated clothing that they wear which traps the | | | | be alert and attentive all the time. |