| The following is a brief outline of the firefighting | | | | proceed to the station. They then equip |
| industry and process of gaining employment | | | | themselves and attend the emergency. |
| Firefighters are rescuers which are extensively | | | | Being a paid firefighter means that you spend |
| trained to put out and contain hazardous fires that | | | | your time at the fire station with fellow officers |
| threaten civilian populations and property. People | | | | waiting for an emergency call out, the amount of |
| who hold firefighter jobs are also extensively | | | | time spent at the station varies but is generally |
| trained to rescue people from car accidents, | | | | around 20 hours at a time, during this time you |
| collapsed and burning buildings and other such | | | | are able to sleep, use entertainment facilities or |
| situations. The increasing complexity of modern | | | | attend to station housekeeping all the while |
| industrialized life with an increase in the scale of | | | | keeping prepared for your next call out. |
| hazards has stimulated both advances in | | | | An alternative to being a firefighter who |
| firefighting technology and a broadening of the | | | | extinguishes the fire you can be trained as an |
| firefighter-rescuer's training and awareness. | | | | Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). An EMT |
| There are several types of firefighters within the | | | | works along the side of a firefighter by giving |
| industry, all with there specialties and services that | | | | emergency medical services to the firefighters or |
| they use to undertake the day to day duties of a | | | | the victims. An EMT will also have extensive |
| firefighter. They can be specially trained to | | | | training in search and rescue as some victims |
| operate machinery, attack bush fires, emergency | | | | need to be assessed on the safest way for them |
| site communication and many more. | | | | to be evacuated from an emergency site. |
| Not all firefighters are paid for their services in | | | | There are a number of benefits of working in a |
| some countries there are volunteer firefighters | | | | firefighter job that make the industry so |
| and paid firefighters who do it as their full time | | | | appealing, some of these are earning excellent |
| job. | | | | salaries, establishing long lasting friendships with |
| The difference between the two is that a | | | | fellow firefighters, being well looked after with |
| volunteer firefighter will be on call at certain times | | | | quality food, having excellent sleeping and living |
| throughout the year, this means that the | | | | conditions and an excellent work schedule that |
| firefighter will receive notification of an emergency | | | | allows for a great deal of time at home. |
| through an alarm or pager and then immediately | | | | |