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- Hiring Employment Discussion - Firehouse
General discussion about jobs amp; the hiring process
- Fire Station Design Requirments Recommendations?? - Firehouse
Sounds like using the numbers for a commercial eating establishment (<50) would be a good minimum for the kitchen dining area Then bedrooms will at least need to meet minimum local habitation code for size light airflow for a bedroom I know these are things our CEO looks at during apartment, SRO and rooming lodging inspections
- Small town drill ideas - Firehouse Forums - Firefighting Discussion
Check firehouse com for drills You can always train on Engine,Rescue,Ladder or special operations If your department does not have a specialized piece of equipment, then joint training with your neighboring department might be in order Search and rescue,ground ladders ropes and rigging and jaws of life are just a few things that can be
- Green Light on Chicago Apparatus - Firehouse
Maybe, Mikey or one of the other brothers in the Chicagoland area can help out with this one: What does the green light on the front of Chicago apparatus represent???
- open house ideas?? - Firehouse Forums - Firefighting Discussion
Open House We hold an annual Open House duriing Fire Prevention Week We set some of our equipment (SCBA'a, masks, nozzles, gas detection devices, turnout gear,hand tools, etc ) out for the public to view and ask questions on We also get some pamphlets and handouts from FEMA to hand out about Smoke and CO Detectors,Stop Drop and Roll, Exit Drills in the Home, etc For the kids, we take them
- FDNY Exam 4044 - Firehouse Forums - Firefighting Discussion
We're responding on someone's worst days and sometimes you carry a little bit of it back to the Station or Firehouse even if you don't notice it or think it didn't bother you Which is why it's so important to have a best friend on this job Some of the stuff we deal with we honestly can't talk to anyone but each other about
- Pressure Governor Help - Firehouse Forums - Firefighting Discussion
On my engine, a 93' Pierce with a waterous pump, our pressure governor has a toggle switch for increase decrease and a toggle switch for throttle pressure We were told on delivery to start in throttle, get our pressures set and then switch to pressure I'm not exactly sure why, I wasn't on the job here when we got it, but I've started in pressure and its works the same
- Intake Relief Valve Setting - Firehouse
I searched the archives and really didn't find an answer to the following question: What should the set point be for an intake relief valve such as the TFT Intake relief ? I always thought that the relief set point should be some percentage over the maximum hydrant pressure Say 10% over the maximum hydrant static pressure Others have chimed in that they should be set at 150-200 psi to allow
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