Currently serving Jasper County Fire Rescue in south Carolina along with Charleston County EMS.
Yes a CO detector should be in place based on the usage of the diesel engines etc.
Vacuum is your best option, do not use until properly cleaned.
Yes it can which is why we wear glovewhile operating at car wrecks.
i would be skeptical of a ladder that says one time use since it is recommended to occassional practice. I have never heard of a one time use ladder.
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Volunteer with a Dept. but make yourself more valuable by getting your EMT Certification since that is where the majority of our work comes from. It takes longer to teach a person to perform EMS than firefighting. So that gives you a heads up against others. I don't know how your feel about the military but they do have firefighters that you can enlist for.
If they don't have one I guess you are in a good position then
Engine first so you can get the knowledge of how the environment in a structure fire really is which is no where close to what you go through the academy.
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