Category: Firefighter

Female Workers In Firefighter Jobs Introduction This paper examines how systemic discrimination against women results in lower female participation in firefighting jobs. Firefighting jobs are a microcosm of the overall issue of systemic sexism in the workplace. Females have lower workplace participation than men overall. While there has been some improvement in the past half-century,…

The Reality Of First Responders: Paramedics And Firefighters There arent many jobs that are both physically and mentally stressful as the job of a firefighter and paramedic. These select individuals run into danger while everyone else is running out. Most people dont get to experience what is really like to be a first responder. Majority…

A Day In The Life Of A Firefighter There are more than 900,000 fire apparatus responses to fires,medical,and other emergencies. Being a firefighter can be a very dangerous job when it comes to illness and injury. Being a firefighter has a lot of risks and different requirements for each state. Firefighters also do more than…

Why American Firefighters Deserve Pensions Firefighters are American heroes and deserve all the financial compensation they recieve. Firefighting is a very tough job, and one sacrifices a lot to be a firefighter. Firefighters work schedule consists of a couple days on duty then a couple off duty. They have to be ready for the worst…

The Correlation Of Work Stress, Work-family Conflict And Burnout Of Firefighters The main focus of this study is to see the picture of the relationships between work stress, work family conflict, and burnout and firefighter safety behavior outcomes. The most important things is, this study provides confirmation that burnout, as a stress-related process, does negatively…

Can The Low-country Firefighter Peer Support Team Help Prevent Suicides? Abstract According to a 2015 article published in the Journal of Emergency Medical Services, first responders attempted suicide rate is 10 times greater than that of the general population within the United States. More than 4,000 first responders or 6.6 percent had attempted suicide in…

Why I Want to Be a Firefighter: Personal Statement I imagine waking up no longer knowing what every day is going to bring, the place the sudden is expected. With just the sound of a siren, you know you are about to put your life on the line for any individual else. Fire hostilities is…

Uniform Service Heroes: Police And Firefighters Both firefighters and the police officers are the professional public servants and every day they are courageous and lay their lives on the line to become our daily superheroes. A law enforcement officer is a police officer who investigates a crime. On the other hand, a firefighter is largely…