Municipal Firefighters

<ul><li>Search burning buildings to locate fire victims.</li><li>Rescue victims from burning buildings, accident sites, and water hazards.</li><li>Administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to injured persons.</li><li>Dress with equipment such as fire-resistant clothing and breathing apparatus.</li><li>Move toward the source of a fire, using knowledge of types of fires, construction design, building materials, and physical layout of properties.</li><li>Assess fires and situations and report conditions to superiors to receive instructions, using two-way radios.</li><li>Respond to fire alarms and other calls for assistance, such as automobile and industrial accidents.</li><li>Create openings in buildings for ventilation or entrance, using axes, chisels, crowbars, electric saws, or core cutters.</li><li>Drive and operate fire fighting vehicles and equipment.</li><li>Take action to contain hazardous chemicals that might catch fire, leak, or spill.</li><li>Inspect fire sites after flames have been extinguished to ensure that there is no further danger.</li><li>Position and climb ladders to gain access to upper levels of buildings, or to rescue individuals from burning structures.</li><li>Select and attach hose nozzles, depending on fire type, and direct streams of water or chemicals onto fires.</li><li>Lay hose lines and connect them to water supplies.</li><li>Operate pumps connected to high-pressure hoses.</li><li>Collaborate with police to respond to accidents, disasters, and arson investigation calls.</li><li>Participate in fire drills and demonstrations of fire fighting techniques.</li><li>Prepare written reports that detail specifics of fire incidents.</li><li>Protect property from water and smoke, using waterproof salvage covers, smoke ejectors, and deodorants.</li><li>Participate in physical training activities to maintain a high level of physical fitness.</li><li>Inform and educate the public on fire prevention.</li><li>Salvage property by removing broken glass, pumping out water, and ventilating buildings to remove smoke.</li><li>Clean and maintain fire stations and fire fighting equipment and apparatus.</li><li>Establish firelines to prevent unauthorized persons from entering areas near fires.</li><li>Inspect buildings for fire hazards and compliance with fire prevention ordinances, testing and checking smoke alarms and fire suppression equipment as necessary.</li><li>Participate in courses, seminars and conferences, and study fire science literature, to learn firefighting techniques.</li></ul>