BY AARON J. HELLER
消防部门在全国范围内被称为to provide a vast amount of services to their communities. We fight fire and provide emergency medical services, technical rescue teams, hazardous materials response, public education units, and inspection and prevention services. Often, we are understaffed, are underequipped, and lack the training resources to succeed in all responsibilities. In this article, let’s assume that the department we speak of has great staffing and adequate apparatus and equipment and its members desire to train aggressively to be the best they can for those who rely on them. This isn’t really Fantasy Island! In my travels, I find many departments that fit this bill, yet they lack the focus on training they need for success. One reason for this is that many of our training programs fail to consider how versatile a firefighter must be.
在大多数的守护神ge urban and some suburban fire departments, when a firefighter graduates probie school, that person is assigned to an engine or a truck and is rotated through several companies and positions to become more well-rounded. However, that same probie coming out of the academy and assigned to a smaller department (career, volunteer, suburban, or rural) doesn’t normally have the luxury of learning the intricacies of only one designated engine or truck. These firefighters are often required to “slide the floor” through the course of their shift or responses with little to no warning. This is also known as cross-staffing.
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