How do they match: Firefighters

  • Inform and educate the public on fire prevention.
  • Assess fires and situations and report conditions to superiors to receive instructions, using two-way radios.
  • Clean and maintain fire stations and fire fighting equipment and apparatus.
  • Create openings in buildings for ventilation or entrance, using axes, chisels, crowbars, electric saws, or core cutters.
  • Extinguish flames and embers to suppress fires, using shovels or engine- or hand-driven water or chemical pumps.
  • Maintain contact with fire dispatchers at all times to notify them of the need for additional firefighters and supplies, or to detail any difficulties encountered.
  • Maintain knowledge of current firefighting practices by participating in drills and by attending seminars, conventions, and conferences.
  • Move toward the source of a fire, using knowledge of types of fires, construction design, building materials, and physical layout of properties.
  • Orient self in relation to fire, using compass and map, and collect supplies and equipment dropped by parachute.
  • Participate in fire drills and demonstrations of fire fighting techniques.
  • Protect property from water and smoke, using waterproof salvage covers, smoke ejectors, and deodorants.

  • Demonstrate activity techniques or equipment use.
  • Examine debris to obtain information about causes of fires.
  • Relay information about incidents or emergencies to personnel using phones or two-way radios.
  • Select tools, equipment, or technologies for use in operations or projects.