My Firefighter Nation
Cassie
Female
Bozeman, MT
United States
Profile Information:
- Type of Organization
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- Job Function
- Firefighter / EMT-Basic
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 2
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Rae/Sourdough
- Years With Department/Agency
- I blame craigslist.com for starting me on the fire path....
- Dept. Web Site:
- http://2
- Facebook or Other Online Profile:
- http://2
- Why I Joined Fire/EMS
- On an impulse... didn't realize quite what I was getting into, but it's taken a hold of my life!
Rachel
Feb 27, 2011
Eduardo Flores
May 4, 2011
Stefan Svensson
Interesting question regarding science in the fire service! As you may have noticed from the comments, there seems to be a general idea that experience is a lot (!) more important than science and reading books. I do not fully agree: experience is important, but it has to go hand in hand with science. In a lot of cases science can explain why things happens as they do. I know a lot of people (from all over the world) who have a lot of experience, but since they've never read a book they don't have a clue on what's going on at a fire scene. I also have a lot of un'experienced friends with a scientific background or with a good eye for science who I would trust my life to any day. And regarding writing books: books for the fire service shouldn't (generelly) tell people how to do things (they can figure that out for themselves). Books should be on why (as I think you indicated)! Have a look at Ed Hartins blog, at cfbt-us.com. Good stuff!
Keep up the good work!
Sincerely
Stefan
Jan 28, 2012