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Posted 3 months ago Could you respond to calls before you had Mod1? or did you have to wait? |
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| Posted 3 months ago Forgive me, I am not sure what Mod1 is, but, where I am in Florida you can respond to calls as a volunteer with Fire 1 cert, but cannot go into buildings or any structure fire. Hope that is on the right topic. Jonathan. "We don't come to bow. We come to conquer." |
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| Posted 3 months ago Right on topic... Here in Georgia ive heard it called Mod 1, Fire 1 cert, FF1, Basic Fire |
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| Posted 3 months ago When I started (way back when), It was OJT. Now it's FF1. |
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| Posted 3 months ago in mich, you can respond non code before ff1 but you have to stay outside and do the grunt work |
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| Posted 3 months ago in PA it depends on the company, one company i run with will let me do interior on a structure, another wont let me till i have F.F 1 and for example another may not let you until you have atleast been inside on a training fire, but you can run calls with most companies up here with little or no training |
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| Posted 3 months ago So does the volunteer department stand around and wait for the paid doods to get there, or something? I guess I'm not clear how the Florida law works. EMTnikon says ...
Sometimes to maintain your authority in the face of criticism, you have to make stuff up. |
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| Posted 3 months ago I am in PA and we have to have what they call Basics or now DELMAR before we can go in. DELMAR has 4 sections and as you pass each one you can do that. Stay safe and remember YOU are the most important one at a scene. |
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| Posted 3 months ago In Worcester county you can respond to calls but you can not do any interior firefighting |
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| Posted 3 months ago In Houston County you have to have NPQFF1 to go into a Structure or Grass fire |
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| Posted 3 months ago in NJ you need fire 1 first |
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| Posted 3 months ago In VA as soon as your voted in you take your 20 hour at the station which is just going over the trucks and knowing where stuff is and once that is done you can go to calls but your just a probie so u do outside work like take windows called the OVM (outdoor vent man) and help hump hose and get tools for us inside, and you do that until you get FF1 at least then your cleared to go in. Which my company is a very New York based company, our chief is from there |
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| Posted 3 months ago yes but before we could go in a structure fire we have to have our 1403 cert. if you don't like what I say use the big red X in the top right hand corner! |
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| Posted 2 months ago Here in northwest Florida we respond on all calls, medicals and fires but until you have your Fire 1 you cant go into a structural fire |
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| Posted 2 months ago at my station in Southeastern PA, we can go to calls no matter how much training we have, but we are limited to what we can do on scene. before i finished ff1 in june, i was allowed to do exterior things, since i had exterior. once i was certified, i can go into the building. |
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| Posted 2 months ago we can make the run but we're not allowed to don an air pack without ff 1 at least . |
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| Posted 2 months ago Before I was FF I / II certified, I was able to be at the scene. But, I was not allowed in the hot zone. I mainly filled air tanks and did clean-up once the fire was out
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| Posted about 1 month ago Our department allows you to respond to calls before Mod 1 or Firefighter 1. We have so few people that there always people needed to hook up a hydrant or move a ladder, bring an axe, etc. So we are all needed. For the last year, I have been driving and pumping and now I am in Firefighter 1. I think the legality of it gets thrown out of the window when you have to use multiple departments. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago In Connecticut you have to have Fire I which adheres to NRPA standards and is a minimum State requirement in order to be an interior firefighter. Without FF I you are what we consider support personnel; pull hose up to the doorway, pull tools, outside vent and ladder. Once the scene is declared safe they can enter the structure if needed for cleanup etc. Connecticut is an OSHA state and OSHA always goes for the highest standard. democracy, not theocracy, not now, not ever |
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| Posted about 1 month ago I'm from a SMALL department in EAst Texas. We dont require any certifications to go on calls or do anything. Becuase we have a lot of territory that is solely ours, there's no paid guys that are coming to help. So, we do it all. We have some on the department that are certified firefighters, but we dont get many volunteers. Our newbies usually have to be around for a while before we let them do certain things. We may be wrong, but we're forced to do it I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 |
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| Posted about 1 month ago At my volunteer dept it seems as though once you get on they hand you an air pac... Fire 1 and 2 are optional to take if you want them... Not that I agree with that... Makes a guy a little nervous when his partner says what is wrong with my pack because his low air alarm started going off! |
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| Posted about 1 month ago I hear ya! Been there,done that. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago At my company there are not requirements to respond, so speak. You can join at the age of 16 and go on calls right away. Due to child labor laws there are some restrictions to what our Juniors can go on. As far as our senior members, you can be on a truck until a more qualified person needs on then you are off. We have had a lot of confusing about who can ride the trucks, so our officers are going to get together and put in place some "rules" about what qualifications out rank others so taht people know when they can ride and when they need to get off. I guess it's kinda of double edge sword with us. We have people that have essentials, people that are Rescue Technician, and people that are EMTs or First Reponders, and some people that are everything. It can really make it confusing as who gets priority over others. I'ts not our mistakes that define us...it's what we do afterwards. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago Here is a side-note to this discussion: NFPA sets out the minimum standard qualifications (NFPA 1001-2002) for an interior/entry firefighter as Firefighter I. As I understand it, should a firefighter be injured or killed while working interior and does not have or meet the NFPA FF I requirements, it opens up the department to a huge liability. Since the NFPA is the accepted organization that defines and sets out firefighting standards, in a court of law the standards are seen as having the weight of law. Failure to follow NFPA standards puts the department at fault. Any department that doesn't require NFPA Firefighter I certification is doing a tremendous disservice to their firefighters. stay safe democracy, not theocracy, not now, not ever |
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| Posted about 1 month ago Well, at the VFDwhere I live we can go to fires without any certification we cant respond code, and we cant enter teh building either, if we dont have Basic Fire, we have to have at least that, but for the most part everyone who is there goes on to get Fire 2 and LP certification |