Career Exploration Questions

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Career Exploration Questions

• Fire prevention

Some people think that installing fire prevention systems or fire counter systems is expensive, how do you convince them that it is an important part of their construction?

How frequently should a home be inspected for fire prevention intactness?

What should a fire prevention officer look for when inspecting a home or a business building?

• Employment in the fire and emergency services

What qualifications do I need to be employed as a firefighter in your firefighting station?

Apart from the educational qualifications of a person looking for employment at your facility, what else is required?

Is the distance from my home to the workplace a consideration when am getting a fire fighting job or I can get a job even if I come from very far away from the firefighting station?

• Work practices / daily activity/job tasks

Do firefighters have a daily schedule of events or do they just get to work in case there is a fire that needs to be put off or inspection done?

When do firefighters go for leave and when they are on leave and there are many fires to be put off can they be called back to help?

What happens if the best and most experienced firefighter keeps reporting to work late and always gives the same excuses?

• Educational needs for the fire and emergency services

For those workers who are not actively involved with firefighting, do they need an education related to firefighting, or can be trained here at your station about the basics?

Must I have a bachelor’s degree for me to work as a firefighter or a lower qualification is okay?

Those with high levels of educational qualification like masters or PhDs, do they go to the field or most of the time stay in offices?