Let's Talk About It with Jenny White/Firefighters do more than fight fires

Many of the calls firefighters respond to are for other emergencies that have nothing to do with fires. For example, firefighters are taught a variety of extraction methods for helping trapped individuals out of wrecked vehicles and from under crushing weights.  Accordingly, you need to have risk-assessment skills that allow you to make quick yet safe decisions that take many factors into account, such as the severity of someone's injury or amount of time before a vehicle bursts into flames.

Since firefighters are often the first on the scene of an incident, you also go through first-responder training if you become a firefighter, which includes learning basic emergency medical care.  Working in certain geographic areas could require you to be prepared for specific emergencies. For example, California firefighters are equipped to handle menaces such as killer bees.

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