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member who ignores the siren.
High Commitment
“This demonstrates the level of commitment you’re making when you join,” said Jennings Hobson, president of Washington's Fire and Rescue Squad. “You know you may be up all night and still have to get up and go to work in the morning.”
Hobson acknowledged that it’s rewarding for a fireman to be able to help someone but he stressed that it often means laying one's life on the line. "Firemen go into risky situations lots of the time.’’ he said.
The training that a fireman must undertake protects the fireman himself as well as ensures the unlucky home or business owner that the fire on their premises will be extinguished as efficiently and quickly as possible. "It’s as much for our own personal safety so we’ll know what we’re doing and won’t get killed." Hobson explained.
So far, the state has set no minimum training levels for firemen “but the day will come when we have to be card carrying firemen just like we have to be card carrying rescue persons,” said Hobson.
At present, the fire departments in the county join together to put on a fire school during two consecutive weekends in October. “The cost is paid by the state and the Board of Supervisors but the time it takes is tremendous,” Hobson said. In addition, he noted that local fire fighters often attend training courses in other communities.
The different departments in the county do what they can to provide personal equipment for their fire
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