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Knows range of services provided by the fire services.
Understands the difference between volunteer and full-time firefighters.
Recognises contribution of volunteer firefighters in the community.
Role of the Firefighter
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Interview a volunteer/career firefighter.
Contact your local brigade to provide a firefighter to visit your class.
Students prepare a list of questions prior to the interview.
Possible questions:
What made you decide to become a volunteer/career firefighter?
How did you become a volunteer/career firefighter?
What age do you have to be before you can become a volunteer/career firefighter?
If a volunteer firefighter, what job do you have during the day?
Tell us about some of the experiences you have had with fighting fires.
What sort of training do you need as a firefighter?
How are you notified of a fire or an emergency in your area?
How do you get to the fire or emergency if you are notified at work?
How many fires or emergencies would you be called out to in a year?
What is the difference between a volunteer and a career firefighter?
What services does the local fire brigade provide to the community?
Tell us about the range of services provided by the fire services.
Prior to the visit, ask the firefighter to bring along examples of various protective
clothing worn by firefighters when fighting different types of fire (bushfire, structural
fire and industrial/chemical fire).
Dress selected students in the firefighting clothing (excepting the structural helmet)
while explaining the purpose of each article of clothing.
Following the visit, students write a profile of a volunteer/career firefighter.
Write a class letter and individual letters to the firefighter thanking him/her for
visiting the class and for talking about his/her role as a volunteer/career firefighter.