What do firefighters do while they are waiting for a fire or other emergency?
Firefighters have many other duties in addition to responding to emergencies. They spend a lot of
their time training for structure and wild land fire attack, motor vehicle crash extrication, rope rescue, interior search and rescue, emergency medical incidents, along with OSHA required training and other training for a variety of other different types of calls and situations they respond to. They also do commercial inspections, station and apparatus maintenance, school tours and demonstrations, public education, as well as participate on fire department and county committees and meetings.

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1. What do firefighters do while they are waiting for a fire or other emergency?
2. What schedule do firefighters work?
3. Why do fire engines and ambulances respond on emergency medical calls?
4. Why do fire trucks with full lights and sirens go through a red light at intersections and then, after they go through, they turn off their lights and slow down?
5. Why do firefighters use chain saws to cut holes in the roof of a building that’s on fire?
6. Does the Fire Department service fire extinguishers?
7. When an emergency vehicle is approaching that is displaying emergency lights and sirens, what should I do?
8. Why did I see another Fire Department’s fire engine in Gilroy?
9. Why do so many fire trucks respond to simple incidents?
10. Why do fire trucks respond to motor vehicle accidents?