Explorer Training

One of the Sundays that i did my training and mentorship at we did some drills known as hose lays. During hose lays the firefighters prepare the hose in order to put out a fire. This is where i learned about the four different jobs in the fire department and i found help with my answer 1. The four different jobs in the fire department was captain, hydrant man, nozzle man, and engineer. We had to try and know every one of these jobs in order to successfully extinguish a structural fire. During this we were given a homework assignment and we had to research which job we thought was the most interesting. I researched the engineer. During this research i found that the engineer is the only one in the fire station that in a sense is allowed to drive the fire truck. They are also the men that specialize with everything on and inside of the fire truck. The engineer is usually the person who is all about the technology and is fully capable of driving a long truck even in tight situations. The other jobs are extremely important as well. The engineer job is to get water from the hydrant to the truck onto the fire. He stands by the truck and makes sure it is working properly in order to put out any type of fire.