Garik Goldwater 3rd hour 10/7/09

Fire

Fighter

Intro to Fire Fighter • Billions of dollars every year are spent do to fire

or other emergencies. To me, that is way to much money to be spent on things tat you can prevent. But someone has to be there to fix and help with the emergency. That’s why I would like to get into the occupation of fire fighting because I want to help people. I do know a little bit about being a fire fighter because my dad is one, but I still am going to have to research salary, education, training, work environment and conditions, job outlook and related occupations.

Nature of work Have to respond immediately to any

call they get. Do duties assigned by a superior

officer Have to go to medical emergencies Have to deal with all sorts of

conditions Inspect fires to see what happened

Working conditions Physical going into fires, putting them out, driving truck Mental writing reports and figuring out how to put out

the fire. Both indoor/outdoor Indoor: stay in the station, write reports, clean

equipment Outdoor: putting out fires, help heal injuries

Training, qualifications, advancement

Need a high school diploma When hired you go through

extensive training If you have education after high

school you have a better chance of getting hired.

I would go to Michigan University

Job Outlook 12 percent increase form now to

2016 It will be a competitive job I would like to work in Macomb

county area Any working condition

Earnings Life style goals: car, house food annual earnings: 41,600 This does fit my life style goals First purchase equals: what ever I

can afford and want on that day.

Related Occupation Back up Career: Gym teacher Responsibilities: Know rules and how

to play sports Education: bachelor or master Outlook: good Earnings: $46,000 This seems fun

Summary I think fire fighting would be a good career for

me. I like this career because it helps people and you have lots of benefits. The only thing that I don’t look forward to is sometimes there is blood and guts. I have did formal research and founded out a lot of good info about being a fire fighter and if I end up going into this occupation I will look forward to it.

Work cited

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos158.htm