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Emergency Services

We all know who to call when there is a fire, an explosion, and yes, even sometimes the odd cat in a tree. We call our local fire department, and they respond to rescue us or those in danger at the scene of the crisis, however, who rescues them from the dangers they face with each rescue or fire control they perform? What do we really know about when it comes to the dangers the firefighter’s face each time they respond to a call? Not only are they facing physical dangers that are potentially life threatening, but also they are facing long term threats to their health and the length of their lives. There have been far too many deaths of firefighters that, sadly, could have been avoided if there had been some minor changes made, or other life saving equipment made available. Unfortunately, there are difficulties in obtaining some of the equipment that our firefighters so desperately need. Some of the reasons for this are a lack of money, lack of support, and quite honestly a lack of concern.

Community Policing

Community policing is a well known term for those who serve in law enforcement. Most community citizens do not even realize the depth of what policing the neighborhood entails. Community policing in simple terms means that when the police are doing their jobs to protect your neighborhood or community they are not just going out without a plan in place. There are strategies and ideals that are followed to make sure uniform procedures are adhered to. When interacting with the community, it is essential to understand that the police force is not alone in what they do. It is imperative that the community is also an integral part of helping to keep crime down. When the members of the community join in the fight by coming forward with information and not holding back when a wrong has been committed, it brings about a joint effort to prevent crimes from happening again. This is the essence of community policing.

Emergency Services

When you decide to become an Emergency Services worker, you have chosen to be a selfless individual in others lives. It makes no difference why you chose this, at some point in your service, there will be some person you will be a forever influence to. I was an Emergency Medical Technician for over four years. In that time, I was truly blessed to find that at the times when it seemed to be the most routine call, the patient affected me in some great way that I never expected them too. In all the training you will go through should you choose to make this great profession a part of your life, you will never truly be prepared for the emotions and memories you will carry with you for your lifetime.

Role Of Police Officers

Without realizing it, you may have given or are giving your children biases and opinions concerning the men and women on the police force in your town or city. Are you able to look back and know, with a clear conscience, that you have done your utter best to teach them respect and appreciation, or have you colored police officers as annoying individuals to be feared. Most people either do not realize or do not care how they react toward police officers, and most of society as a whole, fails to recognize their importance as individuals as well as being officers.

The teaching begins at an early age with something as simple as pointing out police cars to your child or statements like, “Sit up and be still, there’s a cop behind us! Do you want them to put us in jail?”At this point, your child is beginning to associate fear and dislike with police, even if only on a minimum level, and will grow if fed. It is imperative to teach them to respect police officers, but not to teach your child to be afraid of them. Many towns and cities attempt to allow their officers to interact with every day society under normal circumstances, such as, visiting schools to help educate children about a myriad of different topics.

Local Law Enforcement

You may not think so but, the way you ask towards your local law enforcement is making a lasting impression on the views and opinions of the younger generation. The local agencies are made up of men and women who live right where you live. How can you even consider negative feelings about your neighbors who are only there to serve you? What does this teach the younger ones about respecting authority and how to respect your neighbors? Maybe more than ever, we need to reevaluate just what it is we are teaching the children about the roll of law enforcement. It seems that if something is not done soon, it might mean the children of today could be the criminals of tomorrow. None of us want that to happen.

Search and rescue

Although it sounds like a simple title, these titles are perhaps among the most difficult to maintain. Search and rescue workers are what they sound like. When a disaster occurs, these people are called in for either their help or their expertise, dependant on the level of their skills and knowledge.  There are basically three categories that cover most of the field, those three categories being the beginner (novice), support personnel, and field personnel. Keep in mind the fact that all states are different, and the local requirements will vary with each state. Beginning with the novice, or the beginner search and rescue emergency worker, the general qualifications of these search and rescue emergency worker do not normally include specific duties mandated to solely them. They are mainly placed where they will perform the best. These search and rescue emergency worker are required to be in excellent health both mentally and physically to suit the task at hand, and they must be knowledgeable of at least the basic search and rescue skills necessary to perform the required task.

Police Harassment

Almost daily, we open our newspapers or turn on our television sets, only to hear or read of some new travesty dealing with police officers and a victim that is either dead or in hospital as a result of an ‘alleged’ crime. How long will we as law abiding citizens allow this to continue? How can we turn our faces away and ignore an ever growing problem across America today. I am referring to those instances like one in 1998, October 18th, an African-American man passed away just over five days after having been beaten, brutally, by St. Paul’s police officers that had stopped him for a traffic violation. Perhaps the most shocking piece of information about this incident is the fact that Mr. Graham’s hands had been handcuffed behind his back during the beating, and the officers involved claimed he had been attempting to flee the scene in his vehicle.

Emergency Medical Services

Emergency medical services give care to those who they are transporting to the hospital. The care given is for many different kinds of injury and illness or any time a person believes they need emergency care. These emergency services are better known to the public as ambulance squads, rescue squads, ambulance services, etc. the point of the emergency medical services no matter what form they come to you in is the care of the problem quickly or to transport you to the next stop to get the care you need. This may be a hospital, emergency room, or other places where a doctor can be found. Depending on the type of unit your area uses, they may also help to search and rescue patients from vehicles, water emergencies, and extrication dangers.

Emergency Medical Technician

Most people had big dreams when they were young. Can you remember back to when you were just a child, or perhaps your own children have done or said the same thing, “I want to be a fire man or a police man when I grow up.” An EMT is not far from that very aspiration. The desire to save someone’s life is something, I believe, to be a normal part of growing up, but sometimes along the journey of growing up we lose sight of those childhood dreams and passions, and sadly they are left behind with our many dreams that most people labeled as useless or impossible. Look inside yourself, find that dream and dust it off.  Bring it back into the open and think about how you can achieve it. Saving someone’s life can be as simple as a phone call or a hello at the right time, or it can be as complex as physically saving their life by administering intravenous fluids or inserting an airway device for someone unable to breathe on their own. These skills are ones you will learn when you begin the EMT courses to receive certification as an emergency medical technician.

Choosing Emergency Services Professions

Does your life give you the pleasure you thought it would? Have you reached the level of satisfaction you had hoped to? If you find the answers to these questions somewhat not what you thought, you might consider a career in the Emergency Services profession. Believe that you are not the only person in the world who has had the same answers when looking into their lives and where they are in that life. Each of us is looking for something to make us feel vibrant, useful, and needed. Emergency Medical Services can give you such things but only with dedication and hard work. This profession can change your life as it has so many other men and women over the years. With a little training and a large amount of heart for the job, you can become one of the many levels of EMT or Emergency Medical Technician. There is a person out there who may need your help some day.