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All instruction and course materials are provided at no cost. Transportation costs and lodging for students who represent career or volunteer fire departments, rescue squads, or state/local governments attending on-campus courses currently are provided as part of funding under the Student Stipend Reimbursement Program.
In wildland fire suppression in the United States, S-130/S-190 refers to the basic wildland fire training course required of all firefighters before they can work on the firelines. Wildland fire training in the U.S. has been standardized by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group since the 1970s. The same basic courses are given across all ...
A county-owned gravel pit on 35 acres (14 ha) near Enumclaw and Flaming Geyser State Park was proposed as the site of the fire training academy in 1979, beating ten other sites. It had been abandoned since 1963 and used as a dirtbike course and unauthorized landfill by local residents, who voiced their opposition to the project and its ...
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In the United States, an emergency response fee, also known as fire department charge, fire department service charge, accident response fee, [1] [2] accident fee, [3] Traffic Infraction Accident Fee, [4] ambulance fee, [5] etc., and pejoratively as a crash tax [6] is a fee for emergency services such as firefighting, emergency medical services, environmental response, etc., performed by a ...
Junior firefighter programs give young people the chance to learn about local fire, rescue, and emergency medical services response organizations in a safe, controlled, educational, and fun way while providing departments with an excellent recruitment mechanism.
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A firefighter (or fire fighter) is a first responder trained in firefighting, primarily to control and extinguish fires that threaten life and property, as well as to rescue persons from confinement or dangerous situations. Male firefighters are sometimes referred to as firemen (and, less commonly, female firefighters as firewomen). [1] [2]