A Day in the Life of a Firefighter- Documentary 

Becoming a fire fighter is probably the best thing I have ever done with my life

The value the fire service provides is insurmountable and in some ways cannot be quantified. Firefighters are helping others every day on the job and contributing towards a greater good and safety of our future. Especially as we grow as a more technological society, the role of the fire service and the sense of community we realize how special this really is. 41.8% of volunteer firefighters have 10 plus years of active service, and 49% of the US population is protected by all career fire departments, which are both statistics that show how passionate and dedicated of an industry it is. There are many unique ways in which to grow and contribute within a department. We thank everyone who is a part of the fire service for all that they do.

most gratifying career in my book!!

Thank you for all that you guys do! I appreciate anyone who can put their lives on the line to save others. I plan on joining my Volunteer Fire Dept. In upstate NY. Thank you again for all that you guys do!

Thanks for sharing! My kids loved the video. =)

Enjoyed this. Thanks for putting your time and effort into making this.

5 stars, great production. I'm taking a video production class at my high school and my dad is a fire captain so I was thinking about doing a Day In the Life video and this is almost exactly what I envisioned! Really great job on this documentary, hats off to you!

Kudos to Firefighters all over the world. :)

Thank you firefighters.

Thank you for this video.

Great tutorial of the live of a firefighter!

great job on the production

i think they do great job. well done

Ever since I was small I've always wanted to be a firefighter, sadly my asthma is not allowing me to do the thing I love most.

Great vid. Nice engine too. Thanks for all y'all do.

This stuff is what I love!

Well done to all brave firefighters worldwide (which nowadays is, I feel a term that does not do these guys justice.) Yes they put out the most ferocious fires nature can throw at them, from a raging bushfire started most probably through careless tobacco use, to home fires, risking life and limb to save anyone (or anything) as even if the humans are safely out, they will go back in to save PETS! a life is a life, and a firefighter does not care what species that life takes. However they now do SO much more. They risk their lives to rescue people (and pets) from freezing water, attend highly dangerous gas and chemical incidents, Provide safety advice to homeowners, rescue people who are trapped after a vehicle crash with their greatest tool, the 'jaws of life', rescue people in perilous situations such as becoming stranded on a small cliff ledge, and yes, if all else fails, after 24 hours, they will get your cat out of a tree. They also rescue cats from dangerous places such as rooftops or puppies from sewers etc. I feel they need a name which not only covers putting out fires, but ALL the HEROIC and often dangerous work they do.

Awesome video

Awesome. Brave, brave guys

Firefighters are awesome, Its a selfless job. Heroes in my book! plus they're cute in their ff clothes LOL!

All young kids love firefighters. Their parents should make sure their kids grow up to respect Firefighters and Paramedics. There is no excuse for assault or hoax calls.

The bronto is so cool nice video

Love this video

bye Bye post office.... Need some excitement! Cant wait until I start the Academy. I am preparing 20 sit up a day, 40 push ups, and keeping flexible ... Im so hype right now!

I'm a firefighter here in Ontario. I noticed when he was showing some of the equipment on the truck he referred to one piece as a "horizontal standpipe". I've never heard it called that before, here in Canada we call them a "Gated wye connection". Is that what you call them in the US, or was that just a simple mistake?............ Stay safe out there brothers!

Good people

I've never seen that cooling handle, we had the paint blister on a truck that was 75 ft. from a fire.

Regarding the helmets, the rookies wear yellow and my fiancé is a black helmet. He's one that's qualified to go into a fire, he's a level 2.

Yeah, it is sad that good videos don't get viewed. Just remember, heroes don't get recognition :o

love it

awesome video! I want to be a firefighter when I'm older! I'm 17 years old. What is the song used in the video around 45 seconds

firefighters dont have "oxygen packs" its just plain compressed air. you put compressed oxygen in a super heated area what happens?

wooooooooooooooooooow wooooooooooooow

Did you not read the "Its just compressed air..." part?

Don't get me wrong here, a thousand degrees is pretty damn hot, but I'don't expect those jackets to with stand a max or min of 2,000 degrees. As a welder, heavy duty leather welding jacket is you best friend especially dealing with temperate that easily exceed 6,000 to way past 10,000 degrees if you don't watch it. As I'm becoming a firefighter, I'm realizing more and more, my leather jacket is really my best friend.

I want to be a firefighter when I grow up

Do they have high pressure lengths of hose or hose reels?

wanna be one when I grow up

since firefighters do 24 hour shifts do they get to sleep at the station ?

I was interested in becoming a Firefighter, but after reading many stats online, the percentage of cancer is high, obviously much much higher than the general public. This is something that scares me. They even say that the stats on firefighter cancers are much higher than recorded stats because most cancers are diagnosed after firefighter retire and this is not recorded in the stats. What is your take on this?

Thinking of becoming a firefighter I'm about to be in my senior year of highschool is there any way I can volunteer?

12:34 #chillbumps

that is cool

What's the links of this video?

I agree with Nate, even though he's probably not actually a firefighter

Horizontal stand pipe??? You mean the Y?

It was an awesome video. Stop commenting about stupid things....sometimes people say can you bring me some Kleenex. It's a brand not the name. But people know what ur talking about

I didn't know firefighters can have long hair?

Pure Oxygen is never carried into a fire. Oxygen bottles can be found in Ambulances, however, if someone is lacking the proper oxygen they need. If there is a leak, the fire will feed off the leak in the canister.

When i found out that tommy karevik was a firefighter im quite interested in what happens

You call a firefighter and a paramedic a firefighter/paramedic there's a 1970's show called EMERGENCY! about that. I wanted to be one ever since i saw EMERGENCY! Firefighter/paramedic Roy DeSoto A.K.A (Kevin Tighe) < (real name) is always driving a pickup truck looking paramedic emergency vehicle called Squad 51 in a present day fire station to this moment in the city of carson california station 127. And i think once each month they put the rescue vehicles in front of the station and let you look around and go in the station it's a big event there. Here is a list of main characters...(paramedics) Firefighter/paramedic Roy DeSoto. Firefighter/paramedic John Gage. (firefighters) Firefighter Chet Kelly. Firefighter Marco Lopez. Firefighter/engineer Mike Stoker. captain Hank Stanley. I forgot to mention anther real place called rampart general hospital here are some characters there...Head doctor Kelly Brackett.i'll finish this later

do the engineers wear different PPE? i saw theirs were black

3:37 is that a cast iron meat tenderizer?

What does the LT in LT9 stand for?

I'm a 16 year old girl and I've wanted to be a firefighter for as long as I can remember

Being a firefighter is more than that. Please take my bunker gear, I would like too see your opinion after you do any call, either it be a medical, crash, fire, or Pub. Ed. I love my job and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I do it to make a difference in someones life. If it's saving someones life from fire, or getting a child's cat out of a tree, at the end of the day I helped someone. Please do not disregard someone until you've been in their shoes. Have a nice day. Keep safe.

very good video my freind says its boring so i smacked him hard and i said that firefighters are cool

Cool

If you start getting ready at half seven what about the night if there's a fire

all you people talking about him saying oxygen its for children so chill out he isnt gonna start saying compressed air and crap they know oxygen

if your on a narrow road heading to an emergency and all of a sudden theres an ambulance and a police car which are also heading towards seperate emergencies, who gives way to who?

No sad there is only 3 comments!

Breathing pure (or perhaps more accurately higher than normal concentrations of) oxygen can kill you but this is often as an indirect effect of a condition known as oxygen toxicity. For example divers breathing pure oxygen from a tank can lose conciousness and drown as a result of this. It is actually lack of oxygen through drowning that has killed them but the oxygen toxicity that induced the unconsciousness that caused this.

How is the suicide prevention program going?

OMG funny quinncidence when this video said 9:23 a.m. it was 9:23 a.m. where I live

I hope there hireing

Guarantee you most kids will explain "air" more than they could "oxygen".. I got top comment I'm pretty sure my comment was valid.

OUCH!!!

I wanna be a firefighter

My dream is to become a firefighter. 🚒

Any firefighters care to talk to me i want to lean how to become one ??

I will be one of them

Or that it is an "Air Bottle". Beer comes in bottles, fish live in tanks...its an air cylinder.

The one thing that's different is the helmet

Monotony does not affect the life of a firefighter.

easyyyyyy

I hate when people say that firefighters breath oxygen.. If you breathed pure oxygen it would kill you.. Its just compressed air..

Life? Did you mean live or lift? #spellcheck

Mitch S. . . . KFB happens

Cooking marshmallows over an open car fire. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HFPpLprq2LY.html

...you're breathing air right now....you do realize that air has more than just oxygen don't you?

15 liters =)

so much in stake can't take a break fire fighters you hate your life

I really want to be a fire fighter .. Can a women be a fire fighter ?

You mean lift kiddo?

And also I never said anything about this documentary if you didn't notice.. I was generally saying I hate it.. Had absolutely nothing to do with this video.. So before you make an even bigger fool of yourself, please just leave me alone.. The top comment under me only got five thumbs up and it was there a month longer then mine.. Mine got 20.. So it obviously meant a lot of people agrees with me.. Bye

That's not true because when someone on a medical call is having trouble breathing EMT's will give them O2 which is pure oxygen

Yes but that is at like 2-6%.. And in my comment I said PURE oxygen meaning the whole cylinder filled with it.. Please don't reply to my comment if you're going to say something of such ignorance.. Read it first.

not oxygen.. just normal air.

This is not true my dad is a volentire firefighter and he is chef and his helmet is white second chief is red and third chief is yellow and rest of fire fighters are black helmets

You drive nails - haters gonna hate.

really oxygen? lol try air why they are air packs

What kind of sub-human gave this thumbs down? Oh wait, I know, feminists because they were not included in spite if not being able to pass the physical.

Think of it this way - it doesn't NOT contain oxygen. He never said anything about it being 100%. Stop bickering.

Try that and tell me how that actually works out for you.. Normally you breath 2-6% oxygen not pure oxygen.. I know what the fuck I'm talking about.. You breath 100% pure oxygen from a bottle and tell me how that feels..

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Breathing 100% oxygen does not kill you. It is very good for you. Haven't you heard of a hyperbaric chamber?

"I got top comment I'm pretty sure my comment was valid" lol seriously? A bunch of muslims agree with each other BY THE MILLIONS and all you got is 20.. Have you worshipped Allah yet? How can you make good on your guarantee? Especially since kids cannot seem to explain either one.

Phoenix is a mess; mainly their fire department.

Great video