What job requires more training and job skills, Firemen or policeman?

Question

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Answer 1

I started training to be a firefighter in August of 2005. I'm still training. I had 12 weeks of fire academy. Then I had another 12 weeks of EMT training. Right now, I am about a third of the way through almost a full year of paramedic training. Not all, but most firefighters have far more than limited medical knowledge.

Anybody who thinks it's easier to handle a hose than a gun has never pulled a two inch charged line under a couple of hundred pounds of pressure up five stories. Then proceeded to belly crawl along the floor because the smoke is down to a foot or two off the ground and the temperatures are so high it will melt your helmet. All the while wearing 30 or 40 pounds worth of bunker gear, 25 or 30 pounds worth of air on your back, and a couple of other hand tools. Add to this working in a 600 - 1000 degree environment while wearing the equivilant of a heavy ski suit and having your breathing restricted. Well, lets just say there's a little more to it than handling a hose.

Finally, training for a firefighter never ends. Maybe you start on an engine company lugging a hose. Maybe you move to a truck company where you have the privilage of going into an envolved structure without a hose. Maybe you train to be a driver/engineer. There is a little more to operating that equipment than flipping a few switches and hoping for the best. Maybe you train in hazmat, high angle rescue, rescue diving, confined space, the list goes on and on. I'm not saying that the police have it easy. I'm just giving my two cents based on my experience training as a firefighter. Both jobs require a special kind of person. Both jobs require a kind of person that can deal with the worst mankind has to offer everyday. Day in and day out.

Answer 2

I would say law enforcement. I could be bias but you have know;
Constitutional law
State and Local Laws
Criminal procedures
Court room testimony
Rules of evidence
Evidence processing
Arrest techniques
Firearms training
Use of Force
Accident reconstruction
Alcohol Intoxilyzer machines and operations
First Aide
And so so much more

Not to include all the hats you have to wear: law enforcement, friend, parent, marriage counselor, physiologist, expert in everything that people can’t figure out how to do, teacher

Fire Fighters have a lot of skills, mechanical, some medical knowledge I don’t think it is as broad though. One, is not better than the other. But if firefighters don’t go into a home to make a rescue because it is to dangerous they usually are not sued.

But if law enforcement does not risk their lives you can absolutely guarantee the will be sued. (Columbine School as an example)

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I would say that a person of law enforcement would require more training. Mainly because there are so many different laws out there, and how they can vary from state to state. Also police offers need training in both offensive and defensive situations. Also, I would say that giving someone a gun should require alot more training then giving someone a hose:)

Answer 5

Firemen

Answer 6

They are both tough jobs and the training on both is really hard.

And for anyone you have to want the job, so for a person wanting to be a police officer they would not enjoy the fire training

Answer 7

Depends to what level you intend going, I would say from experience a policeman. But it is a job where you may find hitting your head against a brick wall easier.

Answer 8

BOTH ARE ALMOST THE SAME EXEPT THAT POLICE DO NOT TRAIN ON FIRE AND FIREMAN DOESNT TRAIN ON HOW 2 USE A GUN

Answer 9

depends on what you're gonna be doing...