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Firefighter Training

There are five skills needed to be a firefighter. They are:

• Prevention
• Self protection
• Rescue
• Safeguarding property
• Fire control

Furthermore, the skills have been broken down into few more types such as size-up, extinguishing, airing, salvage and overhaul. In case of wildland firefighting, the skills needed to be a firefighter include size up, containment, extinguishing and mop up.  Search and rescue is commonly performed by the firefighters in almost any fire scenario.



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