Firefighter+MAC+center

Firefighting is a very dangouras job and you would never think an elevin year old kid would be learning about the bases of being a firefighter. well, i'm going to tell you about it.

okay, the other day the 5th grade of Hoover Elementary went to the MAC center for a career fair. We all got to pick three sessions that we wanted to learn about. The ones that I picked were armed forces, future in robotics but, the one I’m going to be talking about is firefighting.

So to be a firefighter the one thing you can't do is drop out of high school. If you drop out of high school you can not become a firefighter. So if you are thinking of becoming a firefighter, you might want to be thinking of finishing high school. But, it’s not over you need to go to college for at least, 3 years. If you still have plans of becoming a firefighter you can.

Now, probably when you were in high school and college you lifted weights and became stronger. So now guess what you get lift more weights every day and pass a hard physical test. The physical test isn't just your regular old math test you have to run through obstacle courses in times you wouldn't believe. Plus you have 150 extra pounds of clothing and gas tanks. Ok you probably think this is a nightmare but there's more. So you got 150 pounds of equipment on your back and you are in 500 degrees of heat, and fire and that is exactly why you need to be strong and physical.

But, after all that you’re probably thinking there is no end but actually you get quite a bit of rest you go to the fire station for one day and then you get on day off and on and on then after that happens 4 times you get four straight days off. And actually when you are not getting any calls at the fire station they also have entertainment like a ping pong table or basketball hoop.

So now I have told you every thing I got about firefighting and if you ever become one that is how to do it.