What does an AFD firefighter’s typical day consist of?
A12. In between responding to emergency calls, a typical day consists of: reporting to work by seven-thirty, placing all personal protective equipment (fire hat, boots, pants etc…) next to the firetruck, ensuring that the SCBA (breathing equipment) has the required amount of air and/or operating correctly, checking the truck’s equipment (tools, medical equipment etc…), working-out for at least thirty-minutes, station cleaning duties, medical and fire related education to keep up annual training hourly requirements, work/school fire drill supervision, pre-fire planning, fire hydrant maintenance, as well as the shopping/preparation for both meals. AFD Firefighters usually accomplish the above duties during the hours of 8:00 am until 5:00 pm (M-F) and remain at the fire station, standing by for emergency response. During the weekend basically the same routine exists minus most scheduled training activities.
