Combined Fire/Paramedic - Saskatchewan Indian Institute of TechnologiesFirefighter and Fire Science Education in CanadaCrime and Fire Programs -- Community College Programs
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Combined Fire/Paramedic - Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies' Combined Fire/Paramedic program trains students in the Firefighting and paramedic skills required to pursue a career as a firefighter or related positions in accordance with the basic standards as established by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Paramedic work typically involves providing emergency health, medical, and/or trauma care in non-hospital environments in order to stabilize patients so that they may be transported, such as by ambulance, to a proper medical facility. As such, in addition to being able to fight, manage, and prevent fires, graduates will possess the abilities to 'assist in other emergencies including: medical emergencies; technical rescue situations; dangerous goods incidents; and, auto extrication at motor vehicle accidents.' The Program will include both theoretical- and practical-based learning to give students the opportunity to apply what they learn in class to real-world situations. Career-wise, graduates will have acquired the qualifications that will allow them to be candidates for various professional, full time employment 'employed by municipal, provincial, federal government agencies and by large industrial establishments that have internal Firefighting services.' Firefighters may work in a wide range of environments like airports, forests and parks, hazardous materials units, hospitals, and other industrial, rural, urban, and suburban areas. The environment in which firefighters work will often determine the exact duties they will perform, and some firefighters may develop specialization in an area of Firefighting. For example, those working in wilderness settings tend to focus on fire prevention by, among other ways, surveying the land for fire hazards, including human activities like camp fires, and educating the public on fire prevention, and, if a fire does occur, quickly organizing responses to the latter to limit its spread and damage. Through further training, firefighters may become fire investigators who attempt to reconstruct the origin and cause(s) of a fire. Investigators will usually collect evidence and witness accounts which they then use to produce reports about said fire; in cases where the law may become involved, investigators may be called to testify in court. Firefighting can be a strenuous and physically and mentally demanding career. Firefighters tend to work long and varied hours, and may be called upon to respond to emergencies at anytime during a 24-hour period, including on holidays. Moreover, Firefighting is a dangerous profession with risks for death and/or injuries and/or health problems from things like flames, falling objects, hazardous materials, and imploding structures. When firefighters are not combating fires or attending to other emergency situations directly, they are often at fire stations waiting to be called to duty or performing drills, among other things, or they may be actively engaged in promoting fire prevention.
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