Annotated Bibliography

Frankie Pena

Laura Darrow

4/7/10
Annotated bibliography

Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Outlook Hand Book. U.S Department of Labor,
April 05 2010. 5 Apr 2010

To be a fire fighter it takes strength, courage and devotion. Because firefighters are put through a very intense academy just to join the field of work. Once they have passed the academy then the heart pounding adventure comes at them. This career doesn’t involve them sitting around in a office writing up documents. This field of work has the firefighters out there rescuing people and fighting wildfires. Accidents happened and firefighters are the first on seen. It is safe to say their nature of work isn’t average.

Sonner, Scott. Controversy Rages Over Controlled Burns. Daily Courier (1997); 5A. Web. July 4, 1997

Part of a Firefighters job is not only to be a hero and put out fires. They also have to go out and make fires. These fires are called controlled burns and many residents dislike the firefighters for this reason. There are many residents in the town who believe controlled burns just pollute the town and that is not the truth. The reason these fires out set is to keep the forest clean so that one match doesn’t light it all up in one hour. The controlled burns clear out sections in the woods such as debris. One town resident “It seems you should have a rule against controlled burns or just not have them at all’ ( Sonner 5A). This resident is clearly one who dislikes controlled burns. “We typically do it in the fall. but there is a lot of opportunity to do summertime burning and stay with controlled burns and not cause resource damage” (Tom Patton 5A) This is one of the bad parts about this field of work some residents dislike the one thing you have to do as a firefighter.

"Firefighter." Wikipedia The Online encyclopedia . Wikipedia, 2010. Web.

Team work is important in the field of firefighting. Because it isn’t a one man job. There are many divisions that make up the team. For example the hazardous materials team is there to make sure there is no major chemicals and If there is they are the one who can identify them. This way they can also handle the with proper care. With out them on the team a situation can really go wrong.

Madem, Rob. "Controlled Burn." Science Daily. Science Daily, 1995. Web.
7 Apr 2010.

There are many accidents out there that cause accidental fires and then there are controlled fires. “Fire is a natural part of both forest and grassland ecology and controlled fire can be a tool for foresters” Controlled fires are a unique way of cleaning out the forest and the reason we have controlled fires is to clear out sections that have to much debris. To much debris makes it easier to catch the forest on fire. The good is we are cleaning up and the bad is the pollution.