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>> My name is Kyle Dixon.
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I'm with Montgomery County
Fire and Rescue Services.
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What happens is that when the person calls 911,
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it would go to our dispatch center,
emergency communications center.
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And then from there, they'll get the information
and they'll go through, I guess a process,
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to determine what apparatus are needed.
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Once they get the information from
there, they'll basically send off alarms,
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communications, anything like that with
the address, what kind of call type it is.
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And then, like I said, they'll
dispatch the appropriate units.
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And then we'll go to that location
that the services are needed.
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And we usually try to get there
within seven to eight minutes.
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Each position has a designated assignment.
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For like the E1 position, which would be the
driver, what you do is obviously you'll want
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to take a look at the house, know what
kind of construction it is, how tall it is,
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you know where the fire is
coming from, which side.
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But then you go to the E3
position or E4 position.
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That is going to be the person who
is going to be putting out the fire.
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So we're going to be the one taking the line.
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Turn on our cylinder.
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Make sure we're breathing.
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Get our helmet, gloves, everything on.
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Yell for water.
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Make sure the line is charged.
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We'll bleed it out.
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Check the door and make sure the fire isn't
at the front door or anything like that.
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And then we'll go in and we'll put, you know,
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obviously put the water on
the fire and put it out.
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We try to exercise in the morning.
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Usually, you know, when we eat lunch,
we'll kind of eat lunch together.
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We usually try to check our
apparatuses in the morning.
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You know, EMS to the engine
to the truck and rescue squad.
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And make sure all the equipment is
working, it's ready to go for the day.
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There is shift work.
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There is A, B, and C shift work.
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They're all 24 hours working, 48 hours off.
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And they'll rotate through those three shifts.
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And then there's -- ah, so on day work
where we'll work from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.