Competencies include but are not limited to the recognition, assessment and management of medical emergencies under the direction of a physician. The EMT-I may only perform these skills while working with an ambulance service specifically licensed by the State of Wisconsin as an Intermediate level service. Pewaukee Fire Department is presently licensed at the Basic level. It is our goal to maintain this Basic level licensure and add the Intermediate level, allowing our department to perform at two different skill levels, depending on the situation. It is our hopes that this program will provide a higher level of service where more than basic life-support service is desired, but where paramedic service cannot, as a practical.
Many jobs require their employees to be physically fit.
Unlike other professions, a prerequisite for the fire service demands that firefighters be in tip-top shape. For starters, the protective gear that firefighters wear and lug around weighs about 40 pounds. Next consider the physical activity involved in the process of actual firefighting. When arriving on a fire scene, within seconds the firefighters must set up ladders, pull hose and connect hose lines to hydrants, and in some cases, climb flights of stairs to reach trapped victims. In addition to testing your limits for physical exertion, firefighters must contend with toxic gases and smoke inhalation.