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04-11-2005, 09:53 AM #1
This may sound like a dumb question but....
I have vertigo. Is there anyway i can still be a fireman even tho im scared of heights?
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04-11-2005, 10:00 AM #2Senior Member
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"Ability to climb and work on ladders without suffering from vertigo."
www.wsfb.co.uk/retained.html
"The applicant must not suffer from vertigo or claustrophobia"
http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/recruit_eng/firefighter.htm
I dont think so bro.
You would have to overcome your fear.Last edited by BUBBA74; 04-11-2005 at 10:03 AM.
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04-11-2005, 10:05 AM #3Originally Posted by BUBBA74
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04-11-2005, 10:13 AM #4
by not looking down?
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04-11-2005, 10:19 AM #5Originally Posted by Narkissos
I need to find a career and fast. ill be 22 soon and past it!
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04-11-2005, 10:20 AM #6Senior Member
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Bungee jumping!!! Have the guy push you and after its over you will feel alot better about heights.
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04-11-2005, 10:27 AM #7Originally Posted by BUBBA74
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04-11-2005, 10:50 AM #8
im the same way, but i doubt bungee jumping would work, ive been to cedar point in ohio many times (big roller coaster park) and been on every roller coaster they have, but when i have to climb a ladder to the top of our 1 story house, its a very slow process, dont really see myself getting over it....
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04-11-2005, 11:06 AM #9
Lets get to the root of your challenges... First, just as an observation, I would have guessed you were dropped on your head as a baby. Not that this confirms it but how was your childhood?
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04-11-2005, 11:25 AM #10Originally Posted by Mesomorphyl
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04-11-2005, 11:42 AM #11Originally Posted by Prime
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04-11-2005, 01:03 PM #12
Hate to tell ya this bro, but if you're afraid of heights or enclosed spaces, firefighting is not for you.
At the fire academy they test for that pretty early on... for claustrophobia they strap on your SCBA (air bottle and face mask) and send you in a dark cramped maze. Most claustrophobic people won't make it thru... I've seen a few that could not even keep the mask on more than a minute (go to an army surplus and get an old WW2 gas mask and try wearing it around the house).
As for fear of heights, they'll send ya up a ladder onto a roof or a high platform and make you perform a task that forces you to look down. We had people go up a ladder to a roof carrying a rope, then you had to thrown an end down the edge of the roof and bring up tools tied to the end.
Remember that there is no getting around working in heights in firefighting... one of the most common and important jobs in a structure fire is to go up and open up the flashing on the edge of the roof and cut a ventilation hole to get the hot gasses out before they cause fire spread.
If you want to get into that line of work you'll definetly have to get over vertigo and claustrophobia.
Red
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04-11-2005, 01:07 PM #13Originally Posted by Prime
I'm not afraid of bungee jumping, skydiving, etc. but I don't like leaning on the balcony rail on the 3rd floor of a hotel.
No idea how to fix it bro. Let me know if you figure it out.
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04-11-2005, 01:12 PM #14Originally Posted by Red Ketchup
Cheers Red.
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04-11-2005, 01:14 PM #15
Join the royal marines....
its all good!
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04-11-2005, 01:16 PM #16Originally Posted by CoRnErBaCk_BlItZ
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04-11-2005, 01:25 PM #17Originally Posted by Prime
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04-11-2005, 01:42 PM #18Originally Posted by co2boi
or just a plain ass beating...
To be honest you will get that in any job...boss tells you to do something ur not just gonna turn around and say no...
but i do know what you mean..
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04-11-2005, 02:16 PM #19Anabolic Member
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My brother is a firefighter and he is rarely in those situations. Probably depends on the town. We don't have any skyscrapers/really tall buildings here.
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