Career Interaction Reflection
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Career Interaction Reflection
My career success plan has been strengthened, and some changes are necessary for it to be perfect per the responses I received from the professionals I asked questions. It was a fruitful interview exercise where I learned so much about that specific station and the general practice in firefighting. The questions were varied, and therefore that also gave me a diverse nature of knowledge about the field. My career success plan focuses on working at the fire station, continuing with my studies in this area, and later engaging more actively and at a higher level than just being a firefighter. Therefore the interview was an eye-opener towards my career action plan.
The first questions about fire prevention were of great insight. First of all, I had the thinking that for those who found it expensive to install fire prevention systems, it was the role of the government and firefighting stations to help. Even if not by installing, by acting very fast in case there was a fire detected. However, this belief was proven wrong because the importance of fire prevention and fighting officers on the issue was a lot. I got to know that it is better to prevent the fire from happening than to fight it if it happened. Therefore it was vital for me to change my mindset about the issue and make sure that I held into account how important it is to place fire prevention systems. The other point about inspections was also important, and I learned that fire prevention officers are supposed to check if the systems are working correctly. If there were a fire, they would act as fast as possible and prevent devastating effects caused by the fire.
Employment in the station is also another issue of significance in my career path plan and generally to my knowledge about firefighting. I got to realize that I do not need a bachelor’s degree to work in the field. However, this depends on the position of the work I am working under; therefore, some posts need a very high level of education while others require a low level of education. I also learned that it is essential for a person to take some tests apart from just eh education qualifications. I understood that this applied even more closely to those in the field and doing the firefighting or fixing systems as they had to be physically fit so that they can be able to do such kind of work. Distance from home to the workstation is always essential because, at times, fire may start during the night and may need to be put off. This meant that a person had to be very fast in arriving at the place of work so that the fire could be responded to immediately.
Even though firefighters do not have a fixed schedule of events most of the time, they have something to do. For example, fixing their systems, going for inspections in different places to see if the techniques work perfectly, or engaging in discussions on how to offer better services to their area of operation. Therefore, the work is dynamic and does not require a person to sit down because they are always on the move most of the time. I also got to know that there is a great desire to employ more firefighters so that the fire station does not need to recall their firefighters when they are at home having time with their families. I also learned that every person within the firefighting station must have basics knowledge and skills about putting off the fire.
