Firefighter English

[DFurtman]

Hi ChiefKN,

I've never used the rescue hood. But some fire departments carry them if they go into buildings. Ususally they are used to rescue victims through area where a little bit smoke is.

http://www.feuerwehr-haehnlein.de/ty...1bfed1e9a3.jpg

They have only have a filter and are not connecte to the SCBA.


Best regards

Florian

What a great and well translated blog. Only thing I noticed was that you used tube when you meant to say hose a few times in the hose basket blog entry.

Thanks for sharing!

-Damien

[Firefighter Germany]

Hi ChiefKN,

I've never used the rescue hood. But some fire departments carry them if they go into buildings. Ususally they are used to rescue victims through area where a little bit smoke is.

http://www.feuerwehr-haehnlein.de/ty...1bfed1e9a3.jpg

They have only have a filter and are not connecte to the SCBA.


Best regards

Florian

[ChiefKN]

Hi ChiefKN,

it should be such a thing. To rescue victims from area with smoke.


Best regards

Florian

Wild.. I know they exist, no department here uses them routinely that I'm aware of.

How often do you use those?

[Firefighter Germany]

Florian - See if you can make contact with Armin Schlüter at Feuerwehr Kassel. He has been here many times and is quite familiar with the U.S. fire service. He speaks very good (but not perfect) English and may be able to help you.

Hi chiefengineer11,

thanks for the tip, I'll try to find him.


Best regards

Florian

[Firefighter Germany]

What's an escape hood?

Hi ChiefKN,

it should be such a thing. To rescue victims from area with smoke.


Best regards

Florian

[chiefengineer11]

Florian - See if you can make contact with Armin Schlüter at Feuerwehr Kassel. He has been here many times and is quite familiar with the U.S. fire service. He speaks very good (but not perfect) English and may be able to help you.

[ChiefKN]

Nice looking blog.

What's an escape hood?

Also, how did you get that picture of my wife in the tattoo article??

[Firefighter Germany]

Hi guys,

thank you very much for your very motivating feedback. I hope you will find a few interesting information from the other side of the ocean.

I decided to change my profile from my nickname "Hansi" to my realname "Florian". Just in case you wonder :-).

@FF_Johnston

thanks four your feedback, I corrected it. It's not nit-picky, I learn with every feedback, so I appreciate it. And I love it to understand more and more the english phrases when I read your blogs and forums.


Best regards

Florian

[donethat]

Translation

Hansi,
Great Job. Nice blog. Don't pay any attention to FF_Johnston. He couldn't start to translate English into Deutsch.
Your blog is sehr gut!

[FF_Johnston]

Hey Hansi. That's a pretty cool looking blog. I just skimmed a couple of the entries. I found a couple things I thought I'd point out. On August 11th, you say "It is intended to relieve the interior attack teams and carry important utensils." Utensils could be used that way, but it's generally used to describe silverware used for eating (Forks, Knives, etc.) Replacing "utensils" with "tools" would probably be more appropriate. You also left out an r at the end of interior in the first sentence.

On February 17th you say, "Particularly in North America, firefighters are ranked very high." I think it would be more appropriate to replace that with, "Particularly in North America, firefighters are highly respected." I think that's what you're trying to say.

I hope that's not being too nit-picky.

[Dickey]

Wow, looks wonderful.

Didn't see a single translation problem....great job!

[EastKyFF]

Feel free to drop by here and ask for a word as necessary. You could even post a photo and say, "Hey, we call this a _________. What is the English word for it?"

[DeputyChiefGonzo]

Just be aware that there is some terminology that a civilian just won't understand, whether it be in English or German... sometimes even the terms used by different parts of the same nation can be difficult to fathom.

[DeputyChiefGonzo]

Don't worry about the translation it is wunderbar!

[NFD-Firefighter]

Hey, just reading over sone of the posts. Looks good.
By the way, I just got back from a trip to Dachau!