Imagine a conversation between a paid full-time firefighter and a volunteer firefighter on the fire truck on their way to a fire. Create two pieces of dialogue from each person in a way that shows their status in the fire department, but also shows respect for one another’s position.

For firefighters, communication is a matter of life and death. This is a fact that Timothy Amidon understands better than most.

An assistant professor in the Department of English, Amidon’s background includes over 15 years of experience in the fire service as a firefighter and officer with Westerly Fire Department in Rhode Island, a fire instructor with the Rhode Island Fire Academy, and a technician with Rhode Island Search and Rescue. In a culture where there are thinkers and there are doers, sometimes with little apparent overlap, he occupies the intersection between academics and firefighting, and has devoted his academic research to understanding and improving firefighter communication.

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e and f

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