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Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDigital Commons @ IWUJohn Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference 2002, 13th Annual JWP ConferenceApr 21st, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AMMore than Meets the Eye: Firefighters inBloomington, ILTim Palmer, '03Illinois Wesleyan UniversityRebecca Gearhart, Faculty AdvisorIllinois Wesleyan UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprcThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricular and FacultyDevelopment, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU bythe faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Tim Palmer, '03 and Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor, "More than Meets the Eye: Firefighters in Bloomington, IL" (April21, 2002). John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference. Paper 6.http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2002/posters2/6Poster Presentation PF MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: FIREFIGHTERS IN BLOOMINGTON, IL Tim Palmer and Rebecca Gearhart* Department of Anthropology, Illinois Wesleyan University What do firefighters do when they are not fighting fires? This presentation will show a behind the scenes look at the life of the firefighters on one particular shift. The focus will be on the variety of tasks that are performed at the station and how the firefighters incorporate the activities of daily life, such as eating meals and sleeping, into their 24 hour shift. 

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