Hey Signers and first responders!
This video is for you.
We have compiled signs and phrases focusing on the areas
for medics, police and fire.
Our hope is to provide you with a resource
to make your job a tiny bit easier and more impactful.
And if you haven't already, check out our first video
on all things public service to give you a great starting foundation.
So let's learn how to sign first responder
signs.
This first section is all about signs for medics.
EMT is fingerspelled
E - M - T
Paramedic is emergency
medical person.
Paramedic.
Feel. Feel
your middle finger, which is also called your feeler
finger is moving toward your chest in an upwards motion.
Feel
Hurt
Hurt. Now with hurt.
You can move it anywhere on your body
to show where there is an ache or a hurt.
Hurt.
Breathe.
You are showing the act of
breathing in and out.
Breathe.
Calm.
Your hands are showing the calming down.
Calm.
Allergies or allergic?
You point to your nose and do the sign opposite.
Allergy or allergic?
Oxygen, as in the oxygen that you would get at the hospital.
Oxygen.
Medicine.
You're shaking the middle finger of your dominant hand
in your palm, showing that you're holding medicine.
Medicine?
Drug.
Drug. Drugs can come in many different forms,
so it's safe to fingerspell drug.
Drug.
Drink. Drink.
It's like you're holding the cup and drinking it.
Drink
Alcohol.
Your index and your pinky are out and on their side.
Alcohol.
Smoking.
You have a V-shaped hand representing
the cigaret coming up to your mouth.
Smoking.
Pregnant.
Your hand is moving out from your belly.
But make sure you don't do it sideways
and do this with it, because that would mean fat.
Pregnant.
Ambulance.
Think of the lights flashing.
Ambulance.
Hospital.
You have an H-shaped hand
coming down and a cross
like the Red Cross on your arm.
Hospital.
Now, let's put these signs into sentences.
Hurt Where
You Since Drink Alcohol
Question. Question.
You Pregnant You
This section is all about signs for police officers.
Police officer or police officer
You're doing a C-shaped hand for the badge or a partial C shaped hand.
Police officer.
Police officer
To give a ticket.
This is a noun/verb pair.
Noun, the ticket is signed twice, but the verb to give is signed once.
To give a ticket.
Speeding.
You have L-shaped hands on their side and your index fingers are pulling in.
Speeding.
Warning.
It's like a slap on the wrist.
Warning.
License.
We have L-shaped hands.
And if making the shape of a license.
License.
Registration.
It's like you're filling out a piece of paper just with an R-hand
Registration.
Insurance.
It's an I shaking back and forth.
Insurance.
Lawyer.
It's the sign Law
Along with the agent marker.
Lawyer
To search or to look for.
You have a c-shaped hand looking and looking. To search
or to look for.
Weapon is fingerspelled
W - E - A - P - O - N
Weapon
Expire.
You have L-shaped hands with the dominant going down.
Expire.
Arrest as in to grab somebody.
Arrest them.
This is the person and you're grabbing them.
Arrest.
Now, let's put these signs into sentences.
You speeding.
Your registration expired.
I give-you ticket
This next set of
signs are signs for firefighters.
Firefighter.
It's a B-shaped hand or a B-shaped hand
on top of the forehead, referencing to their helmets.
Firefighter.
Fire!
You have five shaped hands wiggling and moving up and down.
Showing the fire blazing. Fire
Stop!
Stop.
You have your dominant hand coming down
to your non-dominant hand, stopping something.
Stop.
To fall down or to drop.
Like, Stop. Drop and roll.
This is the person.
And they can fall down. And either way,
fall down.
Roll as in, to stop, Drop and roll.
This is showing the rolling. Roll
Fire truck or fire
engine can be signed with the firefighter sign and the shape of the engine
or driving the car.
Fire engine
or fire truck.
Water hose.
It's the water.
And then showing controlling the massive water hose.
Water hose,
Alarm alarm.
Your non-dominant hand is flat with your dominant dining
like an alarm. Alarm.
Interpreter.
This is the sign Interpret.
It kind of looks like the hands of an interpreter
interpreting with an agent marker.
Interpreter
Contact as in,
to get in contact with someone. You're two
middle fingers are pointed out, coming in contact with each other.
Contact
soon or soon.
You have an F hand right here on your chin
or to you hands on their side with the dominant going back and forth.
Soon.
Now let's put these signs into sentences.
Calm down me don’t understand
Interpreter arrive soon
Have friend family contact let know question question
We at learn how to sign want
to thank you for your service to your community, state and even country.
Also, thank you to the families of first responders.
The sacrifice from all of you does not go unnoticed.
Thank you.
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