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New firefighters and EMTs start on the job with a career or volunteer department almost daily. Some of these people breeze into the job and right back out. Others stick around and love the job for what...
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Experience based training
The best training come from experience. Experiences in the fire service need to be shared from one fireman to another. The only thing better than receiving this shared knowledge is to experience the...
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Daily Equipment Checks
The importance equipment checks is stressed to every new firefighter from the day they join/start the academy. Officers and instructors stress that the new firefighter know their PPE, and the equipment...
View ArticleWhat’s an emergency?
I know that my 7.5 years pales in comparison to many of those that are on the Job currently, but I feel like I have seen my share of “emergencies” in this time. What constitutes an emergency though?...
View ArticleA Few Busy Weeks
The last few weeks have been busy. Vehicle accidents, one with hazmat involved, lots of EMS calls, working both jobs in addition to duty, and doing training classes. Training is an aspect of the fire...
View ArticleIndividual Responsibility of an Officer
Fire officers have a wide variety of responsibilities. They range from in house duties to on scence duties. Everything from making sure that the reports get completed, to crew training and cleaning to...
View ArticleHappy St. Patricks Day
I hope everyone is getting to enjoy the holiday. Unfortunately for me I’m at work again tonight. I work for a correctional facility as a “Medic”, so tonight is sure to be interesting to say the least....
View ArticleFirst Post in a While
This year has been a bit of a whirlwind both personally and professionally. So far this year I have gotten married to a beautiful woman, who has given birth to our beautiful baby girl. I have had the...
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