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November 4, 2009Go to an interview with answers to these question & follow these tips, and you will do good. ...
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October 25, 2009Recently, I recieved a letter from a reader who asked some good questions, which led to some good Q&A between...
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October 19, 200921 Year old Sam Menchaca, an EMT for American Medical Response, tells about his ongoing Journey to become a firefighter....
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October 13, 2009Firefighter resumes are in high demand these days. Download and customize a new resume for your own firefighting career...
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October 9, 2009Four different drills and a little engine company competition at the the end of the day made for quite an...
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September 25, 2009Fire hose, fire hose, and more fire hose! This Sat/Sun combo was 15 hours of hose dragging, rolling &...
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September 14, 2009A complete list of of California State Fire Marshal accredited Firefighter 1 training facilities and programs. ...
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September 13, 2009A long hot Saturday of gearing up and gearing down… over and over again. Turnouts, boots & breathing apparatus...
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September 7, 2009I’m behind. Blogging is a difficult thing do between work and the fire academy. At this point,...
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September 2, 2009The last couple weeks have been brutal. Between the fire academy and my new job, I’ve been slammed. I’ve been...
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August 15, 2009Today was the first full day of the Los Medanos Fire Academy for my class of cadets. I say full...
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August 12, 2009I recently became friendly with a Bay Area Battalion Chief who was kind enough to give me his time for...
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August 10, 2009The future of firefighting is defined by the endless challenge to improve upon today’s technologies, policies, and procedures, as well...
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August 9, 2009Tragedy is defined as “a disastrous event, especially one involving distressing loss or injury to life”. The Iroquois Theater...
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August 8, 2009Explore the available options for eduction and what you’ll need to do to become a more viable firefighter candidate. ...
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August 7, 2009Before a potential employer ever sees your face or shakes your hand, they see your resume. Your resume is quite...
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August 6, 200917 Days before the Fire Academy begins, we had a three hour orientation. We were given material covering the many...
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August 6, 2009I have been invited to begin training along with 4 other EMT’s beginning this Tuesday. Here are my thoughts on...
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July 31, 2009Today I interviewed to be an EMT. On Monday I called Bay Medic Ambulance to see if they’d received the...
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July 30, 2009Firefighters I’ve found don’t look at their jobs the way most people do. That especially seems to apply to those...
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July 30, 2009A summary of why I chose firefighting and some questions I answered from one of my fire classes.
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July 28, 2009I wish I started this sooner. I’ve said that to myself a million times. I think everybody has said that...