by Josh | Sep 7, 2009 | fire academy, The Journey
I’m behind. Blogging is a difficult thing do between work and the fire academy. At this point, the days are becoming a bit of a blur and with the changes to our schedule, it’s hard to keep track of where I’ve been. In an effort to catch up I’m going to consolidate a couple of days into this one post.
by Josh | Sep 2, 2009 | fire academy, The Journey
The last couple weeks have been brutal. Between the fire academy and my new job, I’ve been slammed. I’ve been to Concord Uniforms so many times recently, I’ve though about volunteering there. It was my hope at the start of this blog that I would be...
by Josh | Aug 15, 2009 | fire academy, The Journey
Today was the first full day of the Los Medanos Fire Academy for my class of cadets. I say full day, because we did have a 3-hour orientation two weeks ago, but that was more of a “welcome to the academy” day than today was. With all of us in our brand...
by Josh | Aug 12, 2009 | Interviews, The Journey
I recently became friendly with a Bay Area Battalion Chief who was kind enough to give me his time for a brief interview. What he said…
by Josh | Aug 10, 2009 | The Journey
The future of firefighting is defined by the endless challenge to improve upon today’s technologies, policies, and procedures, as well as to create new and more effective solutions to the world’s fire problems. Explore some of the new technologies here.
by Josh | Aug 9, 2009 | The Journey
Tragedy is defined as “a disastrous event, especially one involving distressing loss or injury to life”. The Iroquois Theater Fire of 1903 was nothing short of this.