Fire Academy: Days 7-9, Turnout Gear and SCBA’s
A long hot Saturday of gearing up and gearing down… over and over again. Turnouts, boots & breathing apparatus
Fire Academy: Days 3-6
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.
Fire Academy: Day 2 – History of the Fire Service
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...
Fire Academy: Day 1 – Orientation & My Big Blunder
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...
Interview With A Bay Area Battalion Chief
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…
The Future Of Firefighting
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.
602 Lives – The Iroquois Theater Fire of 1903
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.
School – Getting An Education In Fire Technology
Explore the available options for eduction and what you’ll need to do to become a more viable firefighter candidate. Plus, a peek at my fire class experiences.
Firefighter Resume – Your First Impression
Before a potential employer ever sees your face or shakes your hand, they see your resume. Your resume is quite often the first impression you’ll make to hiring fire department. You may show up to your interview in a spiffy suit, fresh from interview practice...