I was recently chatting with a citizen who stopped by the station for a tour and wanted to know what equipment a firefighter use during a fire. Firefighters are modern-day heroes and every cop’s dream. Can you blame them though? we selflessly put our lives on the line to protect people and property from the…
I was at the car dealership a few days ago having some routine maintenance done on my truck. As I was enjoying a free soda and some popcorn, they had Chicago Fire playing on the tv in the waiting area. I usually don’t watch public safety tv shows because I always ruin it for everybody…
So my brother recently came to visit me, and it was a great time spending time with family, especially since I had not seen him for about 5 years since he lives back in MA and I live in WI. We both pretty much have the same background for the most part. As soon as…
You have passed your Firefighter 1 course, probably a few others as well. Finally you’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel in your fire service training, and you are coming up to the end of your FF2 training. Whether you are going through your own department’s fire academy or you are going…
There are many departments today that are looking for great candidates. The fire service is facing many personnel shortages nationwide. Besides needing more entry level firefighters, fire departments are usually promoting members as well. Since the driver/operator is considered a rank, the people who leave being a driver are usually getting promoted. So how does…
As I am sitting here in the day room, watching some WW2 movies, I was surfing reddit and quora forums looking at what kind of questions people have out there. One question that stood out to me was in regards to hazardous materials (hazmat) spills or leaks is how first responders are able to identify…
I’m sitting here on the recliner writing this while watching Home Alone (the original that came out in 1990) , and I was just surfing the internet and checked out an interesting question on Quora. Even though as firefighters, it’s easy to forget that things that seem “obvious” to us, are not that obvious to…
So here I am sitting in the Sam’s club food court, enjoying a 4 oz hotdog and a drink for $1.50, can’t beat that man. Anyway, as I was enjoying my lunch, I was surfing the internet, reddit and quora specifically. I came across a question that peaked my interest. This individual asked, how can…
The other day, I stopped by the local community college in my area, and was chatting with some of the fire instructors about how things are going with them, how things are going with me, etc. I then saw some of the law enforcement instructors I also had when I went through the police academy,…
After speaking to many people both in and out of the fire service as to the things that they did to get hired by a full time fire department. There tends to be many different paths to get hired by a department. Many times these options can be drastically different from state to state or…
