Tag Archives: Engine 13

Smoke, fire, a priest and a 3yr old!

We came off the rig, I get my hook and tell boots to take the fire floor from side Alpha and that I'll take the floor above from side Charlie ... "I'll meet ya on the 2nd floor". Not the best but that's how we operate.

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"ROOKIE" RANDY EARNS ANOTHER 90 DAYS ON THE JOB

When our recruits complete the acadamy, they are assigned to a company, placed on 1 years probation and have a detailed set of objectives to complete / pass within that year. They are assigned a "Rookie Book" which contains thoses objectives and are evaluated at the 3, 6, 9 and 12 month mark.

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Back to duty ….

Well, vacation is over and I’m back to duty. I was kinda hoping for a slow day but in the Fire Department, that’s always a gamble. Our Battalion Chief is off on vacation this cycle (Sat, Mon, Wed) so I’m bumped up and “riding the car” (our term from riding the Chief / Battalion vehicle). Riding the car has both ...

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Frivolous …hummmm

There are several blogs / sites that I read regularly. One of those is  Hydrant Gal (She calls it Hydrantgirl … I say “Gal”). I enjoy following her exploits plus I’m a sucker for a gal in wranglers and a cowboy hat. Anyway, her  last post   was about weird calls. You know … those calls where you ask yourself ..”did ...

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The "First Due" Officer… what are you thinking?

I mentioned a fewpost back that I wanted to follow up on Chris Naum’s show Taking it to the Streets.  Chris has a regular show on Firefighter Netcast and last week’s was The First Due Officer.  I was brought in late and wasn’t really up to speed as to what direction Chris wanted to go. I did know however that ...

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