I will be going to Animazement in Raleigh, NC this year! I had just barely enough for the badge cost and will be staying in a hotel with a friend, her husband, and her son. For food costs, I'll be bringing a LOT of stuff from home and will make sure I've got a water bottle at all times. Dehydration…
I made it! I've been voted into and accepted in New Hope VFD! I get my gear on Thursday and will be training each Monday and then some! After the meeting I ran around the station thanking everyone for giving me the opportunity to volunteer / grow with the department. I'm so damn excited and happy I…
Training today was great, aside from the constant issue with my California paperwork. The department moved to the drill tower on Airport Rd to do some work in the tower's maze. It was really interesting to see and hear as they worked on communication. Wish I could have enjoyed it more but the Chief…
I recently got the correct forms / paperwork mailed out to California after discovering that I had been put through the wrong process. When I told the Chief that I had been doing everything wrong for over a month, he laughed, smiled, and said to 'Keep it up so we can get you back on track!' Today's…
Won't be going to this Monday's Dinner / Board Meeting at the station. The Chief advised me to simply keep up on trying to get my paperwork from California since they can't submit my application to the Board without it. If anyone in California knows whether the chaos at the DMV has died down or not…
Today's meeting was simply observing the weekly training. I arrived at station one and was lucky to have caught to of the firefighters there who told me we needed to go to station two. I followed the second applicant and the engine through the pitch darkness of the rural highway with a light rain a…
The meeting with the Fire Chief went wonderfully! I learned a LOT about the department, requirements, benefits, etc. Once you're on the team, you're provided with extensive insurance coverage, benefits, uniforms & gear, and generally way to many things to list without writing pages of information.…
I recently started classes at Kaplan University for an A.A. in Fire Science and they've been going well. Right now schoolwork is getting complicated and more intense, but I'm liking it so far. Only downside is that I have to interview a professional for one of the classes. That will be interesting.…
