LOL yeah it was great being able to talk crap to people and somewhat get away with it back when I was a cop.... Shoot I still do that in my current jobs
this night was going great until about about 0130hrs when my partner decides that he doesn't want to follow dept rules ( I currently work in a hospital as a public safety officer.. its my paying job) dealing with a patient and than looks at me like I'm crazy when I tried to explain what he was...
lol you have to remember we are a "out in the sticks" rural fire dept ... we don't have Hi-tech radios yet.... come Jan 1 the whole county has to transfer to a new system though so who know what the new system will prevent.
we have guys that will key up and just play random parts of songs just to piss the dispatch off on a slow day. Dispatch will than start to set tones off trying to catch the person that's doing it and cover them selves by calling it a pager test.
A lot of members of my rural fire dept that are also EMT cert carry jumps bags for the reason that they will most likely get to the callers location before the unit dose and this has helped us as a dept. My dept is almost literary out in the middle of nowhere with mountains and rivers running...
After working in several different fields that requires helping people ( I've work in law enforcement and been in the military and now currently a vol. firefighter and EMT-b) and honestly i can say non of them were what most would say is a calling. I got my start simply because I wanted to...
Growing up most of the females in my family were in the medical field ( most being CNA and RN's) and they all wanted me to follow in their foot steeps. Needless to say that never happened... Right out of High School I got my start as a deputy in the state of FL and after a few years of that I...
I've had a blast reading over the post in this tread... also its keeping me from wanting to kill my partner at work ( out side of the fire dept I work in public safety and my partner aint worth the pay we pay him). Thank to all for cheering me up tonight while i am at work.
marcus2011 thanks again for helping me out...
Aprz... Like Marcus said in NC volunteer firefighters are only required to have NFPA 1403 ... as far as my volunteer dept our Chief wants everyone to have their FF I & II cert and he also requires us to have our EMR training as well. Also about...
NC EMT state exam
Hey I am in the same boat as you. I just finished my EMT-B class at DCCC on May 19 ... passed both TSOP's and the final and now waiting to take my state exam. I am planning on taking it June 15 at Charlotte Fire Academy.
After talking to a friend who too it last month he...
Howdy from Stokes County, NC
they said i should start with tell everyone a little about myself so here goes...
Got started in Law Enforcement in High School and became a Deputy after High School... (5 yrs, in FL)
Moved to NC and found out that NC wont take out of stat certs.
Lived here...