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Wearing two hats this week, cadre and student. Got roasted today doing shooting drills in 98 degree heat... I do love my team though :D
 
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Sounds fun, what for exactly?
 
StCEMT said:
Sounds fun, what for exactly?
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We're putting on a pilot tac medic class. We thought a lot of the programs we'd been through either had poor information, or information not applicable to us. So our PD, SWAT, and EMS teams came together to put together a 5 day class (will probably be 6 day next year).
 
Sounds interesting. And smart to tailor it to your needs and improve on things that don't seem to be working. Tossed around trying that out after the military, but I am kind of leaning towards PA. Who knows though. Still seems like a awesome experience.
 
"Work the bolt!" On a Mosin to fire again.
 
Holy hell. I forgot how long driving for 14 hours felt. Safely in Seabrook, TX for the night. Testing tomorrow afternoon for CLEMC
 
I'm wanting to go down to Long Beach to visit a station and talk with the crew, you know what with my interview with LBFD coming up and all. But they don't publish station phone numbers online, so I guess I should just show up with a box of treats?
 
Jim37F said:
I'm wanting to go down to Long Beach to visit a station and talk with the crew, you know what with my interview with LBFD coming up and all. But they don't publish station phone numbers online, so I guess I should just show up with a box of treats?
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Donuts make a good impression.
 
Brought in some ice cream, got me 10 min with one of their FFs before everyone was gone on calls (when I walked in they had the engine, truck, and rescue all in quarters lol) teach me to visit the big downtown station..
 
Wow, so I just learned that a firefighter I worked with last season had a widow maker (tree branch) fall on him. I guess he's in the hospital with a couple broken vertebra, broken ribs, and bruised internal organs. That made by day go from pretty damn good to pretty damn crappy.
 
CALEMT said:
Wow, so I just learned that a firefighter I worked with last season had a widow maker (tree branch) fall on him. I guess he's in the hospital with a couple broken vertebra, broken ribs, and bruised internal organs. That made by day go from pretty damn good to pretty damn crappy.
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No bueno. Sorry to hear that.
 
CALEMT said:
Wow, so I just learned that a firefighter I worked with last season had a widow maker (tree branch) fall on him. I guess he's in the hospital with a couple broken vertebra, broken ribs, and bruised internal organs. That made by day go from pretty damn good to pretty damn crappy.
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Widow makers are never good news. I know a couple of people who have had very close calls.
 
DesertMedic66 said:
Widow makers are never good news. I know a couple of people who have had very close calls.
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Yeah widow makers and snags were preached to me last year and luckily my injuries were mostly bad luck (sliced my hand pretty bad on an axe, a couple rolled ankles and the occasional rattler). I never really got myself into a predicament, I was an aggressive firefighter but I knew when to let off the "gas" and look up, look down and look around. Sucks major *insert expletive* for something like this to happen to a old coworker and friend but at least he's alive and I'm thankful for that.
 
Jim37F said:
I'm wanting to go down to Long Beach to visit a station and talk with the crew, you know what with my interview with LBFD coming up and all. But they don't publish station phone numbers online, so I guess I should just show up with a box of treats?
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Bring pizza with your resume taped to the pizza box.
 
Or cut a hole in the box and put your oh wait...I can't say that on here :D

Probably wouldn't help your cause either.
 
Yeah even though the phone number isn't published online, the attitude inside the station was def. along the vein of "Why didn't you call?? You should've called....well you brought us some ice cream so we'll spare you someone for a few minutes..." up until I mentioned I was in the Army and then the tone was like "Damn we just got a call, hey here's my cell phone number, call me so we can chat again, we'll get you dialed in for the interview" But fortunately I also got the station phone numbers as well, so after they took off on their call, I called another station and much more formally got a visit scheduled with the station captain, so hopefully that'll go a bit smoother lol


@CALEMT, that's terrible, here's wishing for a speedy recovery for your buddy
 
This day can end.

Six hours of poorly put together training (handed down by the medical director's hospital network).
I lost my awesome new Fenix flashlight.
And a patient complained to the local hospital that I spent the entire transfer talking crap about said hospital despite the fact that the patient complained about her care for the entire transport and I was merely agreeing with her often inaudible ramblings. The patient also identified me as the "scraggly one."
 
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