Ciao from a newbie in Dayton, OH!

Heyy everyone. I'm a newbie here and to the Fire/EMS world. I am 19, a level I FF/EMT-B and just got hired on the Clayton Fire Dept. here in Dayton, Ohio. I am currently taking my Level II class and love it! I plan on starting medics in the spring. I was raised in a fire house seeing as my Dad was a Captain/Fire Marshal/Fire Inspector. While all the other girls played with barbies, I played on fire trucks. I am small at a whopping 5'1''. I manage though! I am excited to get into the Fire/EMS world and any tips/pointers would be appreciated!!!

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on January 24, 2009 at 11:31pm

Welcome everyone.Go Steelers. Hughie The 57 House

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Permalink Reply by Brian Evans on January 25, 2009 at 12:27am

Welcome, hopefully this fall I will have a job up near Dayton, I will be going to Wright State so I'll be close

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Permalink Reply by Julie on January 25, 2009 at 5:28pm

That will be cool. Good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Brian Evans on January 25, 2009 at 5:53pm

thanks! its nice to know the dayton area has a few people on here. I am only down in Cincy now so its still close by!

Stay safe all

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Permalink Reply by Julie on January 25, 2009 at 8:43pm

Where down in Cincy? Like in the city?

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Permalink Reply by Fireyladd - Retired Chief Sharp on January 25, 2009 at 9:08pm

Julie, welcome to FFN. Your obviously not new to the world of firefighting just from your own point of view. Your already hard at the beginnings and sounds like your doing well. My advice! just be yourself. You come from a great background but you will have to make your future for yourself. I have found from my 28 years that I got out of this what I put into it. An extremely rewarding lifetime of friends and experiences. You will do well. Good luck and again glad you came into the Nation.

Bill

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Permalink Reply by Brian Evans on January 25, 2009 at 9:21pm

No just to the east of Cincy, I can make it to Dayton in about 45 minutes from where i live

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Permalink Reply by Julie on January 26, 2009 at 8:37am

Thanks for all the advice. Yeah I HATE gossip/drama and hate when its brought into the workplace. So yeah - no plans to get into that.

I'm excited to meet all the new people. I just can't stop being nervous!