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Seniors (18) Leaving School For a Call?
i know there is a Juniors Being Pulled From School to Go on Call post but what about seniors that are 18 years old? do they get to leave school for a call?
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Permalink Reply by Timothy D. Stone Jr on
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When I was a senior in high school I did bring my pager to school with me and left it on vibrate. I would leave for calls but not just for any call it had to be a fire or a repage on a medical call. Is it a good thing no..I missed over 60 hours of class time that I had to make up to pass. Would I do it again ...yeah
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Permalink Reply by Kayli Borell on
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we werent allowed to carry ours with us but if there were a bad accident or fire one of the officers called the school and said that we needed to leave....crazy thing is i got to leave school for a house fire....and the house on fire was one of my classmates!
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Permalink Reply by JOSEPH MONTONDO on
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as long as you make up your school work i dont see a problem with it. as long as it follows dept policy.
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We werent allowed but nobody ever tried to stop me lol
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Permalink Reply by Brett Utley on
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As a senior in high school, I was only 17 so I couldn't leave. But if a senior is 18 and is interior trained/certified, absolutely.
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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on
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You're in school for a reason....and it isn't to respond to calls.
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Permalink Reply by Fireyladd - Retired Chief Sharp on
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If your Department and School allows it and they have earned the right by maintaining their grades and attendance why not?
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Permalink Reply by capcityff on
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Exactly. You're a kid. Focus on school first because if you want to be a full-time fireman, it won't happen without school. When there's about 200 applicants for every 1 spot, it might not even happen with school. So get your education first. It's just a fire.
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Permalink Reply by David Todd Lord on
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I carried my pager and left it on vibrate also and i only left once and that was for an apartment complex fire some of my teachers even told me i could leave it on scan
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Permalink Reply by Sparky3317 on
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When I was an explorer department policy was that we werent allowed to go to the station for fires or other incidents between 6 am and 3 pm. They wanted us to focus on school and not worry about what was going on. They always told us if we missed a fire that there was always going to be more, so there wasnt a need for us to leave our education to get to one. Like a few have said focus on your education because even though learning never stops in the fire service high school education doesnt last forever.
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