This post is generated towards the younger members of the fire service.Brothers and sisters I would hope you understand that being in this business will past by you faster than you can imagine.This is the time in your lives that you should take the moment to do a self evaluation on how far do you want to go, where is it you're wanting to be,what do you want to do? I'm talking about,do you want a career in this business,do you want to be a line officer,do you want to be a chief officer or a chief one day? Maybe you just want to be a good firefighter which is OK too!What ever it may be, now is the time to grab a hold of some fire academy classes and apply it to where you want to be in a few years.What I'm saying is don't let the time you have now slip away from you.I'm here to tell you and the older firefighters will tell you as well,that time flies by fast in this business and you don't want to miss the opportunity that's before you now.The clock is ticking my friends.You dont want to say to yourself,I could of,should of,but I missed it.
your correct chief i have been in in 8 years and only thing i can remember is turning in my application and a few calls there has been so much stuff that i have done i will never forget my training but you cant remember every call its hard to imagine i have been in and around this for almmost 9 years now thats a long time... one day i would like to become a scence officer be in charge of the fire crew..