My Firefighter Nation
Caleb:EngineCo12
36, Male
Jackson
United States
Profile Information:
- Type of Organization
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- Job Function
- Firefighter
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- Long enough to know its the perfect job for the adrenaline junkie i am..but forreal,ab a yr and a half
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Jackson, TN
- Years With Department/Agency
- 1
- Day Job:
- Lowe's:(the Home Improvement Warehouse place,lol)
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- Facebook or Other Online Profile:
- http://www.myspace.com/cchandler06
- Why I Joined Fire/EMS
- I always wanted to be a firefighter and it kinda runs in the family,The fire chief who just retired in my town was family and my grandfather was a chief where he lives for a long time so im just keepin the fire dept going in my family. Besides all of that, I just love it,who wouldnt wanna go stormin outta a fire house in a big truck with lights and sirens to go play in fire...its got to be the biggest rush ever,not to mention i just like helping people...
- Why I Love Fire/EMS
- The feeling of knowing im helping people and still doing somthing that I love to do no matter how hard or dangerous it may be.
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- I haven't been doing this very long but one major thing that I can see, or for my department and the area I live in is the opposition from civilians; many of them dont understand why we do what we do and that tends to cause issues at times. Something else that comes to mind is training and equipment; my department doesnt do a very good job of corridinating training days and equipment overview which is a vital part of this job becuase if you cant operate your equipment it makes you a risk and you dont need to be there bc thats how you get someone or yourself hurt. I cant speak for the fire department overall in the country though because I havent been doing this long enough to give a valid opinion.
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