Johannesburg Fire Department, City of Johannesburg
Years With Department/Agency
15
My Training:
Fire Fighter 2, Class iv rescue diver, EMT - intermediate, pump engineer,aerial appliance engineer, Swift Water Rescue Tech
About Me:
Left the service in 2006 and managed to get back in 2008,back at my old station.plan this year is to advance in rank structure. Plan came to light and was promoted to the rank of Platoon Commander as of 01 April 2010
Day Job:
Fire Fighter/EMT. Platoon Commander
Relationship Status:
Married
Why I Joined Fire/EMS
My initial goal was to become a fire safety officer
Why I Love Fire/EMS
The thrill of rescuing or saving lives and or Property
Keen to know what the current outlooks is on being deployed to another station when one obtains a promotion.The reason i post this is because after working for 12 years in one station and having lived for 44 years in the area i just think it a little bit crazy to move to another station where i have absolutely no idea of the area or any hot spots. I understand the reason for not working with the same people due to friendships obtained but i'm pretty sure just changing shift would be beneficial… Continue
I got ur patch today cool and thx. I will put urs n the mail tomorrow please let me know when u get it. And if u want to trade more even if they r the same patch let me know I have alot of different st. louis patches.
Hello
I do not know if you got my previous message. I am willing to exchange patches. My email address is: pouget@tiscali.it
Contact me to exchange.
Thank you and good life
At 6:25pm on September 25, 2010, Amanda Munden said…
My address is 89 N 4th St Scottsburg, IN 47170, USA. Thank you so much for sending me a patch! I really appreciate it :)
I appreciate your accepting the friendship invitation. I hope all goes well for you and your family there.
I felt the same about being redeployed on promotion at first. I had been in the station for 9 years at the time and was being deployed to another watch in another station on promotion from firefighter to Sub-Officer. I swapped to stay on my own watch and was sent back to my own station within a week. A situation arose the second night on duty where I gave an order to deal with a minor incident a certain way and went back to the truck to talk to control. When I got back, things had been done differently and one of my best mates was the main guy involved. I corrected the situation but had to have words on a professional basis with him when we got back to the station, which he was not pleased about, and neither was I. It was not easy or pleasant but it had to be done. He acknowledged my position the next day on and we remain the best of friends.
If I had just gone to the new posting I would not have had that unpleasant experience.
after a while you slot into the new place anyway and I have moved a couple of times through promotion since without a problem.