Heather Langston's Blog – January 2008 Archive (2)

Thank goodness the fire truck is smarter than I am.

We started off our day with the usual routine- check the truck, make fun of the new guy, drink about ten cups of coffee (ok, I'm not that bad about it- maybe only three). So we had a public education program at one of the local pre-schools.

No big deal; make the new guy dress up, teach the kids some fire safety, show them the truck, and let them 'flow' a small forestry line. One of my firefighters stayed with me outside and we proceded to show off our tools and cool stuff to…

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Added by Heather Langston on January 12, 2008 at 11:11am — 3 Comments

Whew! Passed it!

Wonder of wonders! I finally stopped putting it off and took my written test to ride out of class as an acting lieutenant. Oh, guess you might want to know how I did.....

LOL. I passed with the highest grade so far! Would have had a perfect score if I hadn't gone back and changed a few answers. But, 90% works for me. I really need to get over my persistent fear of failing. That night, I ended up floating out to one of the other stations and I had to ride up. Nothing… Continue

Added by Heather Langston on January 3, 2008 at 6:37pm — 2 Comments