Well my first training excercise went great. Everybody seemed to enjoy it. We smoked up a house and run search and rescue missions. It was something a little different then what we had been doing in the past. I am just trying to get members interested in training again. Alot of people think book work is boring and I pesonaly learn more with hands on training. So all in all it was a great first training day for a new T.O. The best part for me was that I hade more than one member thank me for the… Continue

I am the new training officer for my fire department. Tomorrow is my first big training exercise. We are going to smoke up a house and run rescue attempts. I am excited about doing this but I am nervous that some wont like the excercise that we are doing. I know that I cant please everybody but I want to do a good job and hopefully get more people envolved in training. If anybody has an idea about getting people interested in training please let me know.