Notes from a Rookie Firefighter...December 21, 2010

Can you believe it?  On Sunday we had our Santa Run and thank the Lord the weather held at about 30 degrees.  What a blast!  I sat between two guys and learned so much:  how to spot a deer in the wood, slaughter it, etc.; what men like in women; views on divorce; and just other fun stuff a sheltered Catholic women wouldn't know.

What knowledge! 

And there was the first call for a brush fire…

Notes from a Rookie Firefighter...December 1, 2010

I went to a drill the other night (can you believe I am blogging about it - you didn't hear it from me!!!!) about escape ropes and harnesses. The speaker was a retired firefighter from W. Milford and he spoke about the proper use of escape ropes to save down firefighters. Unfortunately, all his examples were of firefighter deaths that could have been prevented if the team had the proper training.

I learned what…