As of yesterday I am a new member of Fletcher Fire and Recue in North Carolina. I am so excited I cant wait to start my shift. All the time training and working towards my goal really paid off. So to those people trying to do the same dont ever give up. Ask God to help you and if he wants you on a department he will make it happen. This is a dream come true for me. Since I started as a volunteer 3 years ago I have thought about nothing else. I have failed at various things trying to get into… Continue

I am looking for some training programs that work for other departments. I was thinking that departments could have every training nite agenda wrote up in advance for atleast six months. Maybe people that know what is going to be going on will come to the training session or maybe have a sign up sheet. I dont know this is just an idea that I havent perfected yet. Maybe some departments do this already if you do would you help me out and give me some ideas on how to get started.

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.