Well yesterday I finally got to see the doctor to get cleared for fire duty. So no big deal I'm in over all good health and what not, and the doc gave me a clean bill for fire service. I was off to the station for the weekly drill and the monthly meeting. We have been really pushing to get our engine bay repainted before it gets cold out so our drill was to continue the painting project. NBD it needs to get done BAD. Well we get into the meeting and half way through it we get dispatched to a residential fire alarm. Of course we roll out of the meeting hall into the bay and gear up, and head out with our app. we are rolling 3 deep 2 engines and a squad. E 279-1 stands by to grab a hydrant for co 278 that was first on scene,E 279-2 and S 279 are holding with E 279 for further orders from command. It is determined that the initial info from the alarm co to dispatch was incorrect the address dispatched did not have an alarm system, but the neighbor did and their alarm was going off. Co 278 investigated and found both homes to be clear (faulty smoke detector). So my first alarm was a false. It was good to get it out the jitters about what my first run was going to be (I'm the rookie) since my training has been so little. But the training starts soon and it will only get better or worse from here depending on how you look at it. After we return to the station the captain comes over to me and tells me there are two things you never forget on the fire ground.
# 1 Your first fire call.
# 2 Your first working structure fire

So I guess I got # 1 out of the way.