Interesting question regarding science in the fire service! As you may have noticed from the comments, there seems to be a general idea that experience is a lot (!) more important than science and reading books. I do not fully agree: experience is important, but it has to go hand in hand with science. In a lot of cases science can explain why things happens as they do. I know a lot of people (from all over the world) who have a lot of experience, but since they've never read a book they don't have a clue on what's going on at a fire scene. I also have a lot of un'experienced friends with a scientific background or with a good eye for science who I would trust my life to any day. And regarding writing books: books for the fire service shouldn't (generelly) tell people how to do things (they can figure that out for themselves). Books should be on why (as I think you indicated)! Have a look at Ed Hartins blog, at cfbt-us.com. Good stuff!

Keep up the good work!

Sincerely

Stefan

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Oregon eh? That's cool. Ha that's a long ways away from my little town here in NC, haha.

I'm sure that physics will come in handy somewhere. I know what you mean about the unexpected love of firefighting, I'm in that same boat.

I actually am a tutor for the state of NC and I teach math and reading for grades K-8, but I'm working on my paramedic certification as well, hoping to get on with a career Fire/EMS department in the next year or so.

Good luck with your last semester! Trust me, it goes by quicker than you want it to, haha. God Bless!!

Hey! Thanks for the welcome. I appreciate it. What are you studying in college? Hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a blessed New Year!

Hey Cassie...Hope you had a good Christmas and wishing you thebest for the New Year. Hope all is well in Bozeman. Take care and stay safe

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Hey Cassie, just thought I would say hi and see how you are doing.

hey just a thought about your blind lady y dont u give her a phone number to call thats not 911 for help thats what i did and i go over there from time to time just to talk and keep her company now im not gonna lie ada makes some dang good cookies so we kinda have an alterier motive on that one lol

Cool...we just got back in from a lightning strike at a haystack. Not very exciting but we did get to "put the wet stuff on the red stuff " .Good luck with classes and welcome back.Take care and stay safe.

Hi Cassie...are you back in Bozeman for the fall semester ? How did your internship go ?

Hey Cassie, I use to live in Lima Montana and have a friend up in Bozeman. Matt Hense works for Medtronic helping us with keeping our AEDs up to date. So I just thought I'd pop you a how do. Stay safe out there and hope you dont have half the wildfires we have had here in Idaho.

Not much happening here.We've been getting rain every day for a couple of weeks and finally saw the sun yesterday.Maybe now it will turn off and be summer (had 6" of snow last week-end).Where in Oregon is home ? My younger brother lives in Portland and my Dad lived in LaGrande.

Hey Cassie...how's your week going ? Hope all is well. Are you taking classes during the summer or are you just staying in Bozeman and working ?

Bozeman is a great town...grown quite a bit since I went to school there. Ran into a group from Bozeman (can't remember the dept) at Mid-Winter Fire School in Riverton last January and there was a bunch from Gallatin Gateway down for Cody Fire School last year.

Yeah it looked like a bad one.It was kind of weird...the Rockin R (where I spent a LOT of my college career) goes up and then the next week downtown Whitehall (where I grew up) blows up...the dept here in Meeteetse was starting to get a little nervous :) How long have you been in Bozeman ?

Cassie, welcome to CFA group. Make your presence known, make comments and ask questions. Hope to hear from you. Hope you are being blessed today.