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Permalink Reply by John Rulli Jr. on April 1, 2009 at 4:31pm

Step up and find classes on your own. I do that from time to time. My dept trains hard they don't care if we find extra classes thow

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Permalink Reply by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on April 1, 2009 at 4:54pm

Then, is that to say that they are sending them to the "wrong" classes? Or aren't sending them at all?
Are you in a time warp? This is how departments operated back in the early 80s.
If you know what needs to be done, step up to training officer.
If the chief won't appoint you, then take classes on your own. Take the free ones, unless you have a nest egg.
Sooner or later, this current department policy will bite your chief where he sits down.
Count on it.
TCSS.
Art

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Permalink Reply by Tim Wood on April 3, 2009 at 8:11am

Take your training in your own hands. there has to be classes you can take somewhere bring them to your chiefs attention if you need his appovel for training and he wont give ut to you then you have bigger problems.

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Permalink Reply by David Gilbert on April 3, 2009 at 9:12am

STEP UP AND START DOING THE TRAINING YOURSELF YOU WILLNOTICE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN MORAL. GO ONLINE AND FIND CLASSES FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS EXTRA TRAINING IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING DONT BE DISCOURAGED BY THOSE WHO DONT CARE.

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Permalink Reply by Jake Fireman on April 3, 2009 at 11:01am

Be the "training" officer yourself...or
Get together with a group from the department and start some training...or
Go to neighboring agencies. Will they allow you to train with them? ...or
Go to a larger County or City Agency nearby...will they allow you to train with them?...or
Community Colleges sometimes offer training
or
Contact you State Fire Marshal
or
Do whatever you can to find training. The internet is a wonderful wonderful thing. As most know from former posts here...I am not a big proponant of powerpoint or on line training...HOWEVER...If it is what you have available to yourself...USE IT! Sometimes, chiefs or others see the interest that you show and then they are willing to send you to training....GOOD TRAINING!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Chief 29 on April 3, 2009 at 12:09pm

First off get the training yourself and be a leader in your department. You might be pleasantly surprised at how many might join you and follow your lead.

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