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Permalink Reply by Justin Scott on May 27, 2011 at 4:57am

i hear you, when i got that white helmet in my volly dept, i went from being "one of the guys" to ohh shhhh here comes chief, still kind of weird. same thing happened when i landed a career job, all the sudden i became the"cocky paid guy" over night

Permalink Reply by Robert Cooke on July 30, 2011 at 9:09am

After 20 yrs i have put on the LT hat because no one else would step up. It makes it different because of all the more crap you need to sort through. It's still firefighting just from a different angle. The talk will always be there. I have found that more members want to bring there issues to me. Lkie i said more crap to sort through. After doing the firefighter gig both career in Florida and volly on Long Island I find that fire is fire and training being vital. It's hard to train people when they don't show for training. Not manditory enough in bilaws. Some would call it the country club. Frustrating to say the least. alot of effort for a small return!

Permalink Reply by GARY WHITE on July 30, 2011 at 10:09am

yeah i know what you mean in my 30 years service ive seen best of friends stab each other in the back just for promotion [ its sickening].i was lucky just been promoted but sent to another district where i did not know anyone, WE ARE ALL GETTING ON GREAT.HOPE YOU THE
BEST OF LUCK AND MANY MORE YEARS IN FIREFIGHTING. KEEP SAFE.