Day ThreeHaz-mat...............haz-matWow....talk about a dry subject. Eight hours of facts, facts, and more facts. We had a great instructor that was funny and helpful. He is also about as old as g-d, probably could pass for his younger brother. Talks and looks just like Sam Elliot... kid you not!We also picked our class Captains and… Continue reading Day Three
Author: Bryan
I make people not die....most of the time
Day two
Day TwoAced this mornings test! YayToday, in class, we are going over response and size-up, incident command, and building structures. Interesting stuff and I am picking up a lot of details. Still, overall, eight hours of class is pretty rough on my back side.I am still getting used to this dorm type sleeping arrangement. At… Continue reading Day two
Day One
Day OneUuurg, almost no sleep.We are going to have a test every morning that covers 2~4 chapter of the basic fire instructional book. Its one of those "Prove what you know" type of things. I can already tell that all my free time of going to be studying for the test the next day.aced the… Continue reading Day One
Pre Day One
Pre Day OneI left my home in the Texas Hill Country so that I can arrive an hour before the Fire Academy starts in Crowley, Texas. Home of Training Divisions two week boot camp. Something that TD does that no other fire school does (to my knowledge) is the dorm living for two solid weeks.… Continue reading Pre Day One
By the way
Hey, by the way, I will get back to my normal insightful posting and ground breaking research into matters of no measurable significance here soon. I am SO very close to finishing the fire academy and it has all my time at the moment. Give me about another week and I'll be back to talking… Continue reading By the way
Observation: Life 