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Firefighters on ns?

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gaudette
Posts: 424 - Karma: 79
i have been a vol./call firefighter for 3 years now and im going to school to get my degree in fire science so i can do it full time.  i was just curious if anyone else is, or wants to get into the fire service.  sorry if i wasted your time to read this.
Jul 31 2008 6:18PM
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D-HAWK
Posts: 890 - Karma: 10
+karma for a good cause :]
Jul 31 2008 6:24PM
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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
Good cause for sure. I am going to get my EMT when I turn 18 in august. Then I am joining one of the search and rescue teams up here. Its in the same area kinda haha.
Jul 31 2008 6:30PM
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gaudette
Posts: 424 - Karma: 79
^thats sick, we have a search team here that im debating joining when im around.  good luck with your emt.
Jul 31 2008 7:40PM
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[~_~]
Posts: 20239 - Karma: 1,273
My friend is an ex-firefighter. When we were waiting for the sun to hit the landing of a BC jump we made, we killed the time by starting a bonfire in the middle of nowhere.
Jul 31 2008 9:31PM
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SHastatahoe
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Why arnt you fighting fires right now?!!?  We have a lot of them up here in northern california.  Get your ass is gear!
Jul 31 2008 9:35PM
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Alex_thedroog
Posts: 3433 - Karma: 2
I am seriously considering it a few years after I graduate. I just need to know what I have to do

I plan on river guiding in the summer and doing something at a resort in the winter for a few years, but when it is time to grow up I think firefighting would still be fun
Jul 31 2008 9:47PM
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willbski9
Posts: 2014 - Karma: 31
I went though a scout program and was involved in my local department for 3 years in highschool. Im certified  to do pretty much everything except go inside of a building because i had to stop training to go to college. I lost intrest after i got to school and havn't really been involved in about a year now.
Jul 31 2008 9:54PM
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JTL
Posts: 2275 - Karma: 338

when i turn 16 i am joining a vol. fire dept. my dad is a retired fireman of 29 years

Jul 31 2008 10:17PM
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Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
Grandpa was a fireman, dad is dispatcher for local ambulance, uncle is volunteer fireman for 30+ years, cousins have been volunteer fireman since sophmores in highschool. I would like to do it but I'm leaving for college and never was interested before.
Jul 31 2008 10:27PM
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THEDICKBUTCHER
Posts: 3067 - Karma: 673
zomg, firefighters and skiers ladies!!

haha had to say it.


Jul 31 2008 10:30PM
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mitchk
Posts: 678 - Karma: 19
mmmm, if you guys have done a calendar can you post up the pics...           please?

haha jk. but srsly thanks from the comunity.
Jul 31 2008 10:33PM
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gaudette
Posts: 424 - Karma: 79
depends where you live.  go talk to someone at your local department. theyll tell you what you need to do
Jul 31 2008 10:47PM
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skibikeclambake
Posts: 2346 - Karma: 27
can you do that when your 16. i figured youd have to be 18
Jul 31 2008 11:58PM
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Jordan
Posts: 4079 - Karma: 2,122
Its 18 fo sho. Or at least all the fire departments in colorado are.
Aug 1 2008 12:24AM
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TerminatorX
Posts: 3087 - Karma: 169
i think coskibum mentioned that he is a firefighter in some thread.
Aug 1 2008 12:36AM
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messplay
Posts: 4483 - Karma: 1,066
congrats, you a good man
Aug 1 2008 3:58AM
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toominator
Posts: 4792 - Karma: 120
my mate is flying firefighting helicopters in Canada at the mo. If its hard to get jobs as a firefighter maybe getting a heli license would be another way to go? I'm pretty sure he basically walked into his job.
Aug 1 2008 5:45AM
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