Author Topic: Officially Begin Firefighter I Training Tomorrow  (Read 1163 times)

Well starting tomorrow at 8:00am I begin my first training day for Firefighter I certification. Needless to say, I'm nervous as all hell. We will all be there for 9 hours tomorrow out in the freezing cold practicing skills we have to pass to move on. And I absolutely hate testing. Tomorrow should be one of the easier days being the first.

I believe we will only be tested on donning our turnout gear in under 60 seconds, naming all the tools, and setting up lighting/positioning trucks/ex. I average 45 seconds to put on all the gear so I'm not worried about that. But I hate when i have to memorize the names of 20 different things on the spot.

I am probably just hyping myself up but this has been my first schooling in a year since I graduated so it is all new again. It is especially stressful because this is what i want to do as a career so it's kind of like a "This stuff matters, don't forget it up or you are screwed" kind of thing. Not sure why I'm making this topic. Probably because I'll be up all night trying to make sure I'm perfect at everything even though I'll be sleep deprived. Wish me luck tomorrow, I feel I'll need it lol.


Try to get some sleep, being sleepy will only make it harder to remember things and preform tasks

What Ike said, rest is essential. Check back with us tomorrow, until then, seriously consider sleeping.


good luck

i believe that you will destroy that test



^ gee that sure was necessary

Best of luck Destroyer! I'm sure you'll do great.

Do try to get some sleep though!
And don't spend too long trying to cram stuff into your head. If you're spending more than 2 hours without any break, you're probably not actually locking anything else in place.

Tim Tebow isn't a firefighter

Tim Tebow isn't a firefighter
off topic, but what happened to Tebow anyway? All I remember is he was on the Jets, every one of my friends loved him, then he went to New England and now he's gone?

off topic, but what happened to Tebow anyway? All I remember is he was on the Jets, every one of my friends loved him, then he went to New England and now he's gone?
He's a reporter for ncaa football now.

He's a reporter for ncaa football now.
Kind of wish he stayed with the Jets. I wonder how they'd play with him still signed.

Back on topic: Once again, I wish you good luck Destroyer. I know you'll do well