Firefighters on ns?

[gaudette]

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.

 

[D-HAWK]

+karma for a good cause :]

 

[Jordan]

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.

 

[gaudette]

^thats sick, we have a search team here that im debating joining when im around. good luck with your emt.

 

[[~_~]]

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.

 

[SHastatahoe]

Why arnt you fighting fires right now?!!? We have a lot of them up here in northern california. Get your ass is gear!

 

[Alex_thedroog]

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

 

[willbski9]

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.

 

[JTL]

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

 

[Snowcase]

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.

 

[THEDICKBUTCHER]

zomg, firefighters and skiers ladies!!

haha had to say it.

 

[mitchk]

mmmm, if you guys have done a calendar can you post up the pics... please?

haha jk. but srsly thanks from the comunity.

 

[gaudette]

depends where you live. go talk to someone at your local department. theyll tell you what you need to do

 

[skibikeclambake]

can you do that when your 16. i figured youd have to be 18

 

[Jordan]

Its 18 fo sho. Or at least all the fire departments in colorado are.

 

[TerminatorX]

i think coskibum mentioned that he is a firefighter in some thread.

 

[messplay]

congrats, you a good man

 

[toominator]

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.