I went to my first structure fire last night... my right arm isn't even to the sore stage yet. I was controlling the nozzle end of the hoseline! Woot. I'm still at the point where it feels weak.. lol.

I didn't get any sleep, I have to work in an hour, and my body is ready to fall apart.. but I learned so much that I would have never learned in class and I got to play with big hoses and ride on big shiny trucks h:

 

dont become a pyro

 

firefighters find em hot and leave em wet

 

aparently i'm the talk of three local stations today h: i hope i didn't have a booger in my nose or something.

 

Thats a sig line there. 2 of my freinds are firefighters, They love it. It something i would do but i have no free time to do it. Gald to hear you are having fun.

 

I'm still waiting on Miami

Sooooon...

 

So, skills weekend is finally over. I can now don my gear and SCBA (the masks you've seen firefighters wear) in one minute 43 seconds and am a pro at search/rescue. Well if you don't count the person I let die because the other FF on my team wasn't listening to my commands... I can raise and lower 28' extension ladders, force my way through walls with an axe and find my way out of a room following only a hoseline. I have never, ever pushed my body so hard in my life.

Anyhow, I'll post pictures as soon as I get them emailed to me from a LT friend that was there training

 

that's awesome.
I kinda wanna be a firefighter.

 

ahahaha holding onto a firehose under full pressure is fun! you point that sucker at the ground and it can easily lift you off your feet.

I know what its like to push your body beyond then have to do it again the next again and once you are used to it you'll feel totally different.

 

you can play with my hoseline anytime :naughty: