Crazy Life…

So.. I am on my way outta here very soon… Things are happening at lightning pace and we are all anxiously waiting for our reliefs to arrive. Things have been busy getting the last little bit of stuff done… I just finished my Mobile Water supply CDC and tested and scored a 94%. This now almost officially makes me a 5 level.. I just have to do the practical.. I've done it a number of times already including being the attack Pumper/Tanker for a live burn earlier this week with my supervisors carefully monitoring me from a distance. They said I did very well and may take that as experience for my practical.. they also said that the learning on the trucks never stops, so keep working with the trucks as much as I can and get as much experience as I can. I also just got licensed on the P-24 Pumper and am working on getting my P-18 Mobile Water Supply license as well..

Pictures… pictures have been a pain in the rear here… I can only upload them to Photobucket or some other photo service, but I can only do that on the civilian internet account.. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.. Internet can be a pain in the rear here as it's wireless… I don't have a strong signal in my tent so I have to walk about 2 blocks to get to a decent antenna and sit out in the cold for an hour and a half before my battery dies.. On top of this, I pay $70 for 100 hours of internet service. I think I'll just worry about pictures when I get home.

That's about all I got.. I'll be looking to drink in Baltimore when I get in so come find me, call me, shoot me an e-mail or do some sort of smoke signal.. E-Mail or message me for my cell phone # and I'll shoot ya a call next month and we'll have a beer.

-Damien

Pictures!

 

So.. most of the new pictures are from my tech course… This last picture is a picture taken by one of the other firefighters here.. taken of my new station.. station 1

Enjoy!

 

-Damien

I’m rockin with Hawkin

So I am sitting here bored.. planning my escape.. I head back home in about a month and am already working on the plans for when I get into Baltimore… Got an idea, keep me in mind.. comment or e-mail me.. you know the address..

-Damien

so when i said i was done...

I wasn't really.. All the paperwork was done..

today we are now officially done... we did our practicals... hands on fixing stuff... It wasn't hot out today so it wasn't a greenhouse in the suit..

darn.. pictures were being uploaded and now they aren't.. Pics to come!

-Damien

So it's starting to slow down... 40 plus days left and i'll be headed home... a few cool beers and a real bed are waiting for me.

My vollie department back home had a few calls over Thanksgiving... a Drowning and a few rollovers... the victim of the drowning was the father of 2 sons that died in a confined space poisoning.. a total of 3 died in the condined space emergency.. i can only imagine the grief this man delt with.. though i do not condone suicide., it's sad to hear of the great loss to the family. I hope they all rest in peace.

Rollovers on Thanksgiving were nothing more than speed+ice=disaster.

Out here on the other side of the world.. it's been quiet.. no calls on my shift.. my only irritation is a little something i've picked up on my arms from what i thought was heat rash, but now i'm starting to wonder what the heck it is.. i've gone to the doctor to have it looked at and he gave me some ointment to slather on 3 times daily.. hopefully this heals soon.

As you may or may not have picked up in my comments or on a few of the forums i frequent.. i completed my Haz-Mat Technician course.. I'm officially a part of the mop and glow legion.. I also just finished up my Pumper Driver/Operator certs and will test out of Mobile Water Supply this week sometime... that will complete my 5 level certification and hopefully that will make me eligible for putting on my next rank; Staff Sergeant.. on top of this, this also makes me eligible to compete for a state firefighting job at almost any state run fire department. Next Air Force certification will be Instructor I, but i think i would like to concentrate on getting my EMT-B certification..

Anyways.. i hate to bore y`all with my rambling.. just been a ton on the docket and just finished up a big portion of my time killer so i thought i would pass on the latest. Hope all has been well in your neck of the woods!

Stay Low..

-Damien