My Third Day At That Station April 20, 2014

A long weekend at the station would conclude after today. Still waiting to jump up and down when I get my first call. Well as soon as I walked through the door to the station the waiting would end. While the alarms go off we and were waiting for the call to come through my heart was beating a million miles per minute. With my blood flowing faster then ever and my adrenalin pumping, we hustle down the stairs and jump into the engines. The sirens would alarm,we were rolling and would be on our way. When we got to the scene we went in to check it out and help are victim in need. The victim was in need of transportation to the hospital so we put him in the ambulance and would began an IV and questioning to see the patients symptoms. Today would be the day I learn to hook up and insert an IV, I was surprised it wasn't that hard but I was really nervous at first. After we dropped are patient to the hospital we were on are way back to the station. It was Sunday which is the day of the week were the station takes inventory. When we were all done with that we suited up for training. We would go to the back of the station to the training facility to fight a fire. I can't begin to explain how cool it was to get a feeling of what it actually feels like. I also while fighting the fire got to save a baby in all of the smoke. It was a feeling I've never felt before. Even though the baby wasn't real I still felt like a hero because that could actually happen. Today, so far has been the best day at the station and made my passion for this career grow. I could definitely see myself doing this for a living more and more each visit. I cant wait to come back next weekend to see whats in store for me even though I'm really sore from all the gear we have to wear, plus almost getting knocked over by the hose from all the pressure.

Time logged for this session: 7hrs
Total time logged: 15hrs

My Second Day At The Station April 19,2014

Saturday would be my second day at the station. Today would be my first day of actually living the life of a firefighter I could say. My emotions were running high and I was very excited to start to learn how it feels to respond to calls and to see there emotions when responding immediately. In the mean time while waiting for some calls to come through my mentor and I were testing all of the PPE equipment and making sure everything was good for them to get re-certified. These pieces of fire apparatus must be re-certified every two years. It only takes one little tiny thing to be wrong for it to fail the test so we must inspect them very well. When we were done doing all of that, which took a long time, they treated me with a nice lunch. When lunch was over we all went down stairs to wash the engines and made them shine. After that I had to take off to work, so I will have to wait til next time to go on my first call which I cant wait for.

Time logged for this session: 6hrs
Total time logged: 8hrs

My First Day At The Station April 18,2014

Friday was my first day at south San Francisco 's station 61 fire department. At first, I was a little nervous but it wore off as me and my mentor talked and I started to feel more comfortable. My first day at the station wasn't anything to exotic. What I did my first day at the station was first to meet everyone else that my mentor and I would be working with, which was all the other firefighters that were on that shift. After I met everyone my mentor and I sat in his office and had a brief conversation about why I choose this topic, what I find interesting, and why I want to be a firemen. After we talked about that we talked a little more brief about the process of becoming a firemen and what my plans are for my future and how I'm planning on achieving this career. We finished the day with a tour of the whole station and all of the engines and trucks.

Time logged for this session: 2hrs
Total time logged: 2hrs