The DailyTorture

So we have to keep a journal of what we do each day at academy, you know like the events of that day, any important things to note, stuff like that. I was going back through it and thought I might share some of my thoughts and things that have happened so far.

1/22/08 - Took test over chapters 3 & 4 - 100%, VAPP Class with Officer Harrison. Spent afternoon in bunkers and SCBA - On and Off Air, Walked the tower ALOT!

1/31/08 - Studied in morning. Looked for ventilation things for Officer Burch. Took quiz over Chapters 1 - 7 - 88%. Need to study more. Feel like i'm not doing enough and should be higher in class average wise. Moved seats to sit by new people...still sitting by Ray Ray and I only moved over one seat. Practiced PPE at lunch. Did Facepiece breath holding, only lasted 22 sec, should definitly work on that.

2/4/08 - Took test over Forcible entry and groundladders - was pretty tough. i've got to start studing more. Got inspected by Caldwell nd Marlar. Everything was ok for me. Stress management today with Dr. Gentz. Hulsey was terminated.

2/7/08 - Arrived at 0610. Watched videos with Officer Garden. Started Water supply with Officer Burch. PPE Drill, went to house fire near Riverside Airport. Did overhaul and learned about burn patterns. Was alot of fun!

2/26/08 - Arrive at 0625. Mayday Training classroom. In afternoon went to Arco Building and did Mayday Hands on. Was alot of fun, need to slow down if put in any of those situations

2/28/08 - Live burn at OSU FST. Best day so far!

3/5/08 - Arrive at 0635 - Delivered beds to 22's, 29's, 18's. Helped Tommy deliver refridgerator to old 9's. While going to 29's got seperated from Officer Garden since he went through a yellow light. I had to stop at red light. was seperated and unable to find them, so went straight to 29's. Beat him there.

3/19/08 - Arrive at 0631. Sun oil fires. ALOT of fun! Ate alot of smoke due to wind direction. PT was REALLY tough. Held section of hose, ran tower, came down and held section of hose over head for a few minutes. Ran tower again, got to top and did pushups on top of hose section, got to bottom and held section of hose over head again. Need to work on upper body strength, I've toned up quite a bit, I need to get bigger and stronger now.


Anyways...that's just a few of the "highlights." It really has been a blast and I'm going to be adding some pictures on here real soon.

Rescue or Hazmat??

This week a few of the cadets didn't have their firefighter one and got
to do the testing for that.

We found out that we're getting ready to be split up into two groups,
one group will go to Rescue Tech, the other to Hazmat Tech. Me
personally, I want both, but right now I want to get my Rescue Tech.
We'll see how it turns out since most everyone wants rescue too.
--Nick Cates
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Tulsa Fire Cadet

Exactly half way done

This week marked the completion of half of our training. We have 10 more
weeks and we'll be done and out on company.

This week was a fun week. We did vehicle extrication, ICS, and practiced
skills.

We're all glad we're half way done...just 10 more weeks to go.
--Nick
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Biggest Test of My Life

Tomorrow is our midterm. If I fail it I will be terminated...so its
pretty important. Its a written test and a practical also...I'm pretty
nervous
--Nick
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