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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One Week Til Midterm

We're almost to the midterm and its just been getting harder and harder
in the book. Our midterm is a written test and also practicle skills
from the OSU FST skills.

Its been getting funner and funner as the academy has gone along. We
went through the Sapulpa Burn trailor a few times and did some fire
control practice also. On the 28th we're going to OSU to do our live
burns which we're all looking forward to.
--Nick
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Hands on experience

Well another week is down. I think we've got about 72 or 73 days left.
We're finally starting to get caught up and we got to do some live fire
training. We had a fire behavior practical which was pretty fun. They
started a fire in the Tower and we went in and got to see how smokey it
really gets. We crawled around and got to feel how hot it can get. They
also took us out to a house fire and we got to help do some overhaul and
even got more training while there. It was pretty cool talking to the
first in engine guys and them telling us what the fire was doing and
what they did to get it out.
--Nick
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Third week down

We're through three weeks now. We learned how to put on our PPE properly
and we put on SCBAs for a while. Things are starting to pick up pretty
fast. Its a lot to learn in a short period of time, but I really like
it.
--Nick
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Second week

We started our second week today. We started it nicely too, with runs in
The Tower. I think total today we did 5 or 6 runs in the Tower. My
calves are sore and my quads are too. We have a bunch of memorization to
do tonight..A LOT! Hopefully I can get it memorized and not the guy that
makes do Tower runs or add miles to our distance runs!
--Nick
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First Day!

Today was my first day as a Tulsa Fire Cadet. We got all of our uniforms
and did the meet the staff stuff. Its going to be the easiest day of the
whole academy. All in all it was a pretty fun day and I'm really looking
forward to putting my self through hell...
--Nick
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