Advice for New Aspiring FF's and our Probationary Firefighters

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Permalink Reply by T.J. on September 26, 2008 at 11:45pm

Close lips and Listen to others:)

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Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on September 28, 2008 at 6:35am

Eyes open and mouth shut if I remember the term I was told as a probie

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Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on September 28, 2008 at 6:36am

Be the first one to wash dishes. This takes no reminders, and you shouldn't be asked.

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Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on September 28, 2008 at 6:37am

Stay away from the television. You being a probie have a lot to learn and should be on the apparatus floor memorizing every tool, every location and getting yourself better. Keep the TV at the firehouse for training uses.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Harkey on September 28, 2008 at 9:07am

If you feel like you know more than all the others around you, your probably wrong.

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Permalink Reply by Ed on September 28, 2008 at 9:33am

A couple of my own (being a probie at a paid dept)

1) If your done with your house duty, help everyone else out.
2) If a senior man has dish duty, just jump in and do it.
3) If you look at it and think "Someone needs too........" DO IT!
4) Even if you've studied fire science since you were 10 and have a masters degree in it, you still know SHIT! Don't go into the job trying to convince everyone you know more than they do (even if you do in fact know more!)

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