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I've seen this firehouse develop to the

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next level within the last five years

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with amount of call volumes that we've

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had , the mutual aid agreements with

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the county , the level of individuals

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and skills that we have gained from the

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training that we continue to do every

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day , the morale throughout the

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department has grown so much and we

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have received the award of Fire

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Department for 2021 . I feel like we've

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gone from our level in the past where

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we currently are and winning this award

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due to upper leadership , allowing us

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to expand our horizons with other

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departments in the county , which in

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turn has up to our level of training

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the morale within the department to

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want to train more to go above and

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beyond to be more proficient in our

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career field and then to help others .

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It has allowed members of the

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department to become more persistent

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with their training and be able to use

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the actual skills they learn and

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embrace the career field more . The

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third part about the job is going to

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fires and the adrenaline rush that you

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get from it . Being physically fit in

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this career field is extremely

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important because job tasks on the fire

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ground include throwing ladders ,

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pulling hose line , moving in a

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building that's on fire , possibly

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grabbing victims . You need to be

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physically fit , your heart needs to be

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strong so it can take that stress . So

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my role here as an N . C . O . Is to

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take the younger airman and assist them

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in training . So career progression for

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the fire department so that they can do

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their job effectively when it comes

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time to do so we need to be able to

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train consistently and often because

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when it when it comes time to having a

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real emergency you're no longer able to

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think on the fly . You need to be able

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to resort back to what you've been

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taught for as long as you've been

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taught it so that you can get the job

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done effectively staying consistent

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with what you're doing all the time ,

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doing it the same way every single time .

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So that way when things do happen ,

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you're more likely to be able to revert

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back to what you've been trained to do .

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So consistency all day long . The

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reason we train so hard is because when

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it's a real call there's very minimal

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room for error . So that's why we train

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as frequently as we do . My favorite

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part about this job on a day to day

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basis is the camaraderie we have with

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each other . We can joke and play

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around , We live together so we're here

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for 48 hours , we eat together , we

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just do everything together . So we're

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like a family now that we all take care

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of each other , help each other do

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anything that we can for one another ,

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morale is the highest . It's ever been