| quick update |
[Nov. 7th, 2007|08:28 pm] |
graduating tomorrow. I passed my state written exam today for fire fighter I&II. I passed the practical exam the day before, both were rediculously easy. I'm applying for clawson FD to be a volunteer fire fighter while I wait to decide what to do with my career and wherever the old ball and chain gets accepted to grad school. so with any luck I'll be putting out fires in my very own home town. I got a good reference to use for the application, so I think I have a godo chance of getting accepted.
I never updated about flashover training. the last week we had we got to do flashover training. something that 90% of fire cadets won't get to go through. Flashover is when the contents of the room are heated beyond thier ignition point and simultaneously ignites. a form of this is backdraft, but it doesn't have to be as explosive as backdraft. anyways, the room I was in was basically a semi-trailer with a barrel of wood and paper with walls and ceilings made of particle board. it burned so hot, I can hardly describe it. we were protected, we were probably 3 feet below the floor level, so the floor of the room was at our faces. if we were at the same level we would have been burned pretty badly. if we stood up where we were our masks would have melted and heated smoke would have filled out lungs. it was so very intense. OCC is the only college in the state that has facility for flashover training. we have people come from all over the country to our facility for training. it's pretty awesome. the gasses in the fire ignite and float over your head, it's just like the northern lights only at a temperature between 600-1200 degrees.
anyways, only one crazy dream to report. I had a dream where I was going on a vacation with my swim coach ike. I had a bunch of money and was packing my gear. I think there were zombies involved, that may be why we were leaving, but I can't really remember it all that well. I think it might have been just a vacation trip. still it was pretty cool.
yay graduation. I'll be getting roudy with my classmates and instructors tomorrow night, so wish me luck. |
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