• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Rookie Firefighter

  • A Little About Me

Archives for October 2017

Making Mistakes & Learning From Them

By Rookie Firefighter on October 20, 2017

I’m starting to feel more comfortable with talking on the radio. Remembering to say the unit I’m calling before my own number keeps making me pause, but as with all things, it’s getting easier with practice.

During all my ramblings on this blog, I hope you don’t think I haven’t made mistakes.

I’ve parked my personal vehicle too far from the scene on several occasions. I’ve dropped my hand-held radio in the mud while at a structure fire, I’ve forgotten to grab a jacket on the way out the door, and I’ve walked up to a crash scene without wearing gloves more times than I can count. These may seem minor, but during the moment they can be major. Having a mud-filled mic when you need to use the radio is a big problem. Forgetting to wear gloves puts myself at risk if someone is injured. It also means I have to return to my vehicle to get gloves which wastes time.

Everyone makes mistakes. My goal is to keep my mistakes small and learn from them so I don’t make that mistake again.

-Rookie ?


Affiliate Disclosure: Please note when you click links and purchase items, in many (not all) cases I will receive a referral commission. Your support in purchasing through these links is much appreciated. -Rookie

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • It’s Been a While
  • The Naming of Roads
  • A Volunteer’s Schedule
  • The Weight of the White Helmet
  • The Heart of a Volunteer Firefighter

Introduction

This is a journal of my thoughts and experiences starting on Day 1 as a volunteer firefighter. Follow along as I go through training, begin going on calls, and learn all the ins and outs of being a firefighter. All opinions are my own and not that of my volunteer fire department or fellow firefighters.

Archives

  • December 2021 (1)
  • January 2020 (1)
  • September 2019 (1)
  • May 2019 (1)
  • November 2018 (2)
  • June 2018 (1)
  • March 2018 (1)
  • October 2017 (1)
  • September 2017 (1)
  • August 2017 (8)
  • July 2017 (5)
  • June 2017 (1)

© 2023 · Rookie Firefighter · Built on the Genesis Framework with the Smart Passive Income Pro Theme