So as some of you might know I have left the great polar desert of a continent of Antarctica and put my trip to and thru Europe on hold. I had the opportunity to get something that I have been wanting for a long time, this time for real. I had the opportunity to get my ARFF certification. For those that do not know ARFF stands for Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting, an “Aero plane Saver” instead of a “Baby Saver” like the structural firefighters are. The reason I said this time is because I had a chance to get it back in August of 2009 but due to a rivalry of sorts between certifying agencies, I could not. So it put me in a unique situation in the firefighting field. I had the experience of ARFF work but not he certification. Normally to get the experience you need to have to certification. It is the typical evolution of schooling; get the degree to get the job to get the experience, well I managed to foul that all up and do it backwards.
Now the job I was hoping for was supposed to be bringing me to the wonderful and exciting, ancient and mysterious, elegant yet war torn country of Afghanistan. However, due to an alignment of the stars I ended up getting an job offer for working in Spain instead. So I am in the process of getting all my medical requirements done so that I can send them to my future employer so I can go to Spain. It should be fun. The job is on an military base in the Andalucía region of Spain.
Look for my next post about ARFF training. I have a video that I am working on from the 90+ minutes of film I took during our live burns. Sorry no picture this time
Stay Frost
-C
30 October 2010
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