Interview

[Jay Remmy]

My interview for the vollie station I am applying to is set up for Thursday night!

I just wanted to share my excitement.

[tfpd109]

Good luck!

[JayDudley]

Good Luck and remember to think first before you engage you mouth and you'll do fine.

[Jay Remmy]

Good Luck and remember to think first before you engage you mouth and you'll do fine.

Thanks

Oh believe me, I'll arrive with open ears, not mouth

[JayDudley]

Then you'll do fine. Keep us up to date on how well you do.

[Jay Remmy]

Sounds good, can do

[JT_Fire_2000]

Good luck, tell us how you did =)

[Jay Remmy]

I think I did really well. I listened intently and asked questions when appropriate. All I have to do now is take my drug test and they vote to see if I get in on Monday, so I will find out Monday night if I get in. The suspense is KILLING ME.

[JayDudley]

Good Luck and it sounds like you did well.

[Jay Remmy]

Well, only time will tell...

[Jay Remmy]

So they had told me I would hear back Monday night. It is now Wednesday night. Anticipation is killing me. Aparently, he over exaggerated and it will take a week or so for everything to go through and for me to hear back.

[yjbrody]

So they had told me I would hear back Monday night. It is now Wednesday night. Anticipation is killing me. Apparently, he over exaggerated and it will take a week or so for everything to go through and for me to hear back.

Welcome to the firefighter application process. A mysterious land of limbo where time creeps by for those waiting to hear something and whatever time frame they give you should be doubled.

Best of luck! Stay safe.

[ffbam24]

So they had told me I would hear back Monday night. It is now Wednesday night. Anticipation is killing me. Aparently, he over exaggerated and it will take a week or so for everything to go through and for me to hear back.

"Over-exaggerated"? Interesting choice of words for someone who is looking to come in as a fresh young face who is not hearing back as soon as they were hoping. It's a process, get used to it. Careful with how you represent yourself on here. Those that control the process are quite often watching here.

[tree68]

Time from turning an application to final approval by our commissioners is at least 5 weeks in my department, and that's if you turn in your application on our meeting night. If you turn it in the day after our meeting, add a month to that.

Patience.

[Jay Remmy]

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing at all against the guy. In fact, I think he is one of the nicest, "chillest" guys ever. I know it takes a while and he's just doing his job going through the process. I just didn't know it would take so long. I am basically watching my phone hoping it rings and always keep my email open just to see. I guess I'm just a little too excited to start. I do have to gain some patience.

But after reading a lot of the threads on here, I'm trying to strive for some things:
* Listening carefully and attentively
* Ask questions and for explanations, especially when I don't know or don't understand something
* Acting professionally and presenting myself as such
* Dressing professionally
* Not to seem like I know about things and that I'm an expert just because I read something about it on the internet
* Being reliable with everything I need to do in the application process

Anything else I should keep in mind?

[tfpd109]

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing at all against the guy. In fact, I think he is one of the nicest, "chillest" guy ever. I know it takes a while and he's just doing his job going through the process. I just didn't know it would take so long. I am basically watching my phone hoping it rings and always keep my email open just to see. I guess I'm just a little too excited to start. I do have to gain some patience.

But after reading a lot of the threads on here, I'm trying to strive for some things:
* Listening carefully and attentively
* Ask questions and for explanations, especially when I don't know or don't understand something
* Acting professionally and presenting myself as such
* Dressing professionally
* Not to seem like I know about things and that I'm an expert just because I read something about it on the internet
* Being reliable with everything I need to do in the application process

Anything else I should keep in mind?

Yes. Remember to enjoy it too, though thats not hard to do.

[Jay Remmy]

Yes. Remember to enjoy it too, though thats not hard to do.

Haha yea. Honestly, when he brought me around the station and showed me all the apparatuses and introduced me to some people, I was so excited I had to talk my girlfriend's ear off about everything. Although, she's obviously not as excited as me.

[Jay Remmy]

He told me that the area that they cover doesn't have fire hydrants and that they need to find water from lakes, pools, ponds, etc. I didn't know that stations did this? Is it common?

[tfpd109]

He told me that the area that they cover doesn't have fire hydrants and that they need to find water from lakes, pools, ponds, etc. I didn't know that stations did this? Is it common?

Its a fairly common practice. We will get water from where ever we can. Of course fire hydrants are the best option, but if there are none, you have to get it from where you can.

[Jay Remmy]

Yea, it makes sense. I had just never considered what they did when they are in more rural areas where there are none. Pretty interesting actually.