The oldest was with Cal Fire for 2 years. Somewhere along the line he decided that being able to go home every night beat 26 to 30 day stints on fire lines on both sides of the county. He did get to see a lot of the state, but usually not from a tourist's viewpoint. He does have some real decent stories to tell, not the least of which is “everyone knows everyone”. I may tell that one here as it’s a “six degrees of Kevin Bacon” thing.
I started my career at the local State University's Fire Department and worked my way up through the ranks there. I moved on to Cal Fire and worked the west side of the county for a contract department in BFE (read: "nowhere". ...or look up "Coalinga"). It was just me, my engine, and the tarantulas and scorpions who shared the land. Isolated, but that worked for me. I became a medic when that program debuted in our county, and that translated to a move into the metro area at a fairly busy station. I worked that for a couple years before I went private sector.
The spousal unit (who does not read these) came to work for the ambulance outfit and we partnered up from time to time (damned good EMT!). We married seven years later. She's now a reading specialist at a primary school.
The youngest is trained and did lifeguard and first aid work in high school. He just started his masters program in psych.
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Date: 2020-09-13 09:31 pm (UTC)I started my career at the local State University's Fire Department and worked my way up through the ranks there. I moved on to Cal Fire and worked the west side of the county for a contract department in BFE (read: "nowhere". ...or look up "Coalinga"). It was just me, my engine, and the tarantulas and scorpions who shared the land. Isolated, but that worked for me. I became a medic when that program debuted in our county, and that translated to a move into the metro area at a fairly busy station. I worked that for a couple years before I went private sector.
The spousal unit (who does not read these) came to work for the ambulance outfit and we partnered up from time to time (damned good EMT!). We married seven years later. She's now a reading specialist at a primary school.
The youngest is trained and did lifeguard and first aid work in high school. He just started his masters program in psych.
As families go? Yeah, there are stories...