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Colorado B.S. Thread

Discussion in 'Colorado' started by Kappes03, Jan 1, 2011.

  1. Jan 17, 2013 at 12:35 PM
    NativeTaco

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    Man people get jealous of my schedule, but 8-10 days a month is enough to make anyone green with envy!
    I had a family friend that urged me to get into FF, He was a chief of a station in CO Springs and could have nearly guaranteed me a job, but but I told him that I felt that job should be reserved for those who have dreamed of doing it. I wouldn't want to get the job because I knew someone, knowing that some guy who fantasized about becoming a FF since he was a boy didn't get it because he had nobody to pull strings for him. Besides, that kind of job requires someone who WANTS and LOVES to do it.
    Just like teaching. I didn't choose teaching because of the money, thats for damned sure. I didn't even choose it for the schedule, because even with the summer off, the days and hours that I work during the school year make it so that I have even fewer days/hours off that the typical 8-5 employee (I did the math, its depressing). I do this because I am good with kids, I love science, I am smart, and many of these kids need a positive male role model. Hopefully I can be that for them.
    Anyway, I don't know what made me get into that rant, but whatever. Here is some good ole B.S. to get this thread back to normal
     
  2. Jan 17, 2013 at 12:38 PM
    Hoyal

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    I agree with you with any job you have to want to do it. I have had buddies that have several degrees get hired with a fire department quit in 3 years or less because it was not what they thought it was going to be. It's one of those jobs where there is a lot of down time to do randoms things gotta know how to keep your self busy with FD things during the day. Glad you love teaching though we need teachers who love their jobs to mold the minds of our troubled youth!
     
  3. Jan 17, 2013 at 12:39 PM
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    Anyway, I don't know what made me get into that rant, but whatever. Here is some good ole B.S. to get this thread back to normal:

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  4. Jan 17, 2013 at 12:39 PM
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  5. Jan 17, 2013 at 12:41 PM
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    Yes!!


    Maor


    ImageUploadedByTapatalk1358455266.309260.jpg
     
  6. Jan 17, 2013 at 12:44 PM
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    HFS that isn't you hot climber wife, is it? If so, it would be hard to leave even for only 8-10 days/month. I just went from six to noon in about .2 seconds :eek:
    She is a little skinny for my taste, but I definitely wouldn't make her "sleep" alone.
     
  7. Jan 17, 2013 at 12:46 PM
    Hoyal

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    Haha No my wife is blonde but has a tattoo down her side. :)
     
  8. Jan 17, 2013 at 12:49 PM
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    VA not CO!!! Get out!!! :) jk welcome to the co BS thread.
     
  9. Jan 17, 2013 at 12:51 PM
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    Nice! I love a girl with ink too.
    [​IMG]
    Not my wife, but one of my favorites from way back.
     
  11. Jan 17, 2013 at 12:53 PM
    NativeTaco

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    So that must be your ball-and-chain (I am guessing that becasue she is blonde). Devin get her a damned cheeseburger, she is too skinny too! ;)
     
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    mmm i like them inked too
     
  13. Jan 17, 2013 at 12:55 PM
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    Who can blame you? It is TOUGH to get on with nearly any fire dept here though, from what I've heard.
     
  14. Jan 17, 2013 at 1:01 PM
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    Lol no a pic from the chive. :)
    CO is a tough state to get a paid FD JOB. most departments here are going to CO ff1,some ff2, emt-b, haz mat opps just to test with them. There is a test into metro area that some departments use called DRCOG it's ran like 2-3 times a year. Good news is there is a bunch hiring in 2013 because of people retiring. We just switched to the 48/96 as most of the north Denver departments run its awesome.
     
  15. Jan 17, 2013 at 1:03 PM
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    Paulina Gretzky :)
     
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    Someone else is trolling the Chive. :D
     
  17. Jan 17, 2013 at 1:06 PM
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    Ostrichsak Don't taze me bro!

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    Real though. I've got a buddy/neighbor who was volunteering hours away and was on a waiting list that was years long to be able to volunteer at the local station. Before his wait was up he ended up moving to SoCal and Nevada because he had some sort of inside line to get on earlier or some such thing. Personally, I think he left to get out of paying me back the $500 he owed me. I digress. From what I've heard it's quite difficult to get a paying job as a firefighter and you usually end up somewhere in SE Colorado for a few years until the opportunity comes up to transfer. I haven't tried, this is just the most recent story I have to relate. I have some other stories with more detail on paying gigs but those are old enough I'm not even sure they apply anymore. One buddy said that there's a test you take and they take from that to fill roughly 9 jobs statewide and Cheyenne annually. If you are one of the 9 you don't really get to pick where you go either. He said that he was one of like 100 that passed the test just for that year and had been volunteering for years and knew plenty of people through the ranks and still had a helluva time getting on. I'm not sure how much of that applies today but it gives you an idea. Could all be BS for all I know since it's not first-hand info that I procured through my own experience. :D
     
  18. Jan 17, 2013 at 1:06 PM
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    I don't know what the chive is but I think I saw it on yardbarker
     
  19. Jan 17, 2013 at 1:10 PM
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    It's the DRCOG test you still get to pick who your scores get sent too. It's nt a hard test but its just the entry into each individual testing process. It sucks but those who want the job jump through the hoops till they get it.

    Just trying to help ya out. I know guys that have been testing for 4-5 years without getting to a chiefs interview. It's a very highly wanted job in Colorado.
     
  20. Jan 17, 2013 at 1:12 PM
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    Thanks for the clarification. I'm serving up a memory from almost a decade ago so that may have even been relayed to me at the time or perhaps it was different. Dunno. That's why I said it might all be BS. :D
     

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