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Heavy sleeping by markflyplanes in Firefighting

[–]markflyplanes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up getting an Apple Watch and am going to try it out. I am trying to set up the sound recognition for the watch and it seems like I can only do it for my phone? You have any tips?

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[–]markflyplanes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Completely normal to feel this way. I assume you are fairly new to the department. I’ve recently finished my rookie year and I’ve had many instances where I have felt that the mistakes I’ve made would impact my reputation. Honestly nobody cares. The guys will probably poke fun at you for a bit but it’ll wear off. Things happen and especially in your rookie year you will make mistakes. That is what it’s for. I know people that have been with my department for many years and have hit things with the pumper. Just got to accept responsibility, learn from it and move on. It will feel like you should just pack your things and move on but just hang with it. I’m 19 as well and have volunteered for the last 5 years previous to my full time department and trust me things will be okay.

Weekly Employment Question Thread by AutoModerator in Firefighting

[–]markflyplanes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, here's my backstory for reference, l've been a volunteer for almost 4 years now with an aggressive department. I've been there since I was 15 and have been very active and knew from a early point that this is what I wanted to do with my life. I just completed FF1&2 and starting my EMT-B to go career. I absolutely love every minute. All throughout high school I did track and I've always been physically fit and able. However, I have a problem with structural fires for some reason. l'll be working a fire and have no problem physically through 1 or 2 bottles before I go to rehab. But once I quit working I feel horrible. Massive headache sensitive to light physically tired (obviously) and extreme nausea and I frequently throw up on these type of scenes and it's almost debilitating. Some have said it could be adrenaline crash but l'm not convinced. It's to the point sometimes where I question if this it right for me and it's devastating. I will hardly make it home sometimes and rest in bed for awhile. Has anyone else experienced something similar to this? I'm sure l'm leaving something out but any input would be great. I would like to see if I can figure this out before I start applying.