Sunday, June 6, 2010

WHO TALKS MORE

 

I am pooled out to Fire Station 38 in the Harbor today and I have a female Captain I working with me.  I have know her from years before when she was a firefighter/paramedic.  Now she is studying for Captain II and she wouldn’t stop talking about it.  I asked her if she new roof operations and ventilation procedures and she when on for a half hour about putting together a study guide and that her dad worked in construction.  My mind wondered a little and when she stopped talking for a second I had a brain fart and asked another question, “do you have your opening statement down.”  She went on for another half hour. 

Latter that day the Light Force gets a grass fire response.  We find about a 1/4 acre smoldering, not much really.  But E49 in responding in the area on reported grass, it turns out it is the same incident as the one I am on.  I realize that I am going to need them for water so I try to contact the captain on the radio and he doesn’t answer me.  I then contact OCD and ask if they knew the status of E49, he finally answers me, but he was not real clear on what he is doing.  The next thing I notice, E49 is pulling up to our grass fire.  That was good, but it would have been nice to know ahead of time what was going on.

So, I have a female Captain I who can’t stop talking and a male captain from E49 that won’t respond to my questions.  What do you think is the reason for that?

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