the Forty Year Old Probie
I’ve been waiting along time to make this post. The reason for the delay is that the process I underwent was tedious and frustrating, but apparently well worth it.
Long and short of it is I got hired by the Schenectady Fire Department as a Firefighter Paramedic. I have 100%cleared, I signed the oath of office today- I’m in. We leave for the NYS fire academy Sunday AM. It is the happiest news I have had in a long time. Destiny and I have been busting our asses and we finally caught a big break. It is my dream job to boot. Schenectady is a rough urban setting- real firefighting and street medicine. Per capita, there is only one city in New York State with more fires- that would be NYC.
For everyone who has wished me well, told me I could do it if I really wanted it, and sent good thoughts and prayers, THANK YOU. I honestly thought I had a snowball’s chance in hell of pulling this off. My higher power kicks ass.
SFD doesn’t have a website as such, but here is a bulletin board with news stories.
(Some of the local fire volunteer companies show up there. You can tell the difference between and them and the city cuz their houses burn down (except for Mighty Scotia).
I’ll keep you posted. RC
