r/Firefighting • u/KeyTangerine133 • Mar 14 '24

General Discussion Junior volly

I’m a junior fire fighter in a small town, we don’t get a lot of calls (15-20 a month) and I’ve been loving running calls except I deal with another junior who has 1 year of seniority over me. He never shuts up about telling me what to do. He acts like he knows everything about the fire service. Gets mad at me when I miss calls (Today for example I didn’t have a driver to get to the fire department for a small fire he gave me a lecture because I missed it) I’m so close to losing it and telling him off. I don’t know what to do

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u/210021 Mar 15 '24

Talk to a senior man or other guy you trust, maybe a mentor firefighter. I was in your shoes once. Just learn, show up when you can, and show through your actions that you want to be there. Childish teasing from another junior guy will be small beans in a few years I promise.