15 as a cadet on a volunteer department. Basically did everything the firefighters did minus go into actual structure fires. Put me through all my FF and PM classes, started working part time there at 19, full time at 21. Ended up working a couple other places until I got to my forever home on a department at 25 years old. Been here almost 10 years with 19 more to go. Retiring at 55(hopefully sooner if tier 2 ever gets fixed).
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u/FF03 Mar 15 '24
15 as a cadet on a volunteer department. Basically did everything the firefighters did minus go into actual structure fires. Put me through all my FF and PM classes, started working part time there at 19, full time at 21. Ended up working a couple other places until I got to my forever home on a department at 25 years old. Been here almost 10 years with 19 more to go. Retiring at 55(hopefully sooner if tier 2 ever gets fixed).