On April 07, 2005, I received the e-mail on what I needed to do to begin my career as a Firefighter in St. Louis (see my last post). By April 20th, I had the information I needed to get registered for the next online EMT class starting in the Fall. On May 30th, I registered for EMT-121 at St. Louis Community College at Forrest Park. That class didn't begin until August. So I decided to take another step...
I e-mailed the Fire Chief of the O'Fallon Fire Protection District. And to my surprise I got a response:
From a e-mail dated 5/28/05:
"Keep up the good work. At this time it looks like we will not be putting
new volunteers on until January. Keep in touch. Don't let us forget you.
I would be interested in meeting you." - Chief Ballmann
I know...meet me? Little old me? Sure, I was bummed out about the volunteer wait, but the Chief wanted to meet me. I immediately contacted him back (he was on vacation so he asked me to contact him the first week in June. Because I wasn't going to miss this opportunity to get my foot in the door, I made sure to contact him back. We scheduled at time to meet, and on June 14th, 2009 at 9:00am, I made my way to Station 1.
The conversation was very casual. He asked about my education, my reasons for wanting to become a firefighter and my family. He told me I was on the right path, and as we ending the meeting, he told me that I needed to stay in touch. He didn't want me to fall through the cracks. To this day, I still think he is one of the reasons I got in the department as a volunteer. (but that is for a later post).
As I left, I felt better about my decision to pursue this dream of mine. The only thing left was to actually begin my EMT-B training. And in Mid August 2005, I did just that....
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