Comments on: Inside A Trial By Fire (With Photo Gallery)

By: OLD MAN

OLD MAN — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:41:23 +0000

to rebeckah and all the others GOOD JOB i attended texas a/m fire school and was an industrial ff i know what you webt through to all the ff BE SAFE

By: AL

AL — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:09:58 +0000

Awesome! I have always wished I could volunteer, but I was never sure I could actually face down a fire. Good to know there are other options… I am a strong, hard worker… and healthy so maybe that would help counter the fact I am too chicken to go into a burning house!

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:48:31 +0000

Thank You for the article yes I was scared alot cause of my fear but so thankful for my firefighting family and my son for going back in there with me, they was awsome for encourging me like they did I was so stoked when i came out of that house and i am ready to do it again.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:49:26 +0000

Thank you the coverage, there is alot of folks that does not have a clue how much hard work that the volunteers goes through. we put in a 160 hours of training if not more just to be ceritifed in first aid and VFF, we just don’t study by a book we have to perform skills also and what you have covered was just one day. So Thank You again for the detailed report.

By: Alfirewoman

Alfirewoman — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:57:30 +0000

Great story. But to be fair,these volunteers also came from other depts. There were members from Dixonville vfd as well. Im not sure if other depts were involved. I have taken this class,its well worth it if u are interested in being a ff..its alot of work. Kudos to my cheif,and instructor of this class…Michael Tyler. He is a great instructor and his name is worth mentioning. William,thanks again for this story…maybe it will stop some of the ignorant remarks we get from some who think us volunteers are just unexperienced people who just want to drive a fire truck. Myself,and many volunteers have just as much,if not more training than some paid ff’s. We work hard for our certs,and we work hard for emt certs as well. Very proud of this group…and proud of Appleton fd members.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:33:04 +0000

Thank you for running this piece of information! I don’t think people really understand how hard our firefighter’s job is! It is hard, scary and sometimes thankless….but I want to thank every one of these people for what they do for all of us!