Ride Alongs

[LFD_FF17]

What are your opinions on ride alongs?

Did any of you go on one before becoming a firefighter?

How do people get to go on ride alongs in your department?

How long are they with you?

[DoubleHelix]

In ontario you get a 1 month or so long work placement if you take the Pre-Service course. I did mine with Toronto Fire and it was the best experience of my life. Not all colleges have relationships with good departments. I've heard of guys doing like 1 day ride alongs but its pretty unheard of these days with all the laws and stuff.

[firebabs222]

Kid , are you on the waiting list? If so your ride-a-long will come to you soon enough. If you are not, call 780 496 3800 and ask for ride-a-long information for the Edmonton Fire Department.

[firegirl70]

all i can say is u lucky bum!! I have never been on a ride along! i would love to go on one!! ill sign anything

[bestcoast]

The only ride a long I went on was when I went through the recruitment process with Burnaby Fire in '92. It was a great experience and gives you a good idea of what the job entails. I'm not sure of the policy of my Department but I have seen people on ride a long's before. We relieved an Engine company at a full arrest a few years back and their ride a long wasn't doing to well in the "holding your lunch down department". Better to find out early if you have a weak stomach for some of the thing's your going to see and do on a regular basis, so you can maybe re-evaluate your career choice if need be..........BC...

[LFD_FF17]

no im not on a waiting list and i am not going to call that number because i already went to headquarters and talked to human resources and got the information.

[LFD_FF17]

Well guys I wrote the letter and got the call back today and I am going next friday on my ride along

[DoubleHelix]

Nice
Should be a good experience. Soak it all up and ask tons of questions. That's what I did my whole month there and still didn't learn as much as I probaly could of. Enjoy!!

[infernobuster]

I know that FD's are moving away from ride alongs due to liabilty and such .. normally you have to know one of the guys on the dept and he can set something up for a ride along.
Our dept still has ride alongs set up as well as a good co op program for students.

[FLASHOVER05]

I have tried pretty hard with Markham.... They usually are "too" busy even though I got permission with a captain to go onto his rotation for a ride along... The reason they don't like them is because several years ago, a crew asked their co-op student to hitch a hydrant... he did it wrong and alot of stuff went down quick.... That's what I have been told... I know a few other FF's and i would like to try with them I think it would be a very good learning Experience...

[bestcoast]

I have tried pretty hard with Markham.... They usually are "too" busy even though I got permission with a captain to go onto his rotation for a ride along... The reason they don't like them is because several years ago, a crew asked their co-op student to hitch a hydrant... he did it wrong and alot of stuff went down quick.... That's what I have been told... I know a few other FF's and i would like to try with them I think it would be a very good learning Experience...
They asked their co-op student to take a hydrant at a working fire!!! I find that a little hard to believe....ride alongs in Vancouver do not get involved in anyway on run's....BC...

[RESQTEK]

Calgary still allows ride a longs. The person on the ride a long is strictly an observer. You can contact recruiting at (403) 268-8767 and they will point you in the right direction. If that doesn't work for you I can arrange for one with my Captain at my station downtown.

[FLASHOVER05]

They asked their co-op student to take a hydrant at a working fire!!! I find that a little hard to believe....ride alongs in Vancouver do not get involved in anyway on run's....BC...

That's apparently what happened... I think they still allow co-op students but they are just doing little things like rolling hose.... and washing the trucks now...

[bestcoast]

That's apparently what happened... I think they still allow co-op students but they are just doing little things like rolling hose.... and washing the trucks now...
Wow, i'll bet someone's ass went through the ringer on that one.....BC..

[FLASHOVER05]

Pants up the hose tower with him still in them I bet

[Leafs Fan]

We did not allow ride alongs for the longest time due to a no contracting out clause in our contract, Some of the surrounding paid on call depts wanted their people to do some ride time. It was quashed by the union as opening the door to the removal of that important clause.
Recently though, they have relented and we have highschool co-ops in the firehalls but they are not allowed on the trucks for responses, we do allow ride alongs for Fire service students from the Sir Sanford Fleming pre-service course now. They are just to observe and can not do anything.

[Doug246]

What are your opinions on ride alongs?

Did any of you go on one before becoming a firefighter?

How do people get to go on ride alongs in your department?

How long are they with you?

In Brampton we have high-school co-ops students all the time. they get to ride the trucks and respond to calls. Its usually up to the Captain to determine the level of participation.
We also allow pretty well anyone else do a one day ride alnog if the want too and sign the waviers. It helps if you know someone but you don't have too.
Doug

[kriand]

Calgary still allows ride a longs. The person on the ride a long is strictly an observer. You can contact recruiting at (403) 268-8767 and they will point you in the right direction. If that doesn't work for you I can arrange for one with my Captain at my station downtown.

Resqtek....does that mean your with Calgary?
If so Pm me . Thanks

[dentedhead]

We did not allow ride alongs for the longest time due to a no contracting out clause in our contract, Some of the surrounding paid on call depts wanted their people to do some ride time. It was quashed by the union as opening the door to the removal of that important clause.
Recently though, they have relented and we have highschool co-ops in the firehalls but they are not allowed on the trucks for responses, we do allow ride alongs for Fire service students from the Sir Sanford Fleming pre-service course now. They are just to observe and can not do anything.

LF I can understand the no contracting out we have a pretty tightly defined one in our local.

How does this affect co-op students? Is it for insurance reasons with the city? We allow co-op students to run calls with us and as Doug246 said its capt decision what they can do.Never any dangerous or important evolutions but they get to do some stuff.They take part in our daily training and hall duties as well.

College students on the other hand will be assigned to overhaul, manning an exterior line with supervision of course or car/dumpster fire knockdown with their preceptor.Thats not really a threat to anyones job and can only benifit the students with real life experience.They are also not permitted to do any of the initial entry, attack or ventilation.

Dentedhead

[firebabs222]

Hey Firefighterkid, if it's next Friday, and I'm assuming that it will be at Station #1, then it will be with my old crew. Great bunch of guys, you will have fun.

[smoke286]

None allowed in our jurisdiction. Students from the Provincial Fire School do an 8 week on the job training program with us, but other then that, nothing.

[LFD_FF17]

Well guys I did my ride along last night. 20 mins into it we got a fully involved garage fire other then that i had 3 false alarms 1 MVA and one medical. I picked the wrong night though. They gave me the option of friday or saturday, I picked friday and there was a huge fire on saturday. Oh well I'll get my fair share of fires when I am a firefighter.

[Gan12]

Just wondering if anyone knows if Ottawa does ride alongs or not. Or how someone would go about finding out?

[LFD_FF17]

Give Human Resources a call. Go to a firehall and ask.

[Gan12]

thanks for the reply firefighterkid

[Punctualdeer]

What are your opinions on ride alongs?

Did any of you go on one before becoming a firefighter?

How do people get to go on ride alongs in your department?

How long are they with you?
In our departement we are not allowed to do some ride for the security and the responsability for the city.But some time went some kid come to visite us, we place the truck at the back of the station and do some stuff whit wather and the areal. After that when they are not to many , we let them go in the truck and ride them inside the station and they are verry happy. But for the student who go's to school for training to be a firefighter they allowed 2 weeks in winther and 2 weeks in mai at the end off there course for probation.

[dentedhead]

Sorry man but god it hurt reading that you need spellcheck!


Easy now its not JG, en frere pompier au Quebec.

BTW I dont speak francais let alone write it.

Dentedhead

[bestcoast]

Easy now its not JG, en frere pompier au Quebec.

BTW I dont speak francais let alone write it.

Dentedhead
Oui Oui, DH I agree. My french isn't that good either. I think punctualdeer's english is pretty good. I know I couldn't type out a paragraph in French......BC...

[Punctualdeer]

Sorry man but god it hurt reading that you need spellcheck!
Sorry to say that but i like to be on this forum whit all off you.I try to do my best in writing in english and i check in the dictionary frequently for the spelling but i can't check all the words. I thing what it his important his to understand what i am saying

[bestcoast]

Sorry to say that but i like to be on this forum whit all off you.I try to do my best in writing in english and i check in the dictionary frequently for the spelling but i can't check all the words. I thing what it his important his to understand what i am saying
Your doing just fine Brother.........BC...

[Punctualdeer]

Easy now its not JG, en frere pompier au Quebec.

BTW I dont speak francais let alone write it.

Dentedhead
Thank for you support

[iamvff]

Thank for you support
Hey your doing better than I could...I just though oui meant tiny :D
iamvff

[Punctualdeer]

Ok, i am back again. Tonight i went practicing my archery for W.P.F.G. at Quebec city

[iamvff]

If I see you in Quebec I'll buy you a beer.
Just look around for a guy on a fire dept. named Mike!

iamvff

[dentedhead]

Thank for you support

Non problem mon frere!

Dentedhead

[BCFFFV]

Just look around for a guy on a fire dept. named Mike!

iamvff


Okay I'm confused.....was it Mike or Greg? The Physio guy or the Hawaii guy?????

[dentedhead]

Just look around for a guy on a fire dept. named Mike!

iamvff

je mapele Michelle,non Mike!

Dentedhead

[Punctualdeer]

Oh great! Now I feel like an A$$H()LE.....Sorry bud I didn't notice you were from Quebec!!!!! That's damn good then, I understood every word. If I see you in Quebec I'll buy you a beer.

very sorry man!
very sorry man!
very sorry man! X 100,000,000
will you be there for an event

[bestcoast]

will you be there for an event
Vancouver Firefighters are big drinkers punctualdeer be careful..lol...Bc...

[Punctualdeer]

je mapele Michelle,non Mike!

Dentedhead
I have one aunt who live Berlington and his son (my cousin)live at Stistville near Ottawa

[Punctualdeer]

Vancouver Firefighters are big drinkers punctualdeer be careful..lol...Bc...
I will have a beer after my 4 days off competition in archry

[bestcoast]

I will have a beer after my 4 days off competition in archry
Are you sure your a Firefighter??..Beer and arrows are a great mix...lol...BC...

[iamvff]

I will have a beer after my 4 days off competition in archry

Trust me deerhunter...it would be way more fun to drink your beer before the archery shoot!! :D as far as bcfffv.....yeah...the event he's attending would be the beer drinking!

iamvff

[dentedhead]

Yeah will be there.....guess I owe you a beer????? Our team doesn't perform too well after being out all night drinking. Speaking of drinking.....has everyone on the forum been drinking LOTS tonight? Seems everyone is downright goofy!!!!

Not me but I think we are all just havin some fun.Its not been this lively for a while!I just got a package from a friend in B.C from tormillo or something like that.

Dentedhead

[bestcoast]

Yeah will be there.....guess I owe you a beer????? Our team doesn't perform too well after being out all night drinking. Speaking of drinking.....has everyone on the forum been drinking LOTS tonight? Seems everyone is downright goofy!!!!
Guilty...:(...BC...

[iamvff]

Guilty...:(...BC...
Oh yeah...look who's on holidays and rubbing it in!!

iamvff

[bestcoast]

Oh yeah...look who's on holidays and rubbing it in!!

iamvff
Yeah Yeah, the girlfriend gave me the "get home or else" I know, I can hear the whip too.....;).....BC...

[iamvff]

I can hear the whip too.....;).....BC...

throw in a set of handcuffs and i wouldn't have even left home! ;)

iamvff :D

[bestcoast]

throw in a set of handcuffs and i wouldn't have even left home! ;)

iamvff :D
We aren't quite there yet...;)....BC...

PS: hey boss is this a RAT yet???

[dentedhead]

We aren't quite there yet...;)....BC...

I thought everyone in vancouver was. I saw that showcase documentary what was it again rhymes with pink?

Dentedhead

[iamvff]

What are your opinions on ride alongs?

Did any of you go on one before becoming a firefighter?

How do people get to go on ride alongs in your department?

How long are they with you?

Hey remember this!!! The gods must be getting used to us...or sick of us....we stole this thread for about 3 pages and never even caught hell for it....their probably still mad at kriand, and we get free run of the threads tonight because of it!!

iamvff

[dentedhead]

Hey remember this!!! The gods must be getting used to us...or sick of us....we stole this thread for about 3 pages and never even caught hell for it....their probably still mad at kriand, and we get free run of the threads tonight because of it!!

iamvff

Dont poke a sleeping webmaster.I think we have pretty much pulled a grand heist on several threads this eve.Has it been fun Hellyeah- Gretchen Wilson etal.

Dentedhead

[iamvff]

Dont poke a sleeping webmaster.I think we have pretty much pulled a grand heist on several threads this eve.Has it been fun Hellyeah- Gretchen Wilson etal.

Dentedhead

This evening???....Heck, this has been going on since about 1pm this afternoon...I made more puppies at work today then a great dane in heat! :eek:

iamvff

[dentedhead]

This evening???....Heck, this has been going on since about 1pm this afternoon...I made more puppies at work today then a great dane in heat! :eek:

iamvff

I saw your picture they will make some handsome cart dogs.You could sell them to the Hutterites.

Dentedhead

[iamvff]

I saw your picture they will make some handsome cart dogs.You could sell them to the Hutterites.

Dentedhead

At a buck twenty five a pop....I could damn near afford a masons ring and get me a real date!!! :D

iamvff

[Punctualdeer]

Are you sure your a Firefighter??..Beer and arrows are a great mix...lol...BC...
Ho yes! i am a FF but when i go to does game i take it seriously because no body give a chance.I did the same thing in Barcelone in 2003 and i won 3 medals. After that it was a Paw waw (?)

[dentedhead]

Ho yes! i am a FF but when i go to does game i take it seriously because no body give a chance.I did the same thing in Barcelone in 2003 and i won 3 medals. After that it was a Paw waw (?)

Was that you who shot the arrow to light the flame?That attitude is why you have gold and we dont. Nice one!

Dentedhead

[Punctualdeer]

Was that you who shot the arrow to light the flame?That attitude is why you have gold and we dont. Nice one!

Dentedhead
I have eared they will be 22 Canadian , 19 American and the rest will be European including 2 policeman from Hong Kong

[iamvff]

OH of course...damn cops....well, so much for the drinking...they'll hog it all!!

iamvff

[Punctualdeer]

I no what you mean but i no him since 1997 and he his Ok (well for the game)He beat me by 2 points in target field ,but i came back in 3-D animals and i beat him by 15 points.He's a good archer.We are the only guys who made a robin hood in the game.See the picture

[firebabs222]

So FFKId, what did ya think of the guys that you worked with? The captain is one of the most respected officers on the job. And the crew, well what can you say about the crew, young,enerjetic, and alot of fun to be around.

[kriand]

Hey remember this!!! The gods must be getting used to us...or sick of us....we stole this thread for about 3 pages and never even caught hell for it....their probably still mad at kriand, and we get free run of the threads tonight because of it!!

iamvff

Mad at me????? Never,.....sticks and stones may break my bones , but names will get you a harrasment charge , libel suit , slander etc......
Man the school yard rules have changed.
Besides , I'll sick Lt Blondie on you..... NA NA NA NA.
Oh oh. did I just change the thread again??

I think I hear my Mommy calling

[LFD_FF17]

It was awesome. The crew was very nice and answered all of my questions. The captian was very nice and even let me stay late. The crew was also very fun loving and ribbed the rookie all night, especially after he spilled the captians drink all over his food. I loved every second of it.