Becoming A Firefighter
or Officer-----The Complete Guide to Your Badge!
Fire "Captain Bob"
|
WWW Search Eatstress.com |
|
Becoming A Firefighter
or Officer-----The Complete Guide to Your Badge! Fire "Captain Bob"
|
|
Get an Immediate Edge and Bonus when you sign up for our Free Newsletter here FREE 101 Inside Secrets How to Get A Badge Store/Shop Got A Question? Call or e-mail us here LA City Fire Now Testing Monthly Here! Los Angeles County Fire Testing FREE 101 Inside Secrets How to Get A Badge There is a wealth of information in past issues of our newsletter here FREE 10 day test drive of inside secrets. Learn more here Five Nuggets for successful Oral boards 30 sample oral board questions Check out how candidates have improved their position in gaining a badge. What changed? Rob’s corner: Wisdom and insight Links to other firefighter web sites Coyright 1998 - 2008
"Getting the job of your dreams is like winning the lottery!"
"Nothing counts 'til you have the badge. Nothing!"
Anything less and you're still the bridesmaid.
|
Firefighters Estimated reading time 2-5 minutes for any segment! February 1, 2007 Leave FireZine easily here: Flowers always leave a fragrance in the hand that bestows them. –Chinese proverb
========================================== For Back Issues of FireZine
http://www.eatstress.com/firezinearchive.htm 1. Quick Presentation Skills
Tip I spent a good part of last week interviewing Medics in the North Bay. I can tell you that there were some very polished candidates that are going to be trying on that shinny badge for the very first time. As a Medic myself, it is very easy for me to spot a Medic who obtained a Paramedic license as a means to a Firefighter's Badge and on the flip side I can recognize a "box" Medic who is looking for the "Pay days and four days". If your eyes don't sparkle when you are asked why you want to be a Firefighter, you need to question your career path. Yes 70% of what we do is medical, but the other 30% will weed you out. You really should know how many stations and how many engines, population, blah blah blah... Ask any Firefighter how many fires the Department ran last year. We all know. Show your interest in being a Firefighter. Now you're dropping a nugget. Put a note in your script "my face and eyes should light up when I talk about fire". A good Medic is a dime a dozen, show the panel you will be a great Firefighter/ Paramedic you'll get a badge. Captain Jarrett Anderson Training Officer City of
Napa Fire Department Question: I have had my interview with the civil service board for the regular process in which the chief was present. We had banter it was great! I found out that he was big in the local chapter of Red Cross I vol. teach for the red cross and added that in to an answer. He stopped me in mid sentence to say something about the red cross and allowed me to banter back it was awesome. Thank God for the tape recorder!!!! Reply: A real good sign! Since the next interview is for EXPERIENCED Fire/Medic do I need to change ponies? There is a good chance that the chief will be in this interview. Can i wear the same suit? Reply: Sure. He's a guy and won't remember. Consider wearing a different tie. Do I emphasize on my leadership and teaching experience? Do I lean more toward being someone who can step in and run with little direction? Some of this sounds risky, and I am out of my element? Reply: Yea, this could be risky and you would be out of your element. This is not a corporate interview where you're going in for the close. You're applying for a snott nose rookie job. Assume the position. Stay on the winning pony. Play it by ear just like you did on the first interview. Game day I got a call from a candidate the other day oral board was at 5:00 p.m. that day. He wanted to know what last minute tips I could give him. I’ve had candidates just show up at my front door the night before their interviews wanting to know what I can do to help them. What? It seems as game day approaches candidates start creating sea monsters in their heads. That feeling is really not feeling they’re prepared. I’m amazed by how many candidates wait until the eleventh hour to suddenly realize they might not be ready for the part of the hiring process that is 100% of the score to get hired. I told him there is not much you can do as he’s heading out the door. He’s taken several tests and said if this test doesn’t work out he will seriously consider getting our program. I did tell him to try to include personal life experience stories as part of his answers. Here’s how it can happen: Captain Bob, Captain Rob I worked hard, begged and borrowed for over five years in order to get a badge and not until I followed your instructions (tape recorder, video taping, and writing down my script) and got some coaching from Captain Rob did everything come together. . . Not only did I get this job, but I had to turn down some (4 to be exact) Chief's interviews during the academy from other fire departments. Please add me to the long list of people who have received a badge because of your help. I thank you and my family thanks you. I am writing to inform you that I am a probationary Firefighter for a dream Fire Department and am relaxing at home on my first 4-day off. You and Rob helped me with my preparation and direction going into my oral interviews. Not only did I get this job, but I had to turn down some (4 to be exact) Chief's interviews during the academy from other fire departments. I worked hard, begged and borrowed for over five years in order to get a badge and not until I followed your instructions (tape recorder, video taping, writing down my script) and got some coaching from Captain Rob did everything come together. As I mentioned, not only did I get a job, I made it to the chief's interview every test that I took afterwards. Now I get to live the dream. Respectfully, Fernando
========================================== http://www.eatstress.com/testdriveintro.htm Bottom line getting a badge is
all presentation skills! Stop for a second and make a mental list of the things you have done to prepare to get the job of your dreams. Are you in shape and able to pass the physical agility? I bet most of you have spent hundreds of hours pushing weights and seeing how big you can make your chest. Can you pass the written test? If you have tested enough you have seen the same written test more than once. You wish it were weighted heavier. How are you doing in the oral interviews? This is the response I hear all to often. I have got this guy who gave me some questions and I have been thinking about them, or I have been really busy, but when things slow down I am going to do some practicing with some buddies. I bet most of you guys out there have spent more time trying to get laid in the last month, than you have practicing for you oral interview. I bet most of you have paid more for videos you did not return on time, than you have on your preparation. What is it going to take to get you going, get you motivated, get you to the point where your next interview is the one were you walk out and say, that felt good. I nailed it!? You have to understand, for those of us in the fire service, we know how good this job is, and to see people not doing all they can makes us think they do not understand. THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS. I compare it to being in a nice warm pool, and trying to explain to someone on the diving board to jump in. You guys testing see us firefighters in the pool, you see us going skiing on our four days, going to a job we love every day, going home with that satisfied feeling of knowing you have made some difference in the world. COME ON IN, THE WATERS GREAT. Get off your butts and get to work. No one is going to do it for you. Do the work and invest the time and you will never be sorry. Where ever you might be stuck in the hiring process from the written or video testing, physical agility CPAT, oral interview, psych interview, background, polygraph, or medical, you can find new powerful information on Captain Rob’s new web site here: www.myfireinterview.com CAPTAIN ROB (Thank you) Question: Our oral resume is only allowed to be about 5 minutes. I know the other candidates well. I know several areas where my resume (college degree, experience and awards) far exceed theirs. Many of these areas are great strengths and show that I have leadership experience. Should I focus MORE on these areas knowing that they won't be able to articulate the same level of experience? Thanks
Reply: How many badges are you looking for? . . . . . One, right? Then don’t
start psyching yourself out concerning the other candidates. That’s mental
masturbation Captain Bob – After 6 attempts and no success I bought your package. I thought I knew it all but after 12 years was still on the bottom of the list. I followed your advice (tape recorder, [which I used to scoff at] etc.). I also gave your package to a Brother Firefighter. We would trade off the different parts of your package as we became somewhat comfortable with the information, knowing we weren’t ready yet. He was promoted in November to Captain and I was promoted in January. Thank You. I have also given your package to entry level firefighters and strongly recommend that they contact you and get their own copies. Thank You again. Omnis Cedo Domus - Stay Safe Jerry Charlberg Capt, I do not know if you remember me, I ordered the gold package while overseas, getting ready to test for Chicago, I was the federal firefighter. Well I was too old for the Chicago test, imagine someone still has maximum age requirements. To make a long story short, with my time as an Assistant Fire Chief and various other positions, I was applying for a mix of fire service jobs from firefighter to Fire Chief. Well Monday night 1/8/07 I received a call from a small village in Wisconsin that was offering me the fire/ems chiefs position. Your program works, although I did not get the private coaching, I had always practiced with my recorder, and the script, even driving up to Wisconsin and flying back and forth from overseas. I even converted my tape recording into a podcast, and transferred your cds to the same format. It was a quick process since I got my letter to go to the interviews, the day I got the call (it was lost in the mail for three weeks). I had to do a phone call follow up to see if i made it to the third band of the hiring process. All 15 voting members of the panel voted to hire me as the fire chief, nobody voted no, and no one abstained. The one thing the mayor and the council said was I was very personable and felt comfortable in the hot seat. All the advise to taking any test and interview possible, even for firefighters jobs allowed me to get in the comfort zone, and now with my degrees, skills and certifications again my wife gets to badge me again on 1/17/07. This time with the chiefs badge. Thanks for both sets of DVD's/CD's I have even passed the along to a couple of friends who I met while in the testing process for Louisville KY fire & EMS. Sorry I cannot endorse the private coaching as I have just been running all over the country from overseas to take every test, and with the phone lines there not being always reliable. I can contest to life stories, and nuggets, I used them. Most of the time in my two interviews with this city no one was writing while i was talking, they were all focused on me. This was my third chiefs interview and I had previously placed 2nd and 3rd in those, now I am the bride. 19 years fire service experience and I am heading on to a new chapter getting to head a department under great conditions. Even the advise to follow up with people helped as you can see here, where the letter was lost in the mail. Thank you for the service you provide, and hopefully when i start a hiring process, I can tell your candidates from the clones. I cannot say enough thanks, once i get all my contact info set up there I will definitely keep in touch. Tim Whitham Dear Captain Bob, Just wanted to convey my gratitude to you (and your company) for helping me obtain my recent promotion to the rank of Captain. My journey may be different than others who have ordered your various courses and obtained their promotion through the direct benefit of reading and applying the recommendations in your course material. I on the other hand did not order the course, but rather studied your web site in depth, and pulled from all the material numerous "nuggets" of information that I did apply to our department's promotional interview process. I don't feel your program was entirely responsible for my recent promotion, but I can say w/ complete certainty that your free web site (and the information provide on the site) greatly aided me in my promotional preparation, and subsequent Captain's promotion. I hope this email does not offend you because I did not purchase your program; that's no where near my intention for this writing email. I simply wanted to thank you for putting this incredible wealth of "free" information out there for anyone to benefit from . . . I know I did! May God bless you and your family, and thanks again for all the help! Much appreciation and very respectfully, Richard W. Murray Fire Captain/ Paramedic Alameda Fire Department
Wait! While you're here Captain Bob wants to give you a 10 day
FREE test drive of selected inside secrets how to
get a promotional badge. Learn more here:
http://www.eatstress.com/promointro.htm For more on our promotional
program visit Entry Level Badges: Dear Captain Bob, I finally got my badge! I have been testing for four years, and like so many others, I could only get to the oral boards. After getting your program and practicing with everyone I know I finally nailed it. I start in three weeks in my home town of Redmond WA. I never dreamed that I would get the opportunity to work in my own community. Thanks for all the great input and advice. Tony Owens Captain Bob- I have now been a firefighter for the Orange County Fire Authority (which I have to say is THE BEST fire department in the world) for almost three years now. I have the best crew, I am a mile away from my house, and I see people all the time that I grew up with and now have the great honor telling them that I am a firefighter as opposed to telling people that I am just a part time, volunteer, hopeful, etc. Everyday I get up to go to work is a totally awesome day. The main reason I am writing you is, believe it or not, I will be sitting on an oral board panel in two weeks and I can’t wait. It will be interesting to see how many people will capture my attention in the 32 seconds and not put me to sleep with clone answers. Please keep doing what you are doing and making candidates realize- PRACTICE YOUR INTERVIEW, it is the only thing that standing between you and the badge that you deserve. Sincerely, Marc Hello, Captain Bob! I just wanted you to know that I received my badge on December 7 from Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District (who I have been trying to get hired by for almost 5 years) and just finished my first rotation yesterday morning as a firefighter/paramedic. The background process (which included the CVSA and psych) went great. I completed our academy as Most Outstanding Recruit. I couldn't be happier with my employment here. Thank you for your thoughts and words of encouragement. I tell everyone I can about you. Ryan I had a session with Rob in September. I just wanted to let you all know about some good news. I have been given a conditional Job offer. I have completed my physic and waiting to do my medical. I just wanted to say thank you. I don’t know weather I should tell you this or not, but I gave a friend of mine all the advice that you gave to me and he has been given the same offer same department. People that have doubts in there interviewing skills really need to seek coaching from you. The very least they will receive is a new level of confidence if they apply what they learn and work real hard at getting there script down so they can mold it around any question they will end up with a job offer. I’m truly just grateful to have made it this far. I know nothing else matters till I get that badge. Thanks for every thing Shenah Captain Bob, Not sure if you remember me but my name is Jake Young and when we last spoke I was going on my oral boards with the Port of Seattle. That was about 8 months ago. I just received a call from them today offering me a job. I start on the 15th of January and I couldn’t have done it without your support and help. Your website is the number one out there of people trying to get into the Fire Service by far. Not only do you have out standing information but you actually reply back to people in such a short time frame it’s almost scary! A little joke. Once again I got the Badge and I will keep you posted. Thanks so much, Jake Young P.S. The only bad part is that I have to suck this job up for another month Captain Bob - Wanted to drop you a line and let you know how much your site has helped me in my pursuit of a fire career. Although I have never talked to you or your son, or purchased your materials, I have kept up with your website over the years, and have gleaned so much useful and helpful information from it. I recently was hired on as a probationary firefighter with the Everett Fire Department in Everett, WA. Your interview tips (the tape recorder and video camera especially) were instrumental in my preparation and eventual success. It has been a long four years, but I feel that all the time, money, and hours of studying were definitely worth it. Keep up the great work!! Thanks – Jeff
I made it!!!!!! I am thrilled about the opportunity, and I honestly don't think that I could have done well in the oral board without the help of your E-Book! It taught me all of the essentials, introducing ways to set myself apart from the "robot" applicants. For the first time in my life, I felt prepared going into a job interview. I'll recommend your book and help to anyone looking for assistance. Thank you again for the great backing, leading me to a job I've been waiting quite a while for! This will be a great way for me to gain experience while going to school for Criminal Justice, and should help me when I am looking for a position as a full time deputy or officer. My Utmost Appreciation, Reserve Deputy Jason Antrim More badges here: http://eatstress.com/testbest.htm
========================================== ========================================== ==========================================
The Darwin awards are given each year to bestow upon (the remains or estate of) that individual, who, through single-minded self-sacrifice, has done the most to remove undesirable elements from the human gene pool. Just think . . . . .until these events, these same people were walking the streets like normal people.
------------------------------------------------------
Doctor Johnny Delashaw,
Neurosurgeon at the University Hospital in Portland
said the arrow went through 8 to 10 inches of brain with the tip protruding at
the rear of his skull, yet somehow managed to miss all major blood vessels. Dr.
Delashaw also said that had Roberts tried to pull the arrow out on his own he
surely would have killed himself.
They pulled their pickup truck
over to the fence and the plan was for Mr. Pernicky, who was 100 pounds heavier
than Mr. Hawkins, to hop the fence and then assist his friend over.
Having heaved himself over, he
found himself crashing through a tree. His fall was abruptly halted (and broken,
along with his arm) by a large branch that snagged him by his shorts.
Upon moving the truck, they found
John under it, half-naked, scratches on his body, a holly stick in his rectum,
a knife in his thigh, and Unbelievable!
Remember, absolutely nothing counts 'til you have the badge. Nothing! Get a Bonus when you sign up for our Free Newsletter here Although our products are sold separately, I would suggest you order Gold Package Program and our companion "It's Your Turn in the Hot Seat" CD series here: Special offer program
This program is also available on an easy payment plan
"Nothing counts 'til you have the badge . . . Nothing!" Ask "Captain Bob" Any Question
|
|
