09-13-2010

Today's PT was tough. We started out with a run out to Disaster City. Once we got out there, we did 2 sets of forward lunges for 100ft, 20 pushups, lunges to the right for 100ft, 25 situps, backward lunges for 100ft, and lunges to the left for 100ft. After we finished our lunges, we sprinted up a 200ft hill. After sprints, we ran over to the 5 story drill tower to complete 4 sets of running up and down the stairs. After running the drill tower, we sprinted all the way back to the recruit station, where we finished up with 25 more pushups, and 30 leg throws to workout the abs.

I got showered and made it back to the classroom by 8:45am, then we started class. Today's class was pretty boring. We learned about fire hose construction, care and maintenance, hose rolls, and hose loads. During lecture, we had a 2 minute drill and a 3 minute drill. During the 2 minute drill, only 4 of us got our firefighting gear on in time, so we all had to do 25 pushups in full gear (an extra 50-60 pounds). Immediately after pushups, we were told we had 3 minutes to down gear and be back in our seats in the classroom. Most of us made it, but we had 2 or 3 students that went about 5 seconds over 3 minutes, so our punishment was to go back out onto the apron and do 100 pushups. The 3 minute drill was much better, with only about 4 of us not getting our gear on fast enough. During the 2 minute drill, I was just clicking in my SCBA regulator and breathing air when they called time. During the 3 minute drill, I had an extra 30 seconds to spare. For being one of the last ones out of the classroom, I feel like I'm doing pretty good. It is frustrating though to have the students that are the first out of the classroom still not be able to get their gear on in time.

We finally finished up our lecture and broke for lunch, just to come back and finish the day with some more boring lecture.

Every week, we have a student elected by the instructors to be Captain of the Week. This weeks Captain is letting the title get to his head. It's hard to explain exactly why he has this attitude, but everyone in the class already hated his leadership style only two hours into today. Hopefully it gets better, but I'm seeing a rough week ahead.