Township High School District 214’s Post

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This week we're at Prospect Heights Fire Department. Learn how to be a fireman. So this week the Prospect Heights Fire District is hosting 8 District 214 students from five of the six high schools in the district. We're providing them with a firefighter experience. The coolest thing that we've done here that I really liked was a smoke drill. We had like a simulation of like a house that was like filled with smoke and we couldn't see anything And we had to go in through like a window like break down a piece of drywall and a carry like the dummy and out the window and hand it to the next next person. But like the reason that was so cool is like you couldn't really see anything at all. So like you just like going in there, just like feeling around like trying to find this dummy because it's always in a different place and just say we could found when he found him, he had to like. Put them up with your partner because like another thing about this field is all about teamwork. Like you can't do anything without teamwork. This is a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. It's very taxing on your body. It takes a lot of mental strength because I mean, when you can't see with your hand in front of your face about that far, it's kind of hard to be there mentally. This is an awesome experience here because I mean, you get to hang out with these guys and they teach you all these things and they get to do what I want to do every day. They get to save people, they get to help people and they get to leave an imprint on these people to be better people and to appreciate life. And I think that's awesome. When the fire comes out of the first floor and those flames get pollen off, that smoke is actually. Big part of my career, my personal mission is to help those young people who are thinking about a career in the fire service. I'm a 1979 Prospect high School grad myself. Thing that I tell these kids is that, you know, top pay in the northwest suburbs, right as well, over $100,000 a year. They get a full time firefighter job. Within five years, they'll be making a six figure income and they'll be doing something different every day and they'll be making a big difference in people's lives. Thank you, the Chief. Thank you to all the lieutenants who have been walking us through this. I know that it can be a little rough sometimes. Kids that are just getting out of here and doing it. It's awesome that you guys help us and teach us everything. Thank you to all the EMT's and firefighters that have kind of walked us through an introduced us and keeping us fed and keeping us happy. Wanna thank G214 for giving me this opportunity to come out here and be an intern here because this is a really big opportunity for me and I'm just really enjoying it out here. And I'd also like to thank the prospect is fire department for giving us this opportunity and they're just being so helpful and like showing us like everything really, really needed to know. I see a lot of smiles that tells me they're having a great time. We're happy to provide this experience. We look forward to partnering again with District 214 to make this happen in the future. Support your local fire departments. Support your emergency services. They put their life on the line every day for you to be happy and comfortable.