Nick Middaugh
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So like I get through training and, you know, at a young age, 18, and I'm not saying training was anything crazy. Like you're just learning, um, fire stuff. Um, but, uh, You know, start rolling up to medical calls, start going to fires. My first fire that I went to was in the middle of January. It was like 18 degrees out. Big barn fire. It was like a massive shed with a haymow in it. A what?
So like I get through training and, you know, at a young age, 18, and I'm not saying training was anything crazy. Like you're just learning, um, fire stuff. Um, but, uh, You know, start rolling up to medical calls, start going to fires. My first fire that I went to was in the middle of January. It was like 18 degrees out. Big barn fire. It was like a massive shed with a haymow in it. A what?
So a haymow is, it's like where you stack all your hay bales inside of a barn or a structure.
So a haymow is, it's like where you stack all your hay bales inside of a barn or a structure.
So a haymow is, it's like where you stack all your hay bales inside of a barn or a structure.
It's a stack of hay bales. It's a big stack.
It's a stack of hay bales. It's a big stack.
It's a stack of hay bales. It's a big stack.
Big stack. Yeah, I could see how that would burn. Apparently, so this is crazy. I don't, it's crazy. But if you stack your hay and some of it is wet.
Big stack. Yeah, I could see how that would burn. Apparently, so this is crazy. I don't, it's crazy. But if you stack your hay and some of it is wet.
Big stack. Yeah, I could see how that would burn. Apparently, so this is crazy. I don't, it's crazy. But if you stack your hay and some of it is wet.
It'll start itself on fire. So yeah, the fire that popped my fire cherry was out in- Freezing weather with a hangmail that just would not go out in this massive shed, sheet metal barn. And we were out there for like eight hours just getting after it. So it was like really cool. It's really fun.
It'll start itself on fire. So yeah, the fire that popped my fire cherry was out in- Freezing weather with a hangmail that just would not go out in this massive shed, sheet metal barn. And we were out there for like eight hours just getting after it. So it was like really cool. It's really fun.
It'll start itself on fire. So yeah, the fire that popped my fire cherry was out in- Freezing weather with a hangmail that just would not go out in this massive shed, sheet metal barn. And we were out there for like eight hours just getting after it. So it was like really cool. It's really fun.
Like a lot of people, I feel like when they talk about their fire experience, like 90% of the job, like if you're there to do it and you have a desire to do it, it's fun. You know, it might suck. It's physically demanding, whatever. That's true then in job clarity. Right, yeah. But, you know, there's that 10% of, like, the shit that you're going to see, you know, that's going to bother you.
Like a lot of people, I feel like when they talk about their fire experience, like 90% of the job, like if you're there to do it and you have a desire to do it, it's fun. You know, it might suck. It's physically demanding, whatever. That's true then in job clarity. Right, yeah. But, you know, there's that 10% of, like, the shit that you're going to see, you know, that's going to bother you.
Like a lot of people, I feel like when they talk about their fire experience, like 90% of the job, like if you're there to do it and you have a desire to do it, it's fun. You know, it might suck. It's physically demanding, whatever. That's true then in job clarity. Right, yeah. But, you know, there's that 10% of, like, the shit that you're going to see, you know, that's going to bother you.