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2017 Annual Report • Fire Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />22 | Page <br /> <br />• First they must go through the hiring process which entails first, wanting to become a <br />firefighter. Next completing an application, background checks, interviews, <br />psychological and overall fitness assessments, fitness agility exam and a written exam. <br />This can take some time and we try our best to get the best possible candidates that will <br />work well with our department. <br />• Meeting with candidates to work out a training schedule for firefighter I and II, most of <br />the past few classes of rookies have done at least two days a week of training on top of <br />all other department training that is required. The firefighter I and II training that is <br />required is a total of over 180 hours of training. <br />• Candidates are then sent out to focus on their <br />Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training. This <br />course is normally done a few nights a week as well <br />with a total of over 160 hours of training. <br />• In between the firefighter training and the EMT training <br />we also require all of our members to be Fire Equipment <br />Operators (FEO’s). This training varies in time as some <br />individuals catch on faster than others. But each person <br />learns over time how to drive each of the fire apparatus, how to pump with each <br />apparatus and all of the equipment that is on each of our trucks. Everyone must learn <br />and know all of our dash panels on each vehicle along with all of the pump panels. <br />Driving usually can be the toughest for some because of the size of <br />some of our vehicles and the overwhelming effect pumping can <br />have on people when they first get started. If you ever get time to <br />tour the station, take a minute to stand in front of a pump panel <br />and gather in all the things in front of you, now imagine trying to <br />do that while a house, business or apartment complex is burning <br />and people are watching and expecting you to know exactly what <br />to do as quickly as possible. This is why we train on many of <br />things we train on and we continuously train on it over and over <br />again and again. Our goal is muscle memory for all of our <br />firefighters.