Personalities

Now that I'm caught up with the chronology, and my next post will only occur after my next class, I'd like to take a minute to catalog the people, their aliases, and their current status just so everyone is clear on who is who.

In no particular order:

Mike - New-ish firefighter, Mike was the very first guy I met. Still nice, still helpful, still sits next to me when nobody else does. I'm glad not everyone wants to be like Mike, otherwise I'd have nothing to write about.

The Chief - No alias. The chief looks exactly, EXACTLY, the way a fire station chief should look. If anyone has a picture forming in their head right now, it's dead on.

Eager Chick - Haven't seen her since day one. It's killing me, because I'm going to run out of material in a hurry if she doesn't get back in the game.

Keith - The quartermaster. Still grumpy. I have a sneaking suspicion that there is a great deal more to Keith than he lets on. Jury is out on whether or not I give a shit.

CHEEKY - CHeerful, Eager, Energetic, Keen and Young instructor. Funny kid. Loves his work. Really wants people to know how awesome he is.

Jordan - As I mentioned before, she's the resident cute girl at the station. I don't see her too often, but she seems to perform her duties accordingly: flirts with management, amiable but standoffish with the help. Textbook.

BAJI - Bitter And Jaded Instructor. I feel that I've done this guy a bit of a disservice with his name - not that I'm planning on changing it. He is clearly a seasoned vet with tons of experience under his belt. He just doesn't have the frosty and anticipatory outlook of most of the people I've come across. I'm pretty sure that means that I want him giving the orders at my first fire, but a fucking smile wouldn't hurt every once in awhile.

Plastic Surgeon Girl - A member of the 22-hour class. Not to be confused with a girl who has had plastic surgery, this chick works for a plastic surgeon. She seems nice enough and also has some ferocity to her, which I have to think is an asset. She's also the apple of Awkward Boy's eye, which is going to make for some amusing fodder.

Awkward Boy - Another member of the 22-hour class. Still number one on my hit list. This guy was actually the one member of my class that rode to the two-alarm fire the other night. To his credit, he's obviously a full member of the EMS squad. His crew doesn't give him wedgies and make him dance for their amusement, so I can only assume that they have accepted him as an equal. That doesn't really give him more street-cred, rather, it calls theirs into question.

Chad - The resident training advisor for my company. Chad is effeminate, scrawny, has a lisp, and chews with his mouth open. He talks about Broadway Shows he wants to see and can't shut up about how much he loves vegan food and Norah Jones. Actually Chad is none of the above, but he is Canadian, which is pretty much the same thing.

Chad's Girlfriend - Hot. Some day I'll figure out how the gay guys do it.

Kate - County level administrator, or something like that. Kate is the fit chick noted early on. Still nice as can be. I would expect the rosters would fill up more if Kate's time was spent recruiting instead of attending to paperwork and HR violations.

Katie II - Too lazy to assign a unique alias to this girl, I just made her a sequel. Katie II is country and doesn't mind getting her hands dirty. She's precisely the type of girl I would expect to see fighting fires. She is also the type of girl I would expect to see on the business end of a sawed-off after pumping three rounds into her drunk-ass husband. That doesn't sound like a compliment, but it is.

Nurse-Voice - Her moniker didn't actually appear in an entry, but she was the instructor for the blood borne pathogen class. Seasoned, competent, and mind-numbingly loud, Nurse-Voice is to nursing what the Chief is to chiefing.

Robin - Part time instructor in the 22-hour class. Assessment pending. Her comment on the night of the dual house fires was: "For keeping me away from that fire this class will go down in history as my most hated, ever ." Based on that comment alone, I'm guessing I'm going to like Robin... but hell, I also liked 'Waterworld' so my opinion isn't exactly rock-solid.