Coming soon to a firefighter calendar near you!

As mentioned in a previous blog, I was voted in as a member of the Arcola Pleasant Valley fire department. I will be training in both fire fighting and the EMS side.

It's pretty exciting. Aside from the intrinsic rewards, there are some other neat bonuses to being a volunteer firefighter/EMS person...
- Firefighter plates
- Personal property tax exemption on your primary vehicle
- nice flashing lights for my car (and motorcycle?) (all tax deductible too!)
- free training
You even get a pension and stuff. badass.




Unfortunately, turnout gear makes my hips look big.