Firefighter Journey.

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Alexandre Nadeau

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Word count: 1244

Choice count: 29

Section count: 21

Image count: 21

Error count: 3

Field Related Analysis

Fire Safety : 80 matches

(attack, department, fire, fire department, firefighter, firefighters, firefighting, firehouse, firemen, fires, pumper, rescue, volunteer)

Education : 56 matches

(choice, don, high school, learning, private, reader, school, student, teach, teachers, trainee, training)

Forestry : 36 matches

(fire, fires, tool, tools, department, environment)

Target Structure: (25 matches)

alienation (1 match)

comes in handy (1 match)

drudgery (1 match)

foot in the door (1 match)

intern (2 matches)

internship (7 matches)

learning the ropes (1 match)

mortgage (1 match)

office politics (2 matches)

ojt (1 match)

on-the-job-training (1 match)

pension (1 match)

premium wage (1 match)

purpose (1 match)

retirement (7 matches)

set aside (1 match)

straight a's (1 match)

trainee (2 matches)

vacant position (2 matches)

wage (2 matches)

withholding (1 match)

corruption (1 match)

bribe (6 matches)

volunteer (3 matches)

volunteering (3 matches)

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Firefighter Journey.

End of High School.

I have now finished my High School in Terrebonne. I now have two choices: 1. Go to the lineman school or 2. Go to the firefighting school. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Go to the Lineman School.

Choice 2 : Go to Firefighting School.

Des Rives High School

Go to the Lineman School.

After 1 year of school, I am now a lineman. Now, I can apply for jobs or go to do an internship in for Hydro-Québec. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Apply for jobs.

Choice 2 : Do an internship for Hydro-Quebec.

Lineman

Go to Firefighting School.

I had 3 years of school to become a firefighter. I had straight A's during my studies. I have now found my purpose. Now, I need to find a job as I try to enter the big cities. I have two choices: 1. Do an internship as a student firefighter in Boisbriand? 2. Apply for a part-time firefighter job in Lanoraie. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Do an internship as a student firefighter in Boisbriand.

Choice 2 : Apply for a part-time firefighter job in Lanoraie.

Firefighting school

Apply for Jobs.

I am now in a private company. I am a trainee, and I am making a premium wage.

Choice 1 : Climb the Ranks in the Company.

Lineman

Do an Internship for Hydro-Quebec?

I am an intern in Montreal. I feel alienation during my internship. Every day, I see firetrucks, and I want to become a firefighter. I apply to firefighting school.

Choice 1 : Go to Firefighting School.

Montreal

Do an Internship as a Student Firefighter in Boisbriand?

I am an intern in Boisbriand. I have a foot in the door, and I am waiting for a vacant position to open. The chief speaks with me and explain to me that there will be no vacant position until 4 years. I now have 2 choices: 1. Apply to the Montreal Fire Department or 2. Apply to the Laval Fire Department. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Apply to the Montreal Fire Department.

Choice 2 : Apply to the Laval Fire Department.

Boisbriand

Apply for a Part-Time Firefighter Job in Lanoraie.

I am now a firefighter in Lanoraie. I don't have many calls, so I need to find other things to do to fill up my agenda. I have two choices: 1. Volunteer for the Auxiliary Firefighter of Montreal or 2. Apply to the Montreal Fire Department. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Volunteer for the Auxiliary Firefighter of Montreal.

Choice 2 : Apply to the Montreal Fire Department.

Lanoraie

Apply to the Montreal Fire Department.

I am now a trainee in Montreal. I love the job. Now, I need to decide which station I'm going to work at. I have 2 choices: 1. Go to station 13 or 2. Go to station 32. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Go to station 13.

Choice 2 : Go to station 32.

Montreal Fire Department

Apply to the Laval Fire Department.

I am learning the ropes in Laval. During my on-the-job-training, I get caught up in office politics. The work become drudgery and I want to leave. I apply to the Montreal Department to escape from this office politics.

Choice 1 : Apply to the Montreal Fire Department.

Laval Fire Department

Volunteer for the Auxiliary Firefighter of Montreal.

I am now volunteering to help firefighters on scenes of fires. It is very fun and it occupant my free time but, I am struggling to pay off my mortgage. I need a better salary, so I need to quit volunteering, and find another job to get a better wage. My volunteering comes in handy, and I am offered a job for the Montreal Fire Department. I apply to the Montreal Fire Department.

Choice 1 : Apply to the Montreal Fire Department.

Volunteer firefighters truck

Go to Station 13.

I am now a firefighter at station 13 in Hochelaga. In this firehouse, there is a pumper and a rescue truck. I am on the rescue truck. Our job is to rescue people, to grab the nozzle and the attack line to extinguish the fires, and we carry many tools for different types of rescue like lifting bags, ropes, Halligan tool and ladders. I am very happy. I want to stay here for my entire career.

Choice 1 : Retirement.

Station 13 firefighters.

Go to Station 32.

I am at station 32. My colleagues are withholding information to me. It is not a very nice environment. One day, we got called to go to a fire. My colleagues tricked my s.c.b.a. and when I entered the building, I wasn't able to breathe. I tried calling a mayday, but I lost consciousness, and I wasn't rescued in time. I died I should've gone to station 13 where they are known to be well-trained firefighters.

Choice 1 : Go to station 13.

Funeral of a firefighter.

Retirement.

It's been 35 years that I have been at station 13. I am so happy of my career. Now, I leave the department with a great pension for my retirement. I also set aside a lot of money to make sure that I have a great retirement. I am now living on a small farm, and I couldn't dream of a better retirement.

Choice 1 : Teach to the Next Generation of Firemen.

Choice 2 : Apply in a small City as a Chief to Occupate my Vacant Time.

Small farm

Climb the Ranks in the Company.

I am working very hard. My boss is very happy with my work. He suggests to me to become a crew chief. One day, a client offers me a bribe to make me accept the job. I am getting caught up in some corruption.

Choice 1 : Accept the Bribe.

Choice 2 : Deny the bribe

Bribe

Accept the Bribe.

I accepted the bribe. It is a good amount of money. One of my colleagues' spoke to my boss and snitched me. My boss fired me.

Choice 1 : Go to Firefighting School.

Getting fired

Deny the Bribe.

I denied the bribe. Because of this, I don't have any work. My boss fires me because I do not produce enough for the company.

Choice 1 : Go to Firefighting School.

Getting fired

Teach to the Next Generation of Firemen.

I am teaching at IPIQ. I am seeing other teachers that I worked with during my career. I am teaching rope rescues and basic fire attack. Teaching would have been a great part-time job during my career. It's like a continuous OJT.

Choice 1 : Retire for Good.

Teaching

Apply in a small City as a Chief to Occupate my Vacant Time.

With my experience, I applied in Mascouche where I became a chief. I am very happy. I continue doing what I love but in a different way in a different city. I don't know how long I will do this.

Choice 1 : Retire for Good.

Choice 2 : Get injured.

Fire chief

Retire for Good.

I have done enough in the fire world. It's time to retire for good and go enjoy my retirement.

Choice 1 : The End.

Chief retires

Get injured.

I am getting old. One day, I respond to a small cabin fire. During the exploration, the roof collapsed on me. I broke my right leg and injured my back. I should have retired before. Now, my retirement is messed up.

Choice 1 : Retire for Good.

Back injury

The End.

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