Over these past couple of weeks I have had several different interviews with many different members of the Arcata fire department and the Humboldt County Sherifs Department. I also completed my Firefighter physical fitness test also. During the interviews with the members of the Arcata fire department , they asked me many different questions such as " Why do you want to be a firefighter ", " Using one word , describe a positive and a negative aspect of my life ". They also asked me many different question about my back-round , my high school education , if I participated in any extra curricular activities , and if they contact the people I listed under my references how will they describe you and your personality . The physical fitness test that I took was much easier than i thought i would be . We hand to hit a metal box 50 times with a sludge hammer , run with a fire hose 100 feet , pull up a fire hose from ground level to a second story window , and one other exercise . To pass the test , I had to do the test under 7 minutes 50 second , and I did the course in 4 mins and 50 second . The next process in becoming a volunteer firefighter , the police are going to check my back-round to make sure everything is what I say it is . If my back-round checks out to be good then I will have one final interview and if that goes good I will become a volunteer firefighter.
