2014 Interview

Blog 23: 2014 Interview

1.)    Who did you interview and what house are they in?

I interviewed Leo Larino and he is in south House.

2.)    What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

I have an idea of doing my senior project on basketball or sneakers, but I may decide on something else in the future. I decided on this because it has been something I have always been interested in.

3.)    What do you plan on doing for your ten hour summer internship?

If I chose to do basketball I would probably try to play with a team or I may just find some type of community service in regards to the sport

4.)    What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?

 I expect to see some ideas for my own presentation and maybe some ideas for my own senior project.

5.)    What questions do you have in regards to the senior project that I can help answer?

I don’t really have any questions because all of the questions I had were answered before.

Interview 4

Interview 4

1.) What are your issues regarding the forest fire service?

2.) what do you believe is the best way to prepare to become a forest ranger?

3.) What do you know about search and rescue in the fire department?

4.) What are the steps that are needed in order to become a search and rescue operator?

5.) What in your opinion I the best job in the fire department?

6.) Do you recommend forest firefighting over city? Why?

7.) What’s your experience with fighting forest fires?

8.) Can a forest firefighter be in the search and rescue department as well?

9.) What are some of your experiences with search and rescue?

10.) How is fighting a fire in the forest different from a building fire?

11.) What are your views on military firefighting?

12.) As far as search and rescue goes, what are some training techniques that they go through?

13.) Is a forest firefighter one that investigates fires as well and if so what are the steps to become an investigator?

14.) What is the toughest fires that you have fought?

15.) What are some inside techniques that you have come across when fighting a fire?

16.) Are there different fire engines for forest fires?

17.) What is the difference in schooling with forest fire fighting vs. City or county?

18.) What is the toughest problem that has to be overcome when fighting a fire?

19.) What is the most important factor when fighting a fire?

20.) If you had to go through the whole process of becoming a firefighter again, what would you do differently?

Second interview questions

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1.)What gave you the drive to become a firefighter and do you still have that drive?

2.) So what type of experience do you have in the field? How many major fires have you been in or how many emergency medical calls have you been aprt of?

3.) What is your greatest achievement since you have been a firefighter?

4.) How many years of experience do you have and a breakdown of those years?

5.) Why did you decide to become a firefighter?

6.) What was the hardest part in your journey when trying to become a firefighter?

Interview Preperation

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1. who do you plan to interview? Why?

 

  I plan to interview captain Bryan Drolet. He is the captain at the Ontario  Fire Department station#2. He would be a great person to interview because he is very knowledgeable in the firefighting department because he has been doing it his whole life. He is very easy to talk to and enjoys telling people about his job making him a prime audience to interview.

2. You have to ask 5 questions. What additional questions do you plan to ask? Ask open-ended questions.

 

Some additional questions I would ask would be:

What are the flaws of the fire department and do you see these flaws improving in the future?

Why did you decide to become a firefighter and do you recommend this as a great lifestyle to go into?

What is your favorite and least favorite things about the fire department? Things you would change and things you would leave the same?

What got you interested in becoming a firefighter?