The Fire Dept Sponsorship Application process

Shane turned in his application with the Santa Fe Springs Department of Fire-Rescue to the Rio Hondo Fire Academy. He has attended Rio Hondo Jr College since the fall after graduation from high school. He walked the application into station headquarters over a week ago anxious to hear back. The chief was reviewing them throughout the week. Shane has done some ride alongs with the SFS station #4 and the Long Beach Station #1. He is applying to receive one of the two sponsorships they offer at SFS. Should he get a call for an interview, he will need a suit.

Having a sponsorship means:

• Ensures you a priority of the list of eligible applicants to the academy for either full-time or part-time academies.


• Applicant is allowed to wear our uniform (light blue shirt) with a Department patch.
  
• The Department will loan applicant his Turnout Gear (coat, pants, boots, helmet, gloves, hood)


• Breathing apparatus, as needed

What it doesn't cover is any tuition, uniforms, books, supplies for attending the academy. But the price of what they do cover amounts to about $3 - 4,000 that you don't have to supply.

Shane, in this next spring semester of 2010 taking the EMT class and the last two of his Fire Science classes. So far he has all A's for grades in those classed he has taken so far and placed first in the semester class that tested there physical fitness for duty (BIDDLE). He received the coveted certificate for having passed this required class under the time of 9 min-34 seconds, and his personal time was 6 min-3 seconds. His counselor has told him he will qualify for the July academy.

The Mens Wearhouse had a "buy one get one free" promotion going on and so Shane and I stopped in to get an idea if a price range and how it works. Greg has been thinking lately he is in need of a suit and this would work out. After dinner that night all three of us headed over there, as the two men are fashion deficient as they put it. Well, should you just buy the suit, you get a sweet deal, but if and when you purchase the comfy shirts they offer and the ties they display with them ~ how can you resist?? right?? So we walk out with two shirts and the third was free, mostly cuz we paid so much for one they guiltily give one away. We also walked out with two ties-buy one get free ~ the deals were just flying while we stood there nodding.

Now before we left the house, I laid out all the ties from Gregs closet on kitchen table as an example~did we need a tie? Any one of the recycles would have worked or might have worked.... but in the mesmerizing of how NICE they looked against the new suits/shirts in the store lighting.. we walked out with two more of them to add to the collection..

Greg picked out a black suit with a thin stripe and the dark gray shirt. Shane got a completely black tailored suit with a white shirt/black blocked tie (first interviews) and also the light blue shirt (2nd interviews) he will use a "recycled tie". So after measuring for a few adjustments we were done. There is a lifetime of tailoring as long as it's possible to take it in or let it out, so that is the bonus of this particular store rather than just off the rack.... I hope so... Pick up on Wed night unless Shane's call for interview comes in for sooner. They both look handsome in them.

OKAY so we get back from TX late on Monday and he is so excited he is bursting at the seams on the way home from the airport.. He had received a call from the station that day and he was given one of the sponsorships at the SFS Fire Station. We are so proud of him, and he does NOT have to interview at all.. isn't that amazing? His grades for this semester were straight A's. His hard work all along paying off and the path being made clear as he goes.

Oh well, the suit will come into use somehow ~ ha ha