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cue calls. She joined two years ago and plans on continuing through the paramedic class. On rescue calls she usually takes a patient's vital sighs, dresses wounds, does splints or gives oxygen. "Basically we try and stabilize them," she said. Upon returning to the firehouse, it is time to do paperwork and clean up the ambulance.
Kristi plans on studying nursing in community college, and she is considering running fire and rescue as a career. Her mom, Mary Ann Hudson, usually comes with her on the same calls. She said her dad was a firefighter when he lived in Florida.
Like the others, Kristi wears a pager for calls and keeps it in her car while in school (pagers are not allowed in school). Sally said that Mr. Raines, the principal, usually lets them out and excuses them for getting to school late because of a call.
Sally became a certified EMT-B in December. As an EMT, she said, she gets to see different things, like people with broken arms. "It is a learning experience," she said. Sally said she plans on remaining an EMT because she "can't do needles," though she and Kristi said that blood doesn't bother them.
Sally began Firefighter I class at the Amissville Fire Hall this week, which runs through April, two nights a week and several Saturdays. Amissville Fire Chief J.B. Carter and several others will be teaching the class, which runs for a total of 135 hours and teaches the basics of firefighting. The Firefighting II class will
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