The Trip to Palmer Station – Denver

My trip to Palmer Station was a long one with many steps along the way. My first stop was Denver, CO for two weeks where I spent one week in the corporate office for some training and to do turnover (via telephone and email) with my successor to the extent possible. It was certainly time well spent but working in cubicle-land was excruciating.

My second week in Denver was a bit more exciting. I met nine of the other folks that I would be spending the winter at Palmer Station with.

Because Palmer is such a small station everyone is required to wear many hats, and because the station is simply too small to warrant or even house a full-time fire department, those of us that are there for other jobs also have to serve as the fire department. The ten of us were trained up as best we could be in that short amount of time.

Overall, fire school was a very rewarding experience. I gained some valuable skills as well as a whole new appreciation for the people who do this type of work on a day-to-day basis. They have an incredibly tough job.