Sierra Lima Echo Echo Papa.

PL212, Responding to 20 Lor 32 Geylang Rd over.
PL212, Arrival at 20 Lor 32 Geylang Rd over.
PL212, Fire well-alight, CD at work with 2 x 38mm jets.
PL212, Fire started by unwatched cooking, possibility of gas fire, over.
PL212, Stop for 20 Lor 32 Geylang Rd over. Blah blah, over.
PL212, Returning to base over.
PL212, Arrival at base over.

So, what was this week? Voice comms. I sat in an air-con room for three days. Did the Low Wall, Parallel Bar, Stepping Platform and Swinging Trainer (Monkey Bars) of SoCon Tuesday. Learnt my Alpha to Zulu alphabet. Still doesn't sound that intense, right? Thursday wasn't intense either. But I learnt how to operate a hydrant. Was filled with, "Sana Satu Orang, Sedi-ah! H2, MOVE!" Running with a hydrant key, hitting blank caps. Was quite fun and simple so far.

Friday was the tiring day. I had BAPT. Breathing Apparatus Proficiency Test. This means, donning the suit in 1:15 seconds, fire suit, gloves, BA set, face mask, helmet. Then going on a treadmill, ladder treadmill, static bicycle and something like lat pull-down all in the BA set. After all that, running through the maze described in the earlier post. Plus, with all this there's a consumption limit to the amount of air we're supposed to take in.

It sounds simple. But with just the fire-suit, I ran about 2km and felt like the end of the world, much less without the BA set. So ya, go figure. But all good, I'm still alive. The regulars in my course who come from army say our training is different because in the army its mostly physical, whereas where I am, I get placed in uncomfortable situations like BA. People run from fire, we run into fire.

Love the Beijing 08.

The reward? Ben and Jerry's tonight, 9pm guys.