I just wanted to ask this to my fellow FF's..
We have a rookie that just joined us about three weeks ago. For the most part, the guy does good. He doesn't talk much, always keeping busy and working hard and taking initiative. Well here's the catch, the guy is deathly afraid of heights. I mean terrified. He'll go halfway up a 24 foot extension ladder and that's it. We've tried to work with him almost every shift, but he can't seem to get over this fear. With our manpower and newly built tall buildings we're going to need this guy to climb a ladder one day. He won't even look at the aerial ladder in training either. Our Captain has agreed to do his best to keep him away from ladders on scene, because this guy just isn't going to climb them, no matter how hard we try to help him. The other day our Captain had told him he would need to come speak to him about the heights issue.
Now, this guy is asking me and several others exactly what will happen to him but I cannot answer because I don't know. Now, what will likely happen here? Will he be terminated due to not being able to climb ladders? Be put on the engine company? Told if he can't climb them, it's a safety issue and a job requirement and be released?
My whole issue is this guy is on the truck with me and I don't even wanna think about him bailing on me, but for the most part he's a good Firefighter except for heights.
We have a rookie that just joined us about three weeks ago. For the most part, the guy does good. He doesn't talk much, always keeping busy and working hard and taking initiative. Well here's the catch, the guy is deathly afraid of heights. I mean terrified. He'll go halfway up a 24 foot extension ladder and that's it. We've tried to work with him almost every shift, but he can't seem to get over this fear. With our manpower and newly built tall buildings we're going to need this guy to climb a ladder one day. He won't even look at the aerial ladder in training either. Our Captain has agreed to do his best to keep him away from ladders on scene, because this guy just isn't going to climb them, no matter how hard we try to help him. The other day our Captain had told him he would need to come speak to him about the heights issue.
Now, this guy is asking me and several others exactly what will happen to him but I cannot answer because I don't know. Now, what will likely happen here? Will he be terminated due to not being able to climb ladders? Be put on the engine company? Told if he can't climb them, it's a safety issue and a job requirement and be released?
My whole issue is this guy is on the truck with me and I don't even wanna think about him bailing on me, but for the most part he's a good Firefighter except for heights.
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