August 14, 2025, 7:00am-2:00pm, Brace Firecorp, Fire Cadet Trng , fire station #4

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Thursday, August 14, 2025, 7:00am-2:00pm, Brace Firecorp, Fire Cadet Trng , fire station #4, Pensacola, FL

  • Made trail mix with dehydrated oranges, dehydrated apples, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, & oatmeal, to give to the firefighter at station #4.
    • Jogged to Pensacola firestation #4 from home (1517 e lloyd st pensacola, FL)-
      • left a bit behind schedule around 6:20am.
    • Arrived at Pensacola firestation #4 at around 7:20am.
      • Drank a 1/4 cup of skim milk & 1/8-1/4 tsp of match after arrival.
    • helped unload the Firecorp trailer.
      • Tents were already up when I arrived.
      • Most of the cooling & comfort chairs were already set up.
      • filled a bucket with ice.
      • filled up the cooling chair arms with ice.
      • Carried a package of bottled water from bonitas car to the firecorp tent and placed it under the table.
    • Before 9:40pm 
      • helped the scribe taking vitals as medical
        • took temperatures of cadets after their testing.
        • took pulserates & oxygen levels of cadets after their testing.
        • took blood pressure of cadets after their testing.
    • Before 1:00pm
      • Aldria asked me to eat a chick-fil-a sandwich and bought one for me to eat during the break between morning and afternoon cadet testing.
      • stretched out legs & arms
      • attended American Red Cross blood donation team virtual meeting.
    • After 1:00pm 
      • helped medical recording vitals and asking cadets questions as scribe.
        • recorded temperatures of cadets after their testing.
        • recorded pulserates & oxygen levels of cadets after their testing.
        • recorded blood pressure of cadets after their testing.
    • rotated as lookout making sure if a firefighter collapsed someone could help carry them back to the firecorp tent.
    • Drank 4-6 bottles of water to stay hydrated during the day (the cold water as instructed by Bonita) took one of the bottles home with me to hand out or in case i needed it.
    • Gave/ left the trail I made with dehydrated apples, dehydrated oranges, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cocoa & oatmeal to the firefighters at station #4 (took a handful or two home for mom & dad to try).
    • Jogged home ( 1517 e lloyd st. pensacola, FL) from pensacola fire station #4 at around 1:45pm.

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