Career Q&A With Tyler Rumble

 Question 1: What do you do?

Answer 1: I am a Firefighter/EMT at Montrose Fire.

Question 2: What do you like most about your job?

Answer 2: Currently I'm still learning; going through all the training but I really enjoy the comaraderie and everybody's willingness to step up and help me out with training.

Question 3: What do you like least about your job?

Answer 3: Definitely the sleep drepivation, after 48 hours I go home pretty tired. 

Question 4: How do you deal with the sleep deprivation?

Answer 4: Usually, I go home I take a nap, not for too long though. I try to get my sleep schedule reset and get back to work at my other job.

Question 5: What other job do you have? 

Answer 5: I work constuction on the side it's one of the perks of working here, I get four days off so I get to go make a little money on the side.

Question 6: How did you end up here?

Answer 6: I ended up here after transitioning out of the military into the EMS feild, and then talking to some of my buddies in fire service I pursued it and got lucky enough to get hired here on at Montrose. 

Question 7: If you could be somewhere else would you be and where would it be?

Answer 7: I've been quite places, I've been in different countries, I've been in a lot of different states, and I choose to be here and at this job.

Question 8: What have you learned other than the Firefighter/EMS side?

Answer 8: Definitely patience, you learn that everybody's emergencies are different, you don't get to dictate that. As a provider you have to be patient you have to be caring. 

Question 9: How do you deal with the stress of this job?

Answer 9: I'm pretty into fitness, I'm into eating healthy. For me that helps keep the mental stress pretty well clear. 

Question 10: What specifically do you need to this job well?

Answer 10: Putting forth effort, we can train you to be a good provider, and we can train you to be a good firefighter, but effort is the number one key to being a successful firefighter and EMT. 

Goals I Set For Myself 

•  Social Skills: A huge goal for me was to obtain the ability to speak to anyone and to ask questions. I am a little socially awkward so my goal was to just become comfortable in the uncomfortable. So even when I didn't know someone I wanted to be able to not get to know who they were but ask questions about the job. I don't think I'll ever be not socially awkward but because of my internship I have learned how to interact with others better than I could before. 

• Personal Contacts: I believe connections is a big deal when it comes to overall success and happiness in my life. So my goal was to get to know everybody on a deeper scale. At first it started with me trying to remember everyone's names, now I'm at the point where I know a decent amount about the majority of everyone at the Fire Department. I feel I have made a connection with everyone in some way and want to honor that by writing a individualized cards for everyone. I truly enjoy the people at the Fire Department and believe they have changed me as a person.

• Management of Time: I am a big procrastinator, but also always manage to get my work done. So I wanted to just eliminate as much stress as possible by simply doing what I needed to. I learned I always need to work ahead and that if I need to  get something done to do it as soon as possible. My internship helped me see the value of my time and how I can spend it. By the end of the semester I found that the stuff I cared most about always got done. 

Soft-Skills I Focused On

• Listening Skills     

• Seeking Feedback

• Problem Solving 

• Self-awareness

• Adaptation

• Self-advocacy

• Respect 

• Positivity

• Patience

• Eye Contact

• Empathy 

Personal Experience Final Presentation