AFD

The Arlington Fire Department is hiring. They have their own fire
academy. And it is paid training. And when he is done with the fire
academy he will have an actual job with the AFD.

Tomorrow is step one. The written test.

This should not be any problem. Hubby is super smart; just to be sure
though he bought a practice test with the types of questions they ask
and has been going through it.

After the test he has an opportunity to practice their physical test.
They have 2 other days to also practice their physical test.

This should also not be any problem. The information packet they send
out contains a DVD showing the parts of the test. It even shows
someone going through the entire timed test in real time. The test
consists of a few different ladder exercises, including going up a 70
ft extension ladder (yikes), some stair climbing and some lifting and
hauling stuff. No timed running. And he gets to practice the actual
test.

After he passes the written test he will schedule his physical test.
After he passes the physical test, he will schedule an interview.
After he passes that interview, he will schedule a second interview.
After he passes THAT he will start their fire academy in February.

In the meantime, he is still training for the other physical test, the
one with the timed run. Just in case. The bad thing is going to be
the timing of the two. The timed running test is in December, with
classes starting in mid-January. This means he won't know about the
AFD job BEFORE the other classes start. He will have to pay all of
the class expenses and probably start classes until he finds out.

Cross your fingers for the AFD job. Paid training!