►
From YouTube: What's Up AVL! – Episode 27
Description
On this episode of What’s Up AVL!, Sam Parada hosts Kelley Klope and Jeremy Brooks from the Asheville Fire Department to talk about the Citizens Fire Academy and how to public can participate.
B
B
Doing
great
and
Jeremy
Brooks
who
I
just
met
today,
how
are
you
I'm
doing
great?
How
are
you
doing
fantastic,
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
joining
me
today.
Now
today,
we'll
be
talking
about
many
fire
related
things,
academies,
lots
of
them,
especially
the
citizens,
fire
academy
happening
next
month
in
August,
as
well
as
other
things,
but
first
I
want
to
get
to
know
you
guys
a
little
bit
better.
So
Kelly
tell
me
more
about
you.
What's
your
position,
what's
your
day-to-day,
like?
What
do
you
do.
C
So
I
I
have
the
honor
of
serving
as
the
public
information
officer
for
the
Asheville
Fire
Department
I
have
worked
for
the
fire
department
for
27
years.
I
am
a
certified
firefighter
worked
on
a
truck
for
a
few
years
and
then
throughout
the
my
career,
I've
had
different
positions
but
ultimately
have
landed
here
as
the
public
information
officer
for
many
years
now
and
so
day
to
day,
basically
I'm
the
conduit
for
information
to
and
from
internally
and
externally.
C
So
my
goal
is
to
help
inform
and
educate
externally
our
community,
what's
going
on
within
the
fire
department,
whether
it's
incidents,
events
that
might
affect
them.
If
there's
a
gas
leak,
a
car
wreck,
a
house
fire
or
something
like
that,
letting
them
know
what's
going
on
all
the
way
to
Fire
and
Life
safety,
education,
prevention
event,
tips
and
things
like
that,
so
in
I'm,
a
source
of
information
for
them.
They
can
call
me
and
ask
general
questions
same
thing
internally.
B
D
B
A
D
A
few
months
out
yeah,
we
do
that
we
provide
that
as
a
free
service
to
all
of
our
local
businesses,
so
anybody
that
needs
that
we
schedule
them
out
and
do
I
use
a
lot
of
Kelly's
old
videos
and
things
like
that.
If,
if
that's
a
route,
they
want
to
go
before
I
get
there,
and
then
we
have
a
pan.
That's
a
burn!
Pan,
that's
been
around
since
Kelly,
had
it
created
years
ago
and
do
live
fire
training.
B
B
C
C
It's
kind
of
cute
I
received
a
message
from
a
woman
out
in
California.
She
sent
me
a
video
of
her
toddler
who
loved
to
watch
that
video,
why
they
ever
got
a
hold
of
it.
I,
don't
know
that
was
very
entertaining
to
watch
his
toddler.
Do
the
whole
pull
and
squeeze
sweet
so
I
commended
him
on
his
efforts
and
I
sent
him
a
package
of
goodies
that
Jeremy
provided
from
for
little
kids
and
just
encouraged
him
to
to
continue
That,
Fire
and
Life
Safety
message
throughout.
C
B
D
Short,
so
our
citizens,
fire
academy,
has
been
going
for
years
now.
It
used
to
coincide
with
the
citizens,
Police
Academy
as
well.
We
kind
of
fed
each
other
back
and
forth,
with
different
attendees
and
and
people
that
come
in
over
since
covered,
though
covered.
You
know,
restrained
us
from
having
it
for
a
year
year
and
a
half
there,
and
we
want
to
build
it
back.
D
The
graduation
day
will
be
on
10,
11
and
you'll
graduate
with
a
gift
from
the
Asheville
Fire
Department
and
get
a
certificate
as
well.
We
provide
dinner
at
every
at
every
meeting
and
there'll
be
some
instruction
and
lecture,
and
with
that
dinner,
we'll
also,
you
know,
have
firefighters
that
you
can
interact
with
and
talk
with
with
the
fire
department
being
a
vast
majority
of
the
city
budget.
We
want
to
show-
and
let
people
know
why
we.
C
B
D
C
D
C
D
Like
with
every
meeting
that
we
have,
we
always
plan
a
Hands-On
activity.
Okay,
so
the
first
night
we'll
do
history
and
we
have
a
great
historian.
He
is
a
wealth,
a
plethora
of
knowledge
and
history,
with
not
only
Buncombe
County
with
Asheville
Fire
Department,
but
the
surrounding
areas
as
well
and
where
some
of
our
old
apparatus
even
still
stay.
D
So
then
we'll
do
a
station
tour
we'll
get
to
show
you
what
downtown
station's
like
why
it
is
the
way
it
is
and
and
what
we
do
with
it.
Then
the
next
the
next
night
we
have
planned.
You
get
to
meet
Kelly
and
I.
Guess
it'll,
be
interim
Chief,
Burnett
now
or
not
interim
Chief,
bazinski,
not
Burnett,
but
and
then
we
we'll
let
you
try
on
our
turnout
gear.
D
C
D
Do
that
yeah?
But
during
this
program
we
also
show
you
how
we
interact
with
our
Community
Partners
without
being
EMS
Buncombe,
County
EMS,
which
does
all
the
medical
Transportation
within
the
county
in
the
city,
the
Red
Cross.
We
show
you
how
they
teach
CPR
in
the
community
and
where
to
go,
get
those
resources.
Okay,
we
also
use
wnc,
safe
kids
and
they
provide
bicycle
helmets
to
kids.
D
A
D
A
huge
resource
for
our
Western
North
Carolina
region,
not
just
Asheville
or
Buncombe
County,
and
then
you
know
we
talk
about
our
Fire
Marshal's
office
and
why
we
do
inspections
and
what
the
different
departments
within
the
Fire
Marshal's
Office
look
like.
So
we
have
new
construction
which
goes
over
plans
and
inspects
a
building
as
it
is
being
built,
and
then
we
have
our
periodic
inspectors
who
the
businesses
see
wants
or
to
once
a
year
or
two
or
you
know
every
three
years
whenever
whatever
their
business
requires.
D
B
D
D
D
Could
yeah
bill
will
bill
who's
over
our
investigations
in
my
position
usually
likes
to
get
pretty
in-depth
and
so
he'll
show
them
pictures.
We
also
use
the
matterport.
You
know
it
was
bought
on
a
grant
for
arson
investigation,
but
we
have
used
it
to
create
an
online
station
tour,
especially
during
like
when
we
were
shut
down
for
covid
I
had
to
do
a
lot
of
things
virtually,
so
we
created
a
virtual
classroom
that
kids
could
go
in
with
their
teachers
and
pick
all
these
fire
safety
events.
That
was.
D
We
had
to
create
a
station
tour
with
this
camera
and
then
so
station
four
was
the
newest
remodeled
station
at
that
time.
So
we
chose
it
because
everything
looks
nice
and
pretty
and
new,
and
so
you
can
actually
go
through
that
classroom
and
do
a
station
tour,
because
we
couldn't
have
kids
come
to
the
fire
station
yeah,
but
we
didn't
want
to
not
give
them
the
benefit
of
having
and
we
did
a
lot
of
things
in
parking
lots
like
we
did.
We
didn't
miss
fire
prevention.
D
B
D
Were
if
they
were
homebound
so
feeding
that
back
into
every
day,
this
teacher
still
love
that,
so
they
still
use
it
and
they
still
feed
it
and
they
can.
They
can.
You
know,
bring
it
up
on
their
smart
boards
and
the
kids
can
come
up
and
interact.
They
can
put
it
on
their
iPads.
That
was
great,
so
we're
reaching
a
lot
more
people,
even
when
we're
not
in
the
school
ourselves.
So
it
gives
us
a
way
to
be
there
when
we're
unavailable,
yeah.
A
D
C
D
B
B
C
It's
been
amazing,
it's
an
amazing
Academy.
That
Jeremy
has
because,
like
he
was
saying,
usually
it's
around
18,
but
we
have
all
ages.
All
different
members
of
our
community
come
out
people
who
are
just
curious
and
want
to
know
a
little
bit
more
about
the
fire
department.
We
have
people,
city,
city,
employees,
we
encourage
you,
know
all
city,
employees,
city
council,
just
to
learn
more
about
what
your
fire
department
does
versus.
Just
you
know,
assuming
fight
fire,
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
go
on
behind
scenes
from
my
position.
We
have
Training
Division.
C
C
D
A
D
Fit
not
only
new
trucks
but
to
fit.
You
know,
current
needs
for
firefighters,
and
you
know
turn
out
gear,
washers
and
different
ways
to
close
buildings
off
to
keep
them
isolated
from
different
Carson
engines
that
may
be
floating
out
in
a
truck
bay
that
we
don't
want
to
live
with,
and
we
found
out
that
that's
you
know
a
reason.
We
need
to
build
walls
and
put
in
different
types
of
Windows
and
things
like
that
and
then
take
you
out
to
a
brand
new.
C
Is
up
in
Woodfin
and
it's
for
the
whole
County,
so
it's
not
just
an
Asheville
Fire
Department,
but
it's
a
training
center
for
all
firefighter
fire
departments
to
go
out
and
and
do
training
and
keep
up
on
their
skills,
and
it
has
everything
for
from
a
live
burn.
Building
where
you
can
actually
have
live
fire
to
have
propane
fires
to
high
angle,
they've
Incorporated.
So
many
you
know
props
and
different
things
that
they
that's
where
we
hold
our
Academy
is
held
out
there.
B
B
A
D
D
Look
you're
going
to
look
and
see
how
much
our
equipment
costs
we'll
give
you
those
numbers
and
see
what
our
gear
costs
you'll
see,
what
it
costs
to
train
a
firefighter
and
why
we
want
to
retain
those
not
just
hire
new
ones.
That
might
be
a
little
bit
cheaper,
but
it's
really
expensive
to
train
a
firefighter,
and
we
want
to
retain
that
for
as
long
as
we
can,
hopefully,
their
whole
career
would
be
at
the
Asheville
Fire
Department,
because
we
have
a
little
over
300
employees.
Now
it's.
C
D
D
About
to
open
and
I've
even
had
fire
chiefs
come
in
and
they
were
near
us
that
have
the
kind
of
the
same
square,
mileage,
demographics
and
things
like
that.
I
was
an
engineer
at
station
11
and
a
fire
chief
from
Bend
Oregon
stopped
in
and
was
like.
How
tell
me
how
and
why
so
I
linked
him
up
with
Chief
Burnett.
But
you
know
knowing
that
knowledge
yeah
from
being
in
this
position,
a
little
bit
was
able
to
help
me.
D
C
C
D
Risk
programs,
elderly,
and
so
we
really
want
to
serve.
You
know
our
youth,
our
young
Youth
and
our
in
our
elderly
population.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
that's
those
are
the
two
that
we
want
to
make
sure
have
the
appropriate
skills
to
get
out
of
a
fire.
Okay,
so
we
teach
it
in
schools,
but
where
should
we
teach
it
for
the
elderly?
So.
A
D
Of
times
we
have
to
go
to
community
centers
or
to
where
they're
they're,
living
and
and
have
these
programs
and
we
offer
free
smoke,
alarms
a
lot
of
people,
don't
know
that
and
they
find
out
through
this
program
and
then
they
tell
you
know
Six
Degrees
of
Separation
about
everybody
else.
So
they
tell
all
their
friends.
B
C
C
So
it's
really
easy
to
apply.
It
is
currently
all
online
right
now,
but
if
anybody
doesn't
have
access,
they
can
call
the
Asheville
Fire
Department
we'll
help
them,
but
otherwise
it's
on
our
website,
the
application's
on
our
website.
It's
on
social
media.
So
just
going
to
Asheville
nc.gov
Fire
you'll
find
the
Asheville
Fire
Department
and
look
for
the
Citizens
Academy
and
just
fill
it
out.
Jeremy
will
receive
it.
C
D
B
D
If
we
had
the
demand
for
it,
I
would
gladly
run
it
twice
a
year.
We
were
trying
to
run
this
program
in
the
spring
and
you
know
when
the
weather
gets
nice
and
pretty
everybody
wants
to
go
outside
and
I
think
that
was
some
things
that
may
have
been
hindering
so
we're
trying
to
run
in
the
fall
this
year
to
see
when
people
are
kind
of
slowing
down.
Maybe
they
have
the
time
to
spend
one
evening
away
from
your
family
with
the
fire
department
and.
A
B
Yeah,
no
I
think
it's
a
super
important
thing.
You
know,
I,
don't
know
much
about
fire
and
I
see
Kelly
about
once
a
week
or
so
so
I
mean
I
I.
Also,
not
if
I
can.
It
would
be
really
interesting
to
see
it
and
I
know
a
lot
of
people
who
you
know
we
talk
about.
They
ask
me
oh
you're,
for
the
city,
those
fire
department
for
the
city
too.
It's
like
yes,
we're
the
same.
D
I
mean
it
was
built
for
Citizens,
but
it
could
also
be
for
people
who
want
to
get
into
if
you're
you're
thinking
about
stepping
up
and
running
for
a
position
for
city,
council
or
or
something
like
that,
and
you
want
to
know
more
and
get
to
know
the
city
and
the
people
that
work
for
it.
This
is
a
great
program
to
keep
you
involved,
because
you
know
we
we're
the
fire
department
yeah,
but
we
still
use
you
know
a
lot
of
other
departments.
D
B
Academy
and
well
Jeremy
will
get
in
touch
with
you
at
the
same
time.
I
do
want
to
talk
more
about.
You
know
the
ins
and
outs
of
the
hiring
process.
How
does
that
work?
Is
the
fire
academy
just
a
more
intense
version
than
the
citizens
Fair
Academy
is
like
similar
about
more
in
10
stories
are
completely
different.
C
B
C
B
C
Are
very
fortunate
that
we
have
a
lot
of
local
businesses
that
will
donate
cars,
they'll
bring
them
out
there
and
and
we
have
the
ability
to
cut
them
up
and
train
our
firefighters,
I
think
our
local
businesses
know
how
important
it
is
for
our
firefighters
to
know
this
for
our
community
right,
so
that
they
can
be
fully
trained
and
up
to
skill
and
up
to
level
of
of
serving
our
community.
So
I
don't
think.
We've
ever
had
a
problem.
Getting
cars
I
think
Jeremy
even
gets
it
for
the
Citizens.
D
Academy
yeah,
we
can
share
with
them.
We
get
them.
You
know,
they're
all
crashed
cars,
they've
been
in
Vex.
So
it's
you.
You
want
to
train
not
only
our
firefighters
but
our
citizens
to
know
what,
when
we
roll
up
on
an
accident
scene,
we
never
know
what
we're
going
to
do.
So.
Firefighters
are
great
problem,
solvers
yeah.
So
that's
what
I
teach
our
citizens
it's
like.
This
is
always
a
problem
we're
going
to
encounter
and
then
never
are.
D
There
two
calls
it's
going
to
be
a
lock,
so
we
we
train
those
to
them
and
if
you
know
they
may
end
up
making
it
look
worse
because
if
I
turn
it
over
on
its
top
or
they
may,
but
the
rollback
will
bring
up
drop
off
a
red
car.
That's
going
to
the
crusher
anyway,
and
then
we
we
will
cut
it
up
and
make
it
way
smaller
and
then
they
can
take
it
and.
A
D
D
B
Yeah
no
I
mean
I
think
this
is
something
that
the
city
overall
likes
to
do
is
quality
over
quantity
and
that
takes
time
and
resources,
but
I
think
at
the
end
of
the
day.
It's
worth
it
because
I
like
this
I'll,
be
blunt
I,
don't
want
just
anybody
riding
around
the
fire
truck
I
want
to
make
sure
that
if
I
see
those
lights,
flashing
and
I'm,
the
one
in
trouble
that
I'll
I'll
be
in
good
hands.
A
C
And
not
only
are
we
held
to
standards,
we
hold
ourselves
to
those
standards,
we
don't
have
to
be
accredited.
We
have
chosen
to
become
accredited
and
we
have
maintained
that
you
know
every
five
years
we
get
reaccredited.
We
say:
hey
we're,
still
meeting
these
standards
plus
we're
doing
this
much
more
because
we
do
want
to
stay
up
with
the
new
technology.
We
want
to
serve
the
community,
the
best
that
we
can
so
we're
always
improving.
C
Obviously,
there's
always
new
technology,
new
skills,
new
tools,
new
whatever,
and
we
stay
up
to
that
everything
from
the
water
that
is
in
the
hydrants
to
communication
us
talking
to
each
other
to
all
the
Fire
and
Life
safety,
education
programs.
We
deliver
all
the
social
media
posts
and
how
many
they
reach
I
mean
they
look.
The
accredited
agency
looks
at
all
of
that
to
say:
hey
yeah,
Asheville,
you're,
Top,
Notch
and.
B
D
B
Yeah
I
was
gonna,
say
it's.
It
takes
a
lot
that
many
people
don't
have
I,
don't
think
it
could
be
a
firefighter
and
I
I
do
want
to
point
out
that
you
know
if
you
see
someone
in
uniform
walking
around
Asheville
or
if
you
go
to
the
fire
station
now,
just
when
I
met
you
guys.
Today
you
were
talking
to
some
folk
out
there
explaining
I
didn't
catch
the
overall
but
you're
just
talking
with
the
public
and
I
think
that's
great
you're,
approachable
and
maybe.
C
C
Think
I
just
I
just
mentioned,
we
did
talk
a
little
and
if
anybody
is
interested
we
do
have
an
afd
higher
email.
They
can
reach
out
to
us.
Ask
us
any
questions.
We
will
take
our
time
and
explain
what
it
all
in
encounters
and
what's
expected,
you
do
not
have
to
have
prior
firefighting
skills,
I
didn't
even
many
many
years
ago.
I
didn't,
but
we
are
looking
for
really
strong,
driven
individuals
who
who
want
to
serve
serve
their
Community
and
we
are
constantly
hiring
every
July
and
January.
C
We
start
a
new
Academy
and
if
you're
looking
for
that
type
of
position,
change
in
life,
please
reach
out
to
us.
We
will
definitely
open
the
doors
and
answer
any
questions,
and
you
know
we're
a
pretty
we're
pretty
diverse
in
department
and
we're
looking
to
keep
that
up
so
I'm
here.
As
a
woman,
saying
I've
been
there
27
years
and
you
know
we
encourage
women
to
apply.
We
encourage
everyone
to
apply
we're
going
to
hire
the
best
of
the
best
27.