Nicholas Topel

Army National Guard FireFighter

Virginia Army National Guard

Virginia, VA

08.2023 - Current

Learned how to work efficiently as a team and adapt to certain situations
Graduated DOD Fire Academy with 544 hours of training
Trained to respond to emergency medical calls. CPR and EMR Certified
learned and understood terminology of parts of the human body, trained to administer oxygen to patients and learned how to treat trauma patients, learned how to do a medical report on a patient
Learned Basic fundamentals of firefighting, how to wear and properly use PPE and SCBA. Firefighter 1 Certified
learned how to handle and work with tools, confined spaces, ladders, knots, victim removal, search and rescuing victims.
Learned Fire Suppression. Firefighter 2 certified
Trained and learned how to handle hoses, different types of pressure hoses, different type of hose rolls. learned how to do forward lay and reverse lay operations. trained in various types of burn scenarios that include Class A and B fires, Vehicle fires, roof and basement fires, dumpster fires, cylinder fires, pool fires, and also did live simulated calls responding to a house fire.
Learned how to operate in hazmat situations. Hazmat Awareness and Operations Certified
Understood the basics of hazardous materials ranging from all the classes, symbols and numbers and what hazard material it is, learned how to respond and work with a team in a simulated hazardous materials call on a gas spill and preventing it from entering the water system
Learned how to respond to aircraft fires and search and recuse. ARFF Certified
trained to understand the functions of an airport that include knowing symbols, lights, pavements on the runway and what everything means. Also learned the basic parts of an aircraft how they fly and there purposes. learned how to operate tools to cut into C130 aircraft and search and recuse for multiple victims in certain amount of time. Trained to respond to C130 interior and exterior fires and how to suppress and create recuse paths to remove victims from burning aircraft.