Paul A. Santos, Jr
Watsonville
Summary
Motivated and dedicated individual working towards getting on a fire engine to learn and expand my fire knowledge and become a better well rounded firefighter.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Firefighter 1
Cal Fire
06.2024 - Current
- Responded to emergency calls, executing fire suppression and fuel reduction.
- Conducted regular equipment inspections, ensuring operational readiness and safety compliance.
- Collaborated with team members during training exercises to enhance firefighting techniques and strategies.
- Cabbie rolls, admin duties, month-ends, receipts for groceries, FC33, Project 33s, and staffing patterns.
- Manage hand tools, make sure they are sharpened correctly, and in good working condition, fire-ready, and maintained.
- Mentored new recruits, providing guidance on firefighting tactics and workplace safety standards.
- Moved up and down the hand line, as the drag spoon, making sure the crew is working at a good pace, and that the work is up to standard, also as first Pulaski, setting the line and coordinating with the saw team, bumping people around where tools are needed, and helping with pulling.
Wildland Firefighter
California Conservation Corps
07.2021 - 12.2022
- Fought vegetation fires as a member of a Type 1 CAL FIRE hand crew using tools and equipment such as a chainsaw, shovel, axe, McLeod, Pulaski, and back pump to cut and clear brush, as well as dig trenches to create fire lines. Responded to vegetation fire calls, mopped up, and monitored for flare-ups. Participated in multiple fuel reduction projects to maintain defensible spaces in wildland-urban interface areas.
Pre-loader
UPS
07.2020 - 07.2021
- Scan and sort packages on conveyor belts. Load up to 3 trucks at a time, neatly and numerically for driver to access at time of stop. Checked packages for dents and defects approximately 800 packages per shift.
Education
No Degree - Fire Technology
South Bay Regional Fire Academy
San Jose, CA03-2023
High School Diploma -
Pajaro Valley High School
Watsonville, CA06-2020
Skills
- Adaptability
- Time Management
- Self- Motivated
- Dependable
Certification
- IFSAC Pro board firefighter 1
- Firefighter 2 curriculum
- Hazmat Fro/Fra Pro board
- Public Safety First Aid
- CPR/BLS
- ICS 200,700,800
- Common passenger vehicle rescue technician
- S-130
- S-131
- L-180
- S-190
- Low angle rope rescue
- Confined space rescue awareness
- Firefighter survival
- Behavioral health and cancer awareness 1A
- Fire control 3
- Fire control 4A
- Fire control 6
Timeline
Firefighter 1
Cal Fire
06.2024 - Current
Wildland Firefighter
California Conservation Corps
07.2021 - 12.2022
Pre-loader
UPS
07.2020 - 07.2021
No Degree - Fire Technology
South Bay Regional Fire Academy
High School Diploma -
Pajaro Valley High School