1 00:00:00,009 --> 00:00:00,870 There you go 2 00:00:11,859 --> 00:00:13,803 all over the , all over the United 3 00:00:13,803 --> 00:00:15,970 States , there's wildfires that spring 4 00:00:15,970 --> 00:00:17,915 up . This is just a way to contain 5 00:00:17,915 --> 00:00:20,440 those fires . Um , in short , it's just 6 00:00:20,450 --> 00:00:22,672 a way to really put out those fires and 7 00:00:22,672 --> 00:00:24,672 using different methods than , uh , 8 00:00:24,672 --> 00:00:26,783 than a normal fire department would . 9 00:00:27,129 --> 00:00:29,969 So the course itself , it's , uh , it's 10 00:00:29,979 --> 00:00:32,201 pretty big . So after they come through 11 00:00:32,201 --> 00:00:34,459 this one week , course they will get 12 00:00:34,470 --> 00:00:36,637 their red car certification and become 13 00:00:36,637 --> 00:00:38,637 a type two firefighter . That means 14 00:00:38,637 --> 00:00:40,637 that they're able to essentially go 15 00:00:40,637 --> 00:00:43,409 down and be the ground crew to put off 16 00:00:43,419 --> 00:00:45,400 a fire or extinguish a fire , a 17 00:00:45,409 --> 00:00:48,889 wildfire if any state is 18 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:51,011 requesting us even here in Oklahoma , 19 00:00:51,011 --> 00:00:53,344 if we get a wildfire and we need people , 20 00:00:53,344 --> 00:00:55,400 we got these guys , all these guys , 21 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,567 they're trained to do that . So we can 22 00:00:57,567 --> 00:00:59,511 say , hey , we're , we have a crew 23 00:00:59,511 --> 00:01:01,678 that's certified to fight wildfire and 24 00:01:01,678 --> 00:01:04,129 they're the ground people as a National 25 00:01:04,139 --> 00:01:06,250 Guard unit , we're able to deploy all 26 00:01:06,250 --> 00:01:08,417 over the United States and go and help 27 00:01:08,417 --> 00:01:10,528 anywhere . And I feel like that would 28 00:01:10,528 --> 00:01:12,610 be way more beneficial and makes us 29 00:01:12,620 --> 00:01:15,889 more of like a multi use tool . 30 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,430 I think being the first course is , has 31 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,250 been really awesome . I think overall 32 00:01:25,709 --> 00:01:27,765 everybody that's , that we've gotten 33 00:01:27,765 --> 00:01:29,765 here , all these soldiers that have 34 00:01:29,765 --> 00:01:31,876 came through , they're already asking 35 00:01:31,876 --> 00:01:33,931 for more like they're like , where's 36 00:01:33,931 --> 00:01:33,360 our next course , man ? What , what , 37 00:01:33,419 --> 00:01:35,586 when can I get , you know , leadership 38 00:01:35,586 --> 00:01:37,863 courses through wild land firefighting ? 39 00:01:37,863 --> 00:01:39,975 They're loving it . If it's something 40 00:01:39,975 --> 00:01:42,197 that you're interested in and you are a 41 00:01:42,197 --> 00:01:44,363 National Guard , uh there are going to 42 00:01:44,363 --> 00:01:44,190 be a lot of opportunities here in the 43 00:01:44,199 --> 00:01:46,366 future to get into courses like this . 44 00:01:46,366 --> 00:01:48,588 And I highly recommend that , uh , that 45 00:01:48,588 --> 00:01:50,755 you do hop into some courses like this 46 00:01:50,755 --> 00:01:52,977 because it'll , it'll bring a whole new 47 00:01:52,977 --> 00:01:55,143 aspect to some of the , um some of the 48 00:01:55,143 --> 00:01:55,379 perks of being in the National Guard .