People are not what they seem on television and Vince is absolutely no exception to this rule. Vince has achieved popularity in this industry enough so his shelves are packed with builds for people all over the country and he is doing what he wants and happy even with all the time it takes away from his family. This will give our readers a chance to meet the man and not what they think they see on television. Vince is an incredibly talented gunsmith and armorer.
He never would have made it into RJF if he was not. Although intimidating with the hat, beard and tattoos, Vince is a down to earth weapons professional who loves firearms and the industry in which he works.
SAR: What was your first exposure to firearms? What was the first time you fired a gun and what was it? I shot a. If you want to go to my lifetime favorite gun it has been any kind of. SAR: When did you start getting involved with gunsmithing?
Vince: I was 22 years old when I went to a Pennsylvania gunsmithing school. Immediately before gunsmith school I had been working for a machine shop in Southern Michigan, and it was a great bunch of guys but it seemed like all we ever did in our free time was talk about guns.
I started looking into it on the internet when I got home, and basically from the time that I looked at it online until the time I showed up from my first day of school was less than a month. It was a pretty quick transition. I picked up everything I owned in Michigan and moved to Pittsburgh for a year and a half of full-time, 45 hour a week training and then moved to Louisiana straight after that.
SAR: What was the first place that you worked as a full-time gunsmith? I got the job there straight out of school. I had flown down and interviewed and then I graduated from school and moved down three days after graduating. I was working there full-time and I worked there for about two and a half years, and then just eventually moved on from that company. SAR: Do you see yourself as a specialist in any particular systems? Vince: Well, to be honest, I had dreams of being a specialist in many more of the tactical systems.
When I left school, I was not presented with that opportunity immediately. I did a majority of their wood work there, and then when I moved on to my next job, I was the only gunsmith for a large retail business in Louisiana. Contact Us Employee Resources. Locally, the show puts Seaholm graduate and former Beverly Hills resident Vincent Buckles, 32, front and center. So he packed up, moved to Pittsburg to attend Pennsylvania Gunsmith School, graduated and then settled in Louisiana to build and repair guns.
Next thing he knew, Buckles said, he was being petitioned by Red Jacket Firearms owner Will Hayden to come work in his shop. The show has been gaining success since its pilot aired late last month, said Executive Producer Dolores Gavin. The trick was making it personal, as well as educational, she added. You are commenting using your Facebook account.
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This includes the fire ground, medical emergencies, and paperwork required of you at quarters. Knowledge of the area is a requirement. Within your first month here you shall know all main arteries and the hundred blocks. At the six month mark you shall know all side streets off the main arteries. You should learn something new every day. You can learn something new on every call you run, if you try. Experts scare me; they seem to think that they know all there is about a subject.
I would rather be known and respected for my actions of what I have accomplished, not by telling people how much I know. Last but not least, I want your coworkers to know that when the SHIT hits the fan and things go bad, they can expect you to be right there next to them, not behind them. Theirs and your life may depend on it. From the first day you walk into the firehouse until the day you retire you will be like a bug under the glass being looked at.
This job is very difficult to obtain. Many departments have laid-off firefighters due to budget cuts. Practical jokes are a way the shift includes you and a way that they include you.
You are going to get messed with. Take it and smile. Just like Vegas, what happens here, stays here. Arrive to work well before the starting time. Follow the standard operating procedures on grooming. Be shaved, showered before line up. Make the coffee and ice tea each morning.
By midmorning, if the coffee pot is getting low. Ask the other firefighters if they want more and make a pot if they do. Most firehouses have seating assignments in the dining room and bunkrooms. Before you sit down, ask whose chair this is and the same for bed assignments.
You are expected to study your first year. Never use your cell phone while riding on the apparatus. This is disrespectful to your co-workers. Study near a telephone. Answer the telephone quickly and never let a senior firefighter beat you to a ringing telephone. Help do the dishes every night, even when you cook.
You will find out later in life that a firehouse recipe is just as important as a company drill. The fire and rescue world exposes you to many dirty environments. Wash your hands with soap and water often. When cleaning the station. Make sure there are plenty of toilet paper and paper towels in their correct locations. Keep the kitchen towels clean and in the proper place. Never wash both together in the washing machine. You will probably be assigned the night watch every night for your first year.
Keep the tools on the rig clean and in working order without being told to do so. The best way for you to learn about a tool besides using it, is by keeping it in working order. Ask questions of your fellow workers. If you show an interest in a subject, other firefighters love to teach and will help.
Firefighter like everyone else will gossip. If you say anything bad about a person it will eventually get back to the person you said something about. If a senior fireman says something you know is incorrect, do not correct them in front of the group. Pull them aside and ask them to explain and tell them what you were taught. But make sure your chores are done before you hit the sack. Just remember, people are running out of a burning building and you are running in.
Know what your running into before you get in there. God gave you two ears and one mouth. That means that you should be doing twice as much listening as you do talking.
You may see something someone else might not. Try to know what your getting into before you commit. Own up to your mistakes and Learn from them. Training days are the time to work on technique and tactics. It does more than cut open MREs and boxes. On a roof that needs ventilation is not the time to fix a fowled spark plug. They cover your butt more often then you will ever know. Never disrespect the uniform or the badge, and remember that integrity is doing the right thing all of the time even when others are not watching.
This is great! I love having the new guys. Remembering what it was like when I was in their shoes makes me feel like a new guy again. My thing for new firefighters is this…. Learn the job…. Attend a fire service funeral. As sad and tragic as it is it will change for the better how you see and preform the job and will not let a fallen brothers sacrifice be in vain. Never forget where you came from.
Always treat them with respect and share all your medical knowledge, they may need it to help you on that critical shooting patient that night, or on you.
Always respect those beneath you. When you are doing reports during clean-up, even if there are none to do, will cause a lack of respect. They still fit a shovel or a fire axe. Lead your men from the front, but let them run the nozzle. Cart: 0. The young firefighter knows the rules, but the old one knows the exceptions. Let the tool do the work. Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath. Don't make a scene and never disrespect your brother.
Never take the seat that faces the television when sitting at the dinner table. When in doubt, take a halligan. Two hands. Two tools. Never claim to be what you're not. Time reveals all things. If you don't know what you're doing, say so. When approaching a fire scene, it is imperative to slow down three blocks before arrival. Suck it up. Give Credit. Take the blame. Never turn your back on the fire. When things go wrong, don't go with them. Never trust the hand lights on the truck.
Buy your own. Don't gloat. Don't brag. The guys will do it for you. Take pictures often. Seek out the busiest units and the best officers. Drink coffee. Don't tell war stories to non-firefighters. No one thinks its as exciting as you do. Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
Never be the last one to the truck, or the sink.
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