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- I'm Corrie Beall.
I'm a Sierra College alum.

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I went to University of
Redlands,

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and after I graduated with a
bachelor of science

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in business there,

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I moved up to Lake Tahoe and got
a career year in accounting.

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But I realized that I wanted a
job that challenged me more.

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I saw a girl get hit by a car,
and I wanted to help,

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but didn't really know
enough about it.

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So, I signed up for an
EMT class after that.

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After that, I applied
to Sierra's Fire Academy.

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I got accepted,

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and then everything happened
really fast, actually.

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Career technical education
is classes

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that are just to a specific
field that teaches

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you everything from fire safety
to basic fire behavior,

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all the mechanics
of different skills

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that you need for basic
firefighting.

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I graduated December of 2014.

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I saw the job at UC Davis,

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and immediately, like, sparked a
smile on my face.

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My mom lives in Davis and my dad
lives in Woodland,

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which is, like, 15 minutes away.

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I thought it was the third
interview when the chief

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called me and said, "Hey, I'd
like to see you in my office."

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It turned out to be a job offer,
and I just didn't believe him

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when he first told me.

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I was like, like, you're lying.
You're playing with me.

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Like, who set you up?

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There was over 300 applicants,
and three of us got hired.

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It's great. It's great.
It's awesome.

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'Cause it's not just a career,
like everybody becomes family.

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Thinking back to Sierra,

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like, that stuff that I learned
was priceless,

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because now it's like I'm using
it every day on my job,

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every single day.