LAMPMAN
Being a firefighter is not an easy task, but it is something that Cheyenne Siebert loves to do.
Siebert was born and raised in Lampman. Her parents, Derek and Tammy Siebert, moved to Lampman when they were in their early 20s and still reside in the small town located east of Lampman on highway 361.
Siebert has two siblings, Cassidy is the oldest and lives in Windthorst, and Caydence is the youngest and remains living at home, leaving Siebert as the middle kid.
Graduating from Lampman school, Siebert was always into helping people and had a love for sports.
She played every school sport that she could participate in. This included volleyball, basketball, golf, cross country, badminton, track and field, and she also played hockey for 11 years.
Her career choice was to become a police officer and she took her first year of pre-police courses.
Needing a break from schooling and debating on her career decision, Siebert took a job at the Lampman Health Centre, working in the long-term care centre.
This job gave her a change of heart and she decided to become a practical nurse instead.
Siebert has completed her first year at Weyburn Â鶹´«Ã½AVeast College and will begin her second year in the fall.
During this time Lampman and R.M. of Browning fire department were in desperate need of volunteer firefighters and held an open house that Siebert attended.
It was a night filled with information and that very night Siebert signed up alongside several other volunteers. Approximately 15 – 20 people also decided to get involved that night as volunteers.
Siebert is the youngest female to be on staff at the department at the age of 21, although they do have a few men that are 19, and one junior firefighter who is 15 years of age.
Her parents were not surprised to hear their daughter had signed up.
“I have always enjoyed helping our community,” said Siebert. “It is an important service that communities need.”
Training comes with the job and courses are offered throughout the year, like vehicle extraction.
“It needs to be done quick and safely,” said Siebert, “And we need to be able to pull a 200-pound person out of a building as well.”
Her first call as a firefighter had her adrenaline pumping and she had first call jitters. She has been out six times now, but it is still an adrenaline rush each time. No one knows what they may walk into on the job.
When a call comes in, they are to respond in a certain time limit and Siebert makes sure her response is done quickly. Due to schooling out of town it is not always possible for her to go on call.
It is Siebert’s plan to also get her First Responders Emergency Medical.
Once she has completed school it is her wish to stay local and work either in Lampman or Arcola.
“It is a necessity to keep our emergency services open in Arcola,” she said. “Why I plan to stick around and help out here, where it is needed.”
