5 QUESTIONS WITH…Senior Reinaldo DeCarvalho About His Internship With The West Haven Fire Department

(Photo courtesy Reinaldo DeCarvalho)
By Quinn Willett – Social Media Editor
Members of Law’s Class of 2024 have recently started their senior internships. Advocate Social Media Editor Quinn Willett interviewed Reinaldo DeCarvalho about his internship experience.
Quinn Willett: Where are you doing your internship?
Reinaldo Carvalho: My internship is at the West Haven Fire Department.
QW: What are your goals to accomplish during your internship?
RC: My goal is to get a little experience on what it is like to actually be a fireman.
QW: How will your internship help with your after high school plans?
RC: My internship will help with my future plans by giving me a look to see if I really want to become a firefighter or not.
QW: What are you doing during your internship?
RC: During my internship we are assigned to a truck and we go on any injury or fire that the truck I’m assigned to gets. They also teach us some of the basic things on being a firefighter like suiting up and shows us everything in the truck.
QW: Why did you pick this as your internship?
RC: I chose this as my internship because I hope to be a fireman in the future and a internship at the firehouse will give me some early experience and will be good for me on my resume.
