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Me_max50

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Posted over 2 years ago

 

1. You can tell what type of fire it is by the smell of smoke 10 miles away. 2. You have ever had a heated debate over the color of fire trucks. 3. You have ever spent 10 min trying to force open a door only to have someone come along and open it by turning the handle. 4. You have ever taken 10 or more showers in 1 day. 5. You have ever been airborne without an aircraft and water was your thrust. 6. You have ever slept in a hosebed. 7. You've ever clung to the air horn chord for dear life because the driver is insane. 8. You have ever played jingle bells at Xmas time on the air horns to clear traffic. 9. You have ever said, "she's hot tonight" and not been talking about a girl. 10. You have ever had "yoda ears." 11. You have ever smoked and there wasn't a cigarette in sight. 12. You have ever stomped out a fire with your boots because you couldn't wait for water. 13. Your kids are afraid to get into water fights with you. 14. You have ever uttered the words, "I can break the door if you need me to Cap," before actually testing to see if it is locked. 15. If you have more toy fire trucks than your kids do. 16. You run towards a dangerous situation and not away from it. 17. You have ever been dressed from head to foot in rubber and it was not a sexual experience. 18. Your idea of ventilation is done with a chainsaw and not a Bag-Valve-Mask. 19. You've ever cursed a guy for amor-alling the seats in the rig. 20. You take great joy in smashing the windows of a car parked in a fire zone or in front of a hydrant. 21. You take pride in the fact that you haven't washed your gear in years. 22. All the shirts you own say you are a firefighter. 23. The smell of a fire excites you more than sex does. 24. A great stop has nothing to do with a moving vehicle. 25. You roll around in anything that just burned to make your new gear look old. 26. You have ever juggled hot coals with your gloves.

Me_max50

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Rate This | Posted over 2 years ago

 

That is SOOOO true. Need to add one. If you have stop in mid sentence to make sure it was the TV and not your tunes.


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Frank_at_work_max50

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Rate This | Posted over 2 years ago

 

When I first started in LE I was the guy that all of the deputies hated, because I Armor-Alled the seats of the patrol cars before I understood how important that dirt embedded into the seat fabric was!

Great post.

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Rate This | Posted over 2 years ago

 

Love the "water thrust" one. Will have to do the Jingle Bells this year. Good ones.


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Me_and_dad_max50

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Rate This | Posted over 2 years ago

 

Sounds about right. Good post

New_badge_-_badge_only_1_max50

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Rate This | Posted over 2 years ago

 

Nothing like riding the canvas bull when you don't hear the order to shut down the lines!

Buda_fd_fire_training_8

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Rate This | Posted over 2 years ago

 

Great post!!

Hi_max50

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Rate This | Posted about 1 year ago

 

You're out to dinner with the family, look at your boots, and can identify atleast two body fluids, and go right back ot the meal

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Rate This | Posted 28 days ago

 

I know this is an old one, but, I liked it and thought I'd put it up front!

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Rate This | Posted 18 days ago

 

The sad thing is, I've done most of these already. Still gotta do the "Jingle Bells" with the air horn. That's gotta wait till I get back home and work.

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Rate This | Posted 18 days ago

 

If you've ever made your children cry by putting out the campfire!

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Rate This | Posted 18 days ago

 

O M G that is %9,000 true!!!

Sen_pic_max50

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Rate This | Posted 18 days ago

 

lol outstanding

Muah_max50

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Rate This | Posted 18 days ago

 

Ii you have ever been so tired that you made it all the way in to the the truck, talked on the radio, got on scene THEN realized you were on a run...you may be a firefighter. LOL!


Great post buddy, so true, so very true. BTW the out to dinner and bodily fluid on the boots thing has also happened to me. I enjoyed my steak just fine afterward too!

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Rate This | Posted 18 days ago

 

if you fight a fire and smell like smoke and refuse to take a shower cause it's "your kind of cologne"..... you might be a fireman.


"Hell, these are Marines. Men like them held Guadalcanal and took Iwo Jima. Bagdad ain't shit." "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem." United States Marine Corps

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Rate This | Posted 18 days ago

 

Your can of shaving cream looks like a fire extinguisher. The fake snow on your Christmas tree is really dry chem. If you have lights and siren on your Harley.

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Rate This | Posted 18 days ago

 

Haha :-) :-) :-) good ones! i got a few,1. If the smallest line you can draw is 1 1/2 inches wide,2. If the radio in your Vehicle is set to something other AM or FM. if the most expensive suit you wear is $2000, yellow, and not for church you might be a firefighter.

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Rate This | Posted 16 days ago

 

If you think its normal to sleep with a full set of clothes ready by your bed as if you were someone planning for an escape, and nothing wakes you up but the tones~


If  you have a siren as your ring tone


If you've ever been fixing to "do it" and then said "sorry, I gotta go put out a fire else where"...


Then, you just may be a fireman! LOL!!