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You Know You're a Firefighter If...
Author:
Robert Moyer
Published on: October 1, 1999 |
- You know you're a Firefighter if...
- You can tell what type of fire it is by the
smell of smoke 10 miles away.
- You have ever had a heated debate over the color
of firetrucks.
- 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.
- You have ever taken 10 or more showers in 1 day.
- You lay out your clothes from that day so if
there is a call at night you can find them quickly.
- You take great joy in smashing the windows of a
car parked in a fire zone or in front of a hydrant.
(see what I mean.)
- You have ever been airborne without an aircraft
and water was your thrust.
- You always wear red suspenders.
- You have ever slept in a hosebed.
- You carry a ton of specially modified tools in
your pocket.
- You ever cursed out someone for armor-alling the
seats to make them look nice.
- You've ever clung to the air horn chord for dear
life because the driver is insane.
- You have ever played jingle bells at Xmas time
on the air horns to clear traffic.
- You double your weight every time you go on a
job a building.
- You have ever said, "she's hot tonight" and not
been talking about a girl.
- You have ever had "yoda ears"
- You have ever called a person found after a fire
a "crispy critter"
- You have ever smoked and there wasn't a
cigarette in sight.
- You have ever stomped out a fire with your boots
because you couldn't wait for water.
- You have ever walked 3 miles into the woods in
100 degree heat in full turnout gear and a 5 gal or
more water can strapped on your back just to put out
a fire.
- Your kids are afraid to get into water fights
with you.
- "Climbing the corporate ladder" has nothing to
do with career advancement.
- Your work gear makes you sound like Darth Vader.
- You roll around in anything that just burned to
make your new gear look old.
- You take pride in the fact that you haven't
washed your gear in years.
- You carry enough in your pockets to give the
Swiss army knives competition.
- You carry enough in your car to extinguish a
minor blaze.
- You have ever juggled hot coals with your
gloves.
- Your Own vehicle has more lights than a
Christmas tree
- All the shirts you own say you are a firefighter
- You find yourself living at the fire department
365 days a year!
- When you go to rent a movie, and they insist on
getting Backdraft EVERYTIME!
- You are caught on the back of a truck with your
girlfriend or wife in the middle of something and
the page goes out for a call.
- You have more pagers than money in your wallet.
- The smell of a fire excites you more than sex
does.
- A great stop has nothing do with a moving
vehicle.
- Assembling a mile and a half of hose to catch
fire in running up hill is a good day.
- The microwave goes off and you run out of the
house thinking it was yourpager.
- You ever tried to patent a 911 blocker with the
phone company
- You can hear that the siren will go off even
before your dog notices it.
- You have ever woken up thinking your pager went
off and as you look at it, it goes off
- You have ever tested your gloves by putting a
fuzzie out on your hand.
- You have ever been awakened with a CO2
extinguisher
- You have ever dried your gloves on the trucks
exhaust.
- You know you're a firefighter when you really
think that rusty old hydrant looks good in the
garden. :)
- All your friends give you t-shirts from their
departments for your birthday, Christmas,
anniversary, etc.
- If your wife voluntarily chooses the lumpy side
of the bed to avoid being trampled in route to a
call!
- your wife/girlfriend has learned to duck and
cover when she hears the pager go off for fear of
being run down.
- if you had to extricate someone by cutting the
car doors off on one side and realized there was
nothing wrong with the doors on the other side.
- If you have more toy fire trucks than your kids
do.
- If you have ever made a Jacuzzi out of a 2100
gallon dump tank and a rescue boat motor (15 horse
Merc). ..It was hot!.............Watch yer toes!
- If you take all of your important stuff (like
wallets and pagers) out of your pockets before going
to a training involving a portable tank.
- If you have more lights on your personal vehicle
than half the firetrucks at the hall do.
- If the only showers you get are when you get
called out in the rain.
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