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Permalink Reply by Chief Michael Neudorf on August 15, 2009 at 11:30am

One that I say all the time with a big grin on my face “just once it be nice not to break anything just once”

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Permalink Reply by Izzy ( J. Bade) on August 15, 2009 at 1:32pm

I got to use this same line on a patient, a very large, whiny man, being placed into the back of the ambulance, he asked if I was an EMT.... and without missing a beat, that is exactly what I said to him, " no sir, but I stayed at a Holiday in Express last night" its the best,,, he didnt mutter another word the entire way to the hospital....

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Permalink Reply by Anita King on August 15, 2009 at 8:39pm

From Backddraft, and this may not exact "Fire is a leaving thing, it eats, it breathes, and in order to kill it, you have to love it just a little

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Permalink Reply by Adam Verducci on August 15, 2009 at 9:22pm

Our Dept Motto is Better than you since 1902
We also have a little saying "If you cant tie a knot, tie a lot"

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Permalink Reply by Connor Whiting on August 16, 2009 at 1:34am

"Backdraft has the right-of-way"
"Firefighting - one of the few professions left that still makes house calls"
"Have cognition before ignition"
Authors unknown. Just some of my favorites

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Permalink Reply by Raymund Niere on August 17, 2009 at 7:00pm

"We fight what you fear!" or "The hotter u get, the more you get wet"

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Permalink Reply by James Tell Benson on August 17, 2009 at 8:17pm

He's a fireman now, of course he's gonna get hurt. -Denis Leary

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Permalink Reply by Randy on August 18, 2009 at 11:38pm

While on a run with a pt. with a good personality we had asked him a question. After one of our guys was wanting to ride the engine and get of the medic, he stated that he was tired of being "their family Doctor" to catch you up the one question that he asks is "have you contacted your family DR." ( only BULLSH@T runs that they have been sick for a long time) he was batting ZERO after 11 or 12 runs.....all B/S. So the pt. listed above I asked if he had ever called us before? he stated no Why? i told him we weren't accepting new pt.'s he laughed and in the fire service you that traveled fast. I thought that he was going to piss himself.

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Permalink Reply by schyler fisher on August 25, 2009 at 10:31am

surround and drown

spray and pray

the difference between paid and volunteer.... volunteer we are always on call

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Permalink Reply by Shareef Abdu Nur on August 26, 2009 at 4:31pm

I always tell the cadets, "One tool is good but two tools are better!" Also, when they get assigned to my Truck, I say, "If you came here to put out fires, the Engine is over there because on this Truck, we grab tools!" I also heard an old timer tell me, "Just because the fire went out, don't mean you did a good job."

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Permalink Reply by Ron Ayotte on August 26, 2009 at 4:53pm

The fire service is a lot like the inventory of a lighting store...
You have your floodlights, that shine over a wide area.
You also have your spotlights that shine brightly in one area.
You have your chandeliers that look pretty but break easily.
You have the rough service bulbs that take a beating and still get the job done.

Last but not least... you have your 4 watt night lights that can barely can find their own way, let alone where the fire is!

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Permalink Reply by CHRIS PUYLARA on August 28, 2009 at 3:26pm

This quote is from a D.C. firefighter in the "Into The Fire" documentary that was on the History channel--"Breaking Glass and kicking ass" love that quote....Chris

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