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some funny questions/ comments said to me while operating..feel free to add your own
i am just posting some things that were said or asked to me that i thought were funny ... feel free to add your own..
1 . (fire is self venting from the second floor window on a three story multiple dwelling brownstone) this intoxicated gentleman asks me "are you guys really going to go in there?"
2. a woman once asked me who is in charge of filling the hydrants because the one in front her house is empty...
3.(while climbing to the roof of the fire building via aerial ladder i was told "the fire is inside .. not on the roof..."
4. our company placed elevators in fireman service. when the elevators opened at the lobby a lady told me the werent working properly and i would have to take the stairs..
5. do we really need to use lights and sirens at 5 am. ?
6. forcing entry to a taxpayer fire using a power saw and a metal blade to cut the locks off the roll down gates . i was told by the owner you should have called i would have brought the keys......i only live 15 mins away...
7.forcing a door conventionally(axe and halligan) for a food on the stove the guy passed out drunk on the couch told me ....you didnt have to break down the door all you would have had to do was knock...mind you the door was steel door steel jamb and had multiple locks it took us about 45 seconds to get through this door and we were banging alot to get a purchase.
8.flipped over auto extrication the lady pinned in the car tells me ''dont wreck the car its all i have"
9.''why is there so much water in my aparment''? ...the tennent below the fire apartment...
10. "where is the chief? " i reply "the guy with the white hat"... "well that doesn't help ..what am i supposed to do lift everones helmet and look for a white hat?"
11. checking the adjoining building for extention we were told that the fire was in the other building...
12.when asked many questions about my TDA by a curious teen ...when he was told the top speed was only 65 mph... he stated "my mustang could totally dust that truck..."
13. my truck was flagged over by a guy on the highway whos car was on fire ... he told the chief he wanted to file a complaint because all we did was watch it burn instead of putting it out (it was way past a can job on arrival)
14.how tall is your ladder? 100 ft i answer.. did you ever climb to the top of it?.. um .. yes every time i use it i answered..
15. the door is locked are you guys going be able to get in? asked to us by a police officer .
16. if the stuck elevator is on the tenth floor how do you get up there?...... ummm stairs i replied
17. how come all of you have to go food shopping ? cant you just send one guy with the truck? ...and if there is i call ? i asked ...the lady answered "he would meet you there " she said proudly.... i replied and how would we get there?
feel free to post your own funny questions comments stay low stay calm stay safe - john
1 . (fire is self venting from the second floor window on a three story multiple dwelling brownstone) this intoxicated gentleman asks me "are you guys really going to go in there?"
2. a woman once asked me who is in charge of filling the hydrants because the one in front her house is empty...
3.(while climbing to the roof of the fire building via aerial ladder i was told "the fire is inside .. not on the roof..."
4. our company placed elevators in fireman service. when the elevators opened at the lobby a lady told me the werent working properly and i would have to take the stairs..
5. do we really need to use lights and sirens at 5 am. ?
6. forcing entry to a taxpayer fire using a power saw and a metal blade to cut the locks off the roll down gates . i was told by the owner you should have called i would have brought the keys......i only live 15 mins away...
7.forcing a door conventionally(axe and halligan) for a food on the stove the guy passed out drunk on the couch told me ....you didnt have to break down the door all you would have had to do was knock...mind you the door was steel door steel jamb and had multiple locks it took us about 45 seconds to get through this door and we were banging alot to get a purchase.
8.flipped over auto extrication the lady pinned in the car tells me ''dont wreck the car its all i have"
9.''why is there so much water in my aparment''? ...the tennent below the fire apartment...
10. "where is the chief? " i reply "the guy with the white hat"... "well that doesn't help ..what am i supposed to do lift everones helmet and look for a white hat?"
11. checking the adjoining building for extention we were told that the fire was in the other building...
12.when asked many questions about my TDA by a curious teen ...when he was told the top speed was only 65 mph... he stated "my mustang could totally dust that truck..."
13. my truck was flagged over by a guy on the highway whos car was on fire ... he told the chief he wanted to file a complaint because all we did was watch it burn instead of putting it out (it was way past a can job on arrival)
14.how tall is your ladder? 100 ft i answer.. did you ever climb to the top of it?.. um .. yes every time i use it i answered..
15. the door is locked are you guys going be able to get in? asked to us by a police officer .
16. if the stuck elevator is on the tenth floor how do you get up there?...... ummm stairs i replied
17. how come all of you have to go food shopping ? cant you just send one guy with the truck? ...and if there is i call ? i asked ...the lady answered "he would meet you there " she said proudly.... i replied and how would we get there?
feel free to post your own funny questions comments stay low stay calm stay safe - john
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Permalink Reply by Dustin J. Millis on
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OMG LMAO!!! Those are some funny ones!!!!
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We do the same thing once were away from intersections. No sense in waking up half the town
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LOL!!!!!! Damn there are some good ones here. I've honestly never thought to say something like these responses when asked "whats goin on?" I usually try and be professional and give a very brief description and tell the person that the area is not safe. I think next time I might have to go with "shark attack" of "parking cars in trees"
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Permalink Reply by anne potter on
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So there's a fire over there and your putting water on it...
Heard that one before..
Or hey thats a pumper what does it do pump water right...
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Permalink Reply by john wakie jr on
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dustin the problem for us is that in our area is grided( equal size blocks from above it would look like graph paper) and theres an intersection every 500 feet.. and we go lts and sirens to warn other responding companys our first due area is rather small and our normal response time is about on a far box no more that 3 mins away .. the next responding company is about 5 mins from that same box ..the lts. and sirens at that time are important in preventing accidents.
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Permalink Reply by Becky on
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lol i like these comments a lot.
-some of my guys once sent our junior to about 6 neighboring companies to get our water hammer and friction loss spray.
-confirmed structure fire, smoke everywhere, someone comes to me and asks, "is something burning?"
-SWAT incident, sniper in a yard, armed suspect in a house, we are blocking traffic, woman comes up and says, "i need to get home, my cats are there, it's the one next to where all those guys in black are standing"
-while throwing a ladder to a 2nd story window, guy asks, "what if that window is locked?"
-"i didn't know plastic could melt!"
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Permalink Reply by Damon Dyer on
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We had a call that was a unknown medical . The 20 something rp wanted me to read the pregnancy test . I told her it was positive and she was having triplets .
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Just wait till ya'll hit someone while not running the siren . He will be making some good money from your city and/or fire dept. . We just had that happen close by and it did not even go to court .
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Permalink Reply by Holly on
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That's some funny stuff!!! Can't think of anything off the top of my head though I know I've heard a few.
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Permalink Reply by FF Nick on
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Siren or not, someone's gonna get a chunk of change either way if they get hit by a fire truck. Half the time noone hears em during the day anyways with their little tuner cars and subwoofers, exhaust, etc. At least at 5am you're more visible with the lights on
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I actually used the "parking cars in trees" one the other night excpet I subbed in a power pole instead. The look on that poor fellows face was priceless!
"What's goin on up there?"
"We're just parking cars in power poles, that one up ahead is taken but you can use the next one down if you'd like"
LOLOLOL!
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