MIght as well be family

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This is for everyone who spends the majority of their time at the fire station, spends more time with fellow firefighters than your actual family, or are so close with each other at the station that you might as well be family.
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  • Ben "Batman" Barry

    i spend so much time working at my firehouse my fathers firehouse and my ambulance base that all the guys are like one big disfunctional family

    Jul 18, 2009

  • Erick Wendler

    thanks for the invite... i definently spend more time with the crew i work with than i do at home,but thats part of this great brotherhood

    Jul 19, 2009

  • Justin Miller

    Power Staffing 7 days a week

    Jul 20, 2009

  • Justin Miller

    and im in that picture!

    Jul 20, 2009

  • Becky

    Oh yes, Umpy, I put that pic up just for you ;-)

    Jul 20, 2009

  • Justyn Boling

    Chief told me the other day he was gonna start charging me rent.. i think its time for me to start staying hom a little more haha

    Jul 20, 2009

  • Cliff Utt

    THANKS FOR THE INVITE BECKY AND YOUR RIGHT I DO SPEND ALOT OF TIME AT THE FIRE STATION.

    Jul 20, 2009

  • Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd

    just to add a little perspective here... I don't think you will ever see someone on their death bed saying, "gee, I wish I would have spent more time at work..." If you have a family and you spend more time at work than you do at home, then in my opinion, you have to really take a step back and reevaluate your priorities. Your family needs you, they should always be your number one priority in life. If you have no life, then hanging at the station 24/7 is sad but what the heck, you've got nothing else going on anyway. When things get really bad, it's your family that will always be there. You cannot say that about your co-workers... because typically, they have a life.

    Jul 22, 2009

  • Becky

    The idea of this, Captain Busy, is or those of us who do not do this professionally. To us, it isn't work. Plus, you also need to consider the fact that 3 out of 4 members of my family belong to the fire company, so it isn't as though I never see them. My guys are not just my fellow firefighters, they have become part of my family. Maybe things are different coming from a paid guy's perspective, but to the people from my station, we know what it is to practically be family the way we are. If anyone can't understand that, then it's a shame that they'll never understand the kind of off-kilter family that is the fire department.

    Jul 23, 2009

  • Cory Deaton

    Hey thanks for the invite becky. I do spend alot of time at the station either working or just hanging out.

    Jul 28, 2009

  • Paul J. Storke, Jr.

    Thanks for the invite I deffiantly spend too much time at my firehouse.

    Aug 5, 2009