There are many posts on here in the forums and groups about the warning lights used by volunteer firefighters on privately owned vehicles. This is a favorite topic on many fire service websites. They all seem to boil down to the same thing. Someone asks one of two questions, either a technical one about what lights they can use or the more benign social question about what color lights those in other areas use. Then the inevitable post comes up, from someone who is not really answering either… Continue

The mascot of our Tower Ladder, like so many other companies, is Yosemite Sam. It is one of his many cartoon appearances that gave me the name for this blog. OF course it is the one with Bugs Bunny daring him to cross repeated lines in the sand, which he does, eventually falling off a cliff. For those of us old enough to remember the Gulf of Sidra, we know that countries often draw similar lines in the sand. I am however writing about lines drawn in the sand right inside the firehouse and… Continue