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Do you really want that big fire???
So ive offically been in the fire/ems service about two years now, but Ive grown up around it almost my entire life. One thing that I hear almost all the time is how ff's are bored, tired of the ems runs and false alarms, they say that they want to catch that really big fire. Now as much as I love putting out fires, my chief used to tell me all the time that I had to think of the person on the other end of that call, the victim. As we get soooo excited and pumped up when that call for a working structure fire comes in, we have to remember that there is someone on the other end of that call who is losing everything they know. Even if no one gets hurt, even if we make a good hit on the fire and save alot of the structure, that victim is having one of the worst days of their lives. Now that doesnt mean that we cant have a good time while we are doing what we love but we have to remember that standing around after overhaul talking about how awesome that was, may not be a good idea. Ive seen it pesonally where a group of ff's were hooting and hollerin about how cool that house fire was while the family who just lost half of their house stood not twenty feet away all in tears. So lets continue to do what we love because eventually we will catch that big fire even if we dont want it. Lets still have a good time doin it. Just save most of the cheering for when ur back at the firehouse where the victims wont know how excited you really are to have just had their house burn.
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Comment by Joel C Kelley on August 28, 2008 at 5:04pm
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Professionalism. This means among other things, that on the "big one", we DO NOT jazz about how cool this fire was when the victims are standing in the ruins of their lives. Nothing is more unprofessional. Whether you are a career firefighter or a volunteer, save it for the station After the run is over.
As much as we all LOVE to do the things we have trained so much for, we should also hope that we don't have to do it very often..... In our business, no business is good business!
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Comment by Rick Bellwoar on August 23, 2008 at 10:55am
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Great Post! As a rookie myself and not had "the Big one" yet...I am eager to get the chance to have "fun" and use my training.....but i certainly do not wish any harm or missfortune on anyone in my community.
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Comment by Ben Waller on August 23, 2008 at 5:25am
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We have a saying around my department that we can tell the rookies from the experienced firefighters because the experienced firefighters don't sit around the station wishing for bad things to happen to other people just because we're bored.
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Comment by ERCVFD 842 C. Warren on August 22, 2008 at 4:36pm
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Great post Dustin!! I much as we all love this job and what we do on it! We must always remember the victims, we had a large church fire a few months back and although the 30 to 40 foot flames coming from the roof were impressive, it was so hard to stand after the fire was out and look around that the church family with them in all the pain they were in. I'm glad all the ffs so professional in front of them. Stay safe out there. Chris MVFD1149
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Comment by Paul Montpetit on August 22, 2008 at 12:52pm
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Chief Bruno from Phoenix had a quote in his "Words of Wisdom"...went like this...."No matter how much youlike to fight fire,someday you will get a fire you really wish you didn't have." Stay safe and always keep the faith................Paul
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Comment by Brian Dumser on August 21, 2008 at 5:20pm
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Yeah, it's funny how after the incident we refer to some structure fires as "good". "You should have been there, that was a good fire!" We tend to forget that someone lost their home and belongings, either for good or temporarily until repairs can be made. Hopefully, we're not doing this while still on the scene and near bystanders/media, etc.
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