1.You can tell what type of fire it is by the smell of smoke 10 miles away. 2.You have ever had a heated debate over the color of firetrucks.
3.You have ever spent 10 min trying to force open a door only to have someone come along and open it by turning the handle.
4.You have ever taken 10 or more showers in 1 day.
5.You lay out your cloths from that day so if there is a call at night you can find them quickly.
6.You take great joy in smashing the windows of a car parked in a fire zone or in front of a hydrant.
7.You have ever been airborne without an aircraft and water was your thrust.
8.You always wear red suspenders.
9.You have ever slept in a hosebed.
10.You carry a ton of specially modified tools in your pocket.
11.You ever cursed out someone for armor-alling the seats to make them look nice.
12.You've ever clung to the air horn chord for dear life because the driver is insane.
13.You have ever played jingle bells at Xmas time on the air horns to clear traffic.
14.You double your weight every time you go on a job a building.
15.You have ever said, "she's hot tonight" and not been talking about a girl.
16.You have ever had "yoda ears"
17.You have ever called a person found after a fire a "crispy critter"
18.You have ever smoked and there wasn't a cigarette in sight.
19.You have ever stomped out a fire with your boots because you couldn't wait for water.
20.You have ever walked 3 miles into the woods in 100 degree heat in full turnout gear and a 5 gal or more water can strapped on your back just to put out a fire.
21. your kids are afraid to get into water fights with you.
22. "climbing the corporate ladder" has nothing to do with career advancement.
23.your work gear makes you sound like Darth Vader.
24.You roll around in anything that just burned to make your new gear look old.
25.You take pride in the fact that you haven't washed your gear in years.
26.You carry enough in your pockets to give the Swiss army knives competition.
27.You carry enough in your car to extinguish a minor blaze.
28.You have ever juggled hot coals with your gloves.
29.Your Own vehicle has more lights than a Christmas tree.
30.All the shirts you own say you are a firefighter.
31.You find yourself living at the fire department 365 days a year!
32.When you go to rent a movie, and they insist on getting Backdraft EVERY TIME!
33.You are caught on the back of a truck with your girlfriend or wife in the middle of something and the page goes out for a call.
34.if you have more pagers than than money in your wallet.
35.if the smell of a fire excites you more than sex does.
36.if a great stop has nothing do with a moving vehicle.
37.if assembling a mile and a half of hose to catch fire in running up hill is a good day.
38.The microwave goes off and you run out of the house thinking it was your pager.
39.you ever tried to patent a 911 blocker with the phone Company
40.if you can hear that the siren will go off even before your dog notices it.
41.If you have ever woken up thinking your pager went off and as you look at it, it goes off
42. if you have ever tested your gloves by putting a fuzzie out on your hand.
43.If you have ever been awakened with a CO2 extinguisher
44.If you have ever dried your gloves on the trucks exhaust
45.You know you're a firefighter when you really think that rusty old hydrant looks good in the garden. :)
46.All your friends give you t-shirts from their departments for your birthday, Christmas, anniversary, etc.
47.if your wife voluntarily chooses the lumpy side of the bed to Avoid being trampled in route to a call!
48.your wife/girlfriend has learned to duck and cover when she hears the pager go off for fear of being run down.
49.if you had to extricate someone by cutting the car doors off on one side and realized there was nothing wrong with the doors on the other side.
50.If youhave more toy fire trucks than your kids do.
51.When you have ever made a jacuzzi out of a 2100 gallon dump tank and a rescue boat motor (15 horse Merc). ..It was hot!.............Watch yer toes!
52.When you take all of your improtant stuff (like wallets and pagers) out of your pockets before going to a training involving a portable tank.