Practical Jokes

U guys have probably done this B4, but what r ur favorite station pranks?
I was all over the place: short-sheetin beds, shaving cream in the boots, billiard balls in helmets, saran wrap the toilets, but my favorite (it never failed to scare the hell out of 'em @ 2 AM) was with battery switches off, turn EVERYTHING on on EVERY unit. Yeah, I'm a sick, sadistic little SOB!

Views: 1938

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Mike Simmons on February 8, 2008 at 7:47pm
Had rocks put in my hubcaps once, with predictable results.
My locker was next 2 the Chiefs, guys used to swap our gear around til we got wise & started carrying it in our units.
Permalink Reply by Mike Simmons on February 8, 2008 at 7:54pm
Yeah, we had unwritten "rules of engagement": no effecting response times, nothing unsafe. Otherwise.....!
Came in2 my office one fine morning to find I had a new "girlfriend" sitting n my chair.
Permalink Reply by R. Mellen on February 9, 2008 at 3:45am
Here at CTFD we have an appreciation for fine jokes, but a cardinal rule: under no circumstances are you to touch another's turnout gear. Just about anything else is fair game; freezing car keys in a bowl of water, sabotaging beds, etc.
Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on February 9, 2008 at 7:43am
OK, seems like I must have a new one.....I like to put 2 packages of BLUE kool-aid in each fireboot.....then simply wait....1st call and bingo...the victim now has not only blue socks but should find his feet are also blue....and guess what.....?? it stains the skin so his/her feet will stay blue for quite some time..... Works really well....but keep low....paybacks can be hell.....Have a good day all.........Paul
Permalink Reply by Garrick Martin on February 9, 2008 at 9:08am
working on the flightline we have rent-a-cops... whenever we get a FNG in we tell em to go get the Halon extinguisher near one of the VIPs hanger. we have the cops in on the joke and we have em arrest em on the spot and bring em to the front of the station.. where at least 3-5 water buckets are waiting for em... toss em down and watch em soak!!
Permalink Reply by Mick Mayers on February 9, 2008 at 10:13am
Glad to see a lot of us agree on having "rules of engagement". No bunkers or beds or anything affecting response. Too much danger and anger resulting when those happen.

However, we had the king of practical jokes, a certain Captain who is now retired and working in Iraq, who had some of the best original pranks ever. The best was the day he was down at Station 2 ("Fort Wilderness") and took an old impeller we were using for class, a few washers and nuts and bolts, tossed them in a small pile under the Engine and poured a little transmission fluid on top. Later he came back and there were four pairs of legs sticking out from under the truck trying to figure out how in the hell the impeller fell out of the pump.

You'd think these guys would be smarter than that, but I guess it's the shock of it.
Permalink Reply by Chris on February 9, 2008 at 3:31pm
Find a guy at the station who is proud over his dirty, burned helmet, and polish it nice and shiny:-) Always popular!
Permalink Reply by Jason Brooks on February 9, 2008 at 4:26pm
Let the FNG try to find and change the spark plugs on the engines. This is usually good for a good couple of hours. They are always afraid to ask for help.
Permalink Reply by Aaron Jones on February 10, 2008 at 4:30am
I work graveyard dispatch at a small public safety center. one night about a year ago we went to the fire department (next door) and threw a bunch of fire crackers in their sleeping quarters about 3 in the morning...we are still waiting for the payback???
Permalink Reply by Spanner 122 on February 10, 2008 at 7:44am
We have some pretty strict rules about not screwing with the bunkers or the rig in any way, if it impacts response in any way, we would be in big shit.
Other than that, you're fair game. Water, lots and lots of water, the sprayer on the sink taped open, water on the top plate of cups (top shelf), buckets, open line on the apparatus floor, a hose... anywhere; firecrackers in the burners of the gas stove, stationwear that's been left on the floor when gone on a call (dropping pants for bunkers) can end up soaked and on the flagpole, popular when it's -30. I can't think of anything else that has been done to me lately... lol... but I'll keep reading for payback.
Permalink Reply by Michael Vanderlaan on February 10, 2008 at 8:56am
Our motto was if you can dish it out you had better be able to take it. If you left an article of clothing out and left the station it was fair game. Our assistant chief left his Class A shirt w/ badge on the back of a chair. So we folded it up all nice and neat and he had to pay 55 cents to get it out of the candy machine. Another FF left his job sweatshirt on the couch so we folded it up soaked it with water and put it in the freezer. All 3 squads were in on this one so everyone kept pulling it out and wetting it down. When this FF came back after 4 days off he found in the freezer and it was a solid brick. Took 3 days to thaw out.
Permalink Reply by jmillsaps2204 on February 11, 2008 at 8:34am
We had a few guys asleep in the day room after a strutcure fire. So I quietly turned all their pagers volume up as loud as possibly. Then simply called dispatch and asked them to send a test page. The pagers hit and they all woke up and ran franticly to don their gear. the dispacther notes "this is a test page only." An easy way to get a laugh. lol

▶ Reply to Discussion

RSS

FireRescue Magazine

Find Members Fast


Or Name, Dept, Keyword
• Invite Your Friends
• Not a Member? Join Now

© 2024   Created by Firefighter Nation WebChief.   Powered by

Badges  |  Contact Firefighter Nation  |  Terms of Service