Come we all have played a joke on the engine in your house or sent the probbie looking for a hose stretcher.
Mine is when I was a truckie and we shared a house with an engine that thought they are great and we used to have a lot of fun with them. One night while they slept we took chalk and a boot and put foot prints on all the backs of there turn out coats. Well 3 am we had a call and standing out front was 6 guys with foot prints on all there backs!!! The chief walks up ( a Ex ladder man) and say he fellas you need to go faster or get out of the truck guys way!!!!!
Worth a 100,000,000 bucks!!!!
In the jumpseats of the truck, they have the little pull cord to release the pack from the harness they sit in. While conducting a SCBA training, I decided to have a little fun. In our house (and every other house) there always one sexual intellectual. (political correct term for a effin know it all) so while not latching it in while I demonstrated I easily popped it in and out of the harness. Well, johnny know it all is the first to try it out. (It is strapped down now) after getting his bottle on, the shoulder straps on, the waist belt on and all pulled tight, the moment of truth came. With a big smile on his face he grabs his helmet and tried to jump right out only to be held in place and not going anywhere. Soooo mr know it all decided to try to get out again, using a little more muscle power and a lot less brain power. After the 3rd attempt, the gig was up, the house was laughing. I showed him his error, and was greated with the middle finger, and they left for the day. GO team!!!
We have a Lt. that is the Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh) of the fire department. Anyways, while dropping the kids off at the pool ( Going #2) we hit the scramble button at the station. For ya'll who don't know, the scramble button is basically one of three buttons that test the station bells. All we heard after hitting the button was the toilet paper roll spin fast as hell. That's not the best. The day before, I purchased a fake toilet paper roll from Spencer's that doesn't rip. So needless to say, he was caught in a "Shitty" situation. He didn't even have anything for a "Man-pon". Oh yeah for ya'll who don't know, a "Man-pon" is a rolled up piece of toilet paper that is laid on your underwear, so that in the time of an emergency, you can go and not worry about soiling your underwear. It's along the line of a pad or tampon for a women. I'm glad I could educate some of ya'll today. LOL
i am the assistant chief of my department and i ordered new leather boots for the guy's but i had them delivered to my house so no one knew they came in. so that night i went to the station and told the chief we would pulla mass prank on all the guys so the chief set up a fire drill and we went to the station about ten minutes before the drill and filled everyones old boots with shaving cream we the alarm went of and the guys jumped into their turn out gear all you seen was a puzzled look on their faces there was the chief and myself standing next to a stack of new boots and the guys wanting to kill us but the were happy about the new boots.
i also pull a trick on a training class with a smart arse probie and told them i was timing them on how long it took them to mask in the jump seats and be off the truck and ready to pull a preconnect so right befor class i took the bolts out of the metal plate that holds the bracket in place in the jump seat and made the smart arses go first. well they masked up stood up and got off the truck and everyone started laughing at them and they did not know why. then they realized the packs seemed heavier and i told them when to come out of the jump seats you are supposed to leave the brackets in the seats. they were not happy with me.
Hmmm... I guess I have an issue with the title of this thread. I don't believe there is room for any pranks, jokes, etc on the fireground or during training. After when you're back at the station getting some dinner or breakfast, no problem. But I think there is a lot of pranking and joking on the fireground that needs to stop. Not only is it irresponsible, unsafe, and unprofessional, it can get us and our departments in a lot of trouble. Just my opinion.
Told newbies to call the chief at 0130 cause the driver took the keys with him. people we dont have keys
To find the left handed spanner wrench
Left handed screwdriver
And the old bucket of steam