What is the best Song to drive to a Call?

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Permalink Reply by Firewriter on April 14, 2010 at 10:19am

... Who, me?? No sir, I would NEVER do something like that! ... No, we weren't planning to roast those marshmallows!! ... It just sort of got a little bit out of control, but we were handling it!!

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Permalink Reply by Robert Owens on April 14, 2010 at 10:35am

Yea I typically dont listen to the "music radio" while Im going on a call.....its often distracting to me....If IM in charge the second we get a run the music box goes off.

I am however partial to the song "Break Stuff" by Limpbizcit.....a perfect truck company song.

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Permalink Reply by Firewriter on April 14, 2010 at 10:39am

Ohhhhh, you SO didn't go there!! With your permission, will reprint the Spears comment on FB ... too perfect!! The others are also excellent!!

One great one from Meat Loaf - "Objects in the Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are": For the idiots blaring their radios who finally notice the fire apparatus sitting on their tail!!

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Permalink Reply by Firewriter on April 14, 2010 at 10:43am

Who you callin' B*$#%!! Just kidding ... great Ludacris song!! Wonder how many times this has been shouted out of the front cab!

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Permalink Reply by Firewriter on April 14, 2010 at 11:03am

Now I have a picture in my mind of Bobcat Goldthwait (Police Academy actor) making those weird sounds while shouting over the PA en route!! Groannnn ...

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Permalink Reply by Daniel H Skelton on April 14, 2010 at 11:27am

anything ac/dc.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Z on April 14, 2010 at 12:05pm

Who has time to listen to music? I'm usually busy getting updates, wind direction, exposures, etc and trying to concentrate on driving.

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Permalink Reply by O'Kitty on April 14, 2010 at 12:08pm

I LOVE Bobcat! .... "that didn't hurt ... that didn't hurt! ..."

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Permalink Reply by Paul Dudan on April 14, 2010 at 12:09pm

I believe the technical term for those devices is 'Road Noise Eliminator' LOL

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Permalink Reply by Capt.Alex Arnold on April 14, 2010 at 1:29pm

Patrick-

It is obvious that I will share the same opinionas our brothers and sisters. In my house we have a sterile cockpit when responding. We only discuss the task at hand. On the way home is another subject though. If it was a good scene and the Cap is happy (98% of the time I am because we did a great job) then the tunes play. Here in SPOFR house 31 we have a station song, Tom Petty Won't back down. It is always the first song we play after a good song. I chose that song about three years ago for the house song. Everyone still loves it and it is pretty true to us, we don't back down. After that if there is still time then whomever I felt was the "VIP" for that call gets the next song choice.
Stay safe and continue to learn something new everyday.

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Permalink Reply by Firewriter on April 14, 2010 at 3:10pm

I vote we assign Bobcat to dispatch duties ... just to make things more interesting!!

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Permalink Reply by Tom McRae on April 14, 2010 at 4:18pm

First off, we shouldn't be listening to music responding to calls; on account of that extra noise in the cab when when we are listening to dispatch or incident command. But , I don't see anything wrong with listening to it after a call returning to station. Hypothetically speaking, if you were responding to a call and you were to listen to music, I'd like to hear "no one gets left behind" from Five Finger Death Punch