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The first call I ever responded to
The first call I ever responded to after I joined the volunteer fire service was for an mva. I lived about 1 block away from the station so I was the first one to arrive there. The first arriving firefighter was supposed to pick up the "fire phone" to dispatch for call info & write it down on the blackboard. I picked up the phone and waited for about 10 seconds until the dispatcher on the other end says "helloooooo..anyone there?" I didn't know that I was supposed to speak first. By then more firefighters were arriving and getting on the engine. After standing there watching for a few seconds someone finally said "are you coning or what?" so I stepped onto the beaver tail (you could ride back there then) & held on for the ride. The mva turned out to be with no injuries so after a couple of minutes we climbed back onto the engine & returned back to the station. It was a pretty uneventful call but it was the start of a run of 24+ years of responding & I'm still going strong. What's your story?
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Permalink Reply by lutan1 on
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I don't remember my first call, but I do remember my first MVA- it was a Sunday morning about 0700 hours, about 18 years ago.
Single car ran off the road and into a tree, striking on the drivers A piller and causing the car to spin around 180 degrees around the tree, trapping the driver.
We arrived and extricated with a 3 man crew (An OIC and myself and senior member on the tools). It wasn't till on the way back to the station that the OIC made the comment, "Did you see her mouth? You could have stuck a tennis racket sideways into that!"
I was so focussed (And shitting myself!) that I didn't even see the injuries but with the impact, the A pillar actually sheered and struck her in the face.... :(
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Permalink Reply by LT Lake on
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My first call I can look back on now and laugh. We got paged out to a lightning strike. Lighting had struck a large pine tree next to a house. The lightning had traveled down the tree through the roots and into the rebar in the concrete pad. The lightning had used the rebar in the concrete pad in front of the garage to find ground. Every place the pad met the garage floor a large piece of concrete had been blown out and put a dent in the bottom of the garage door. There where three places you could pass a basketball into the garage without opening the door. There was one rebar that had been attached to the basement wall of the house and where it used to be attached was now a 3 foot diameter hole in the wall. I found all this out after the fact by looking at scene photos. Well when I arrived on scene I approached IC in full PPE and asked where I was needed to which he replied what. So I asked "what do you need me to do?" “Lake your on traffic control” I had been given my orders so off I went and there I stood in the middle of the night with a traffic sign and a traffic control lamp on a dead end gravel road thinking to myself traffic control what f^*#ing traffic. Ten years later I'm still here and I do get the chance to hold the traffic sign now and again but now its because it needs to be done not just to give me something to do.
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Permalink Reply by TexasFire on
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My first call was a CPR in progress and guess what...I did the compressions, as a good rookie.
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Permalink Reply by Trey Taylor on
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My first call was an attemped arson on a county tractor. I was still in fire school, so i wasnt all to sure what to do. I live 500 yds from the scene, in a little town in the county (pop. 10) Theres a major history of arson in this little town (1 wharehouse, 6 homes, 1 occupided residence). So I rolled out of bed grabbed my radio and ran outside, barefoot & in my baseball shorts. When i got on scene I put on my gear and saw a deputy tryin to extinguish the flames with her fire extinguisher. She couldnt hit the broadside of a barn with it. The chief from our backup station, arrived and told me what to do. He then reached up on top of the axle of the tractor and grabbed the chunk of burning lighter wood. That was the end of my first call. Then the investigation proccess by the deputies because I got on scene so fast.
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Permalink Reply by Matthew Jones on
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My first call was a car fire right on the outside of town. The thing I remember most about it is we almost hit a dump truck in an intersection trying to get there. I was facing backwards in one of the jump seats on our engine when I felt the driver slam on brakes. I turned around to look out of the windshield and just about all I could see was the trailer to that dump truck. That got my heart beating a little fast but it all turned out ok, the car was a total loss by the way. Haha.
Stay Safe on scence, enroute, and returning to the station.
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Permalink Reply by Rescuefrog on
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My first call was on the day I officially was a member and had no firefighting training and it was a stove fire that went up the wall. I didn't have turn outs yet so I rode with the Asst Chief. I couldn't do much but was allowed to go door to door to evacuate some of the apts. I was allowed to go in after the fire was out and smoke had cleared just to take a look. I was already an EMT for 6 years when I joined, so was able to be part of the ems crew.
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Permalink Reply by Greg Bertram on
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I had my first call last night. It turned out to be nothing...some kids lighting fire crackers in a back ally. Still very exciting to hear the pager for the first time and be able to respond. There are 5 of us that are new to the squad and 4 of us newbies were the first to the station (I live 2 doors down). None of us have our DZ licsence yet so we couldn't take the pumper. 2 of us hopped in the rescue van and the other 2 followed in their cars. It was great to talk on the radio and I actually assumed command (keeping in mind its my first call) - I was nervous. We left the lights on on the van, but turned off the ignition when we got there. Needless to say we had to boost the van when it was time to leave....we also realized we drove to the scene without turning the headlights on (just the cherries flashing) - luckily the call was only a block away - lol.
It wasn't until I got home I realized how excited I was when I left the house. I had been cleaning the bath tub in my boxer shorts when the pager went off. My shirt and pants were on the floor of the bathroom (so they wouldn't get wet). I also had my work clothes laid out on the counter for the next morning. When the pager sounded, I ran past these 2 sets of clothing ( 4 feet away from me) to go to my bed room to put on a pair of pants and shirt from my closet. Ooops! Well I'm glad I finally got a call and can't wait for the next one.
Take care and be safe out there.
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Permalink Reply by Tim Wood on
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I remember running calls with my dad when i was 10 years old my brother and i would sit in his pickup thinkin this is so cool. Now im chief of the department who knew? The first real call i was able to run was a pickup that had been stolen that somebody torched.
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Permalink Reply by Cody W. Nelson on
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I volunteered for several years before becoming paid. My first call as a volunteer was a structure fire with a room and contents fire. I didn't expect to even respond due to being so new. Only a FEW showed, so I was on the truck. I have never been so lost in my life. I had a couple of guys that had been doing this for a while trying to coach me the best they could. At one point I was asked to force a door. I kicked that door with everything I had, it didn't move. I continued to kick it. No progress. I then heard one of the guys inside of thehouse making some noise at the door. A few seconds later, one of the older members opened the door and was shaking his head at me. I learned that night that I had a lot of catching up to do.
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