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Data Graham posted:I know this is more of a "pet peeves thread" content thing but I have to chime in here. Testekill posted:You and me both, it's gotta be the most satisfying thing about being a Fireman. This is peak "Fire Department smashes window to run hose." It's a smashed-window-hose picture, of a car parked in a fire lane, with a giant MAYOR sticker on the side. (mayor of a town of 3,800; there's basically no other reason to have a giant MAYOR sticker on a car other than "gently caress you, I park where I want!")  Enjoy!           
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This is what they mean when they says distracted driving. https://www.facebook.com/DashCamOwnersAustralia/videos/1201500329909605/
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MisterOblivious posted:This is peak "Fire Department smashes window to run hose." It's a smashed-window-hose picture, of a car parked in a fire lane, with a giant MAYOR sticker on the side. (mayor of a town of 3,800; there's basically no other reason to have a giant MAYOR sticker on a car other than "gently caress you, I park where I want!") It's not just cars, people will put all sorts of stupid poo poo in front of hydrants. Signs, decorations, plants. All stuff that gets removed in the shortest amount of time possible (usually by sailing through the air) P much don't stand between a firefighter and getting a job done, we relish getting the chance to break poo poo
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I'm curious. Do you have any stories? What was the most memorable thing you had to remove to get at a hydrant, if you're allowed to talk about it? Or the most amusing, that works too
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Minty posted:It's not just cars, people will put all sorts of stupid poo poo in front of hydrants. Signs, decorations, plants. All stuff that gets removed in the shortest amount of time possible (usually by sailing through the air) How much of your training was "and if this happens, you get to cut loose, there is no law holding your monkey brain back in this particular situation"
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I've only gotten to smash a cars windows out for hydrant access once, but it was loving glorious. Secondary freude: the hoses aren't always sealed perfectly, so in addition to having to replace 2 windows, your car may be flooded with hydrant water as well, which is the most disgusting water known to man. You're either replacing the entire interior or getting a whole new car. Edit: In regards to how much we love breaking poo poo, don't let me get near a house (on fire or not) that we need to make entry to. The entire loving door is coming off in about 5 seconds flat, deadbolted or not. It's so much fun that I always feel like we're not supposed to be doing it, but nope. If we need to get in or around, we're generally just gonna come right loving through. Zipperelli. has a new favorite as of 09:40 on Oct 7, 2016 |
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Oct 7, 2016 09:37
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You sound pretty excited about firefighting. Don't you hate how there are always so few fires going on at any one time? You know, that gives me an idea...
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Sulla-Marius 88 posted:You sound pretty excited about firefighting. Don't you hate how there are always so few fires going on at any one time? You know, that gives me an idea... I honestly couldn't care less about fighting fires anymore. I'd personally rather NOT run into burning buildings anymore. Done it enough, I'll let the new guys who still are adrenaline junkies handle that. Where I'm at, we're fire/rescue, and our typical call load split is something like 97% medical (EMS) and 3% fire. Generally speaking, the fire service have effectively legislated themselves out of a job because of new building codes and standards. This is a big reason why you see so many duel-services (fire/rescue). The fire department takes over EMS operations to justify their budget and existence.
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My dad is a retired firefighter, and he and his crews always referred to themselves as "glorified janitors", since they spent more time cleaning the firehall than actually fighting fires.
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Oct 7, 2016 09:56
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MisterOblivious posted:Enjoy! And I have no problem with that.
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https://twitter.com/goth_cakes/status/784046487638466561
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A)Accidentally set it down on the marshmallows B) (The more likely one) Dumbassed attempt at toasted marshmallows.
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Malachite_Dragon posted:A)Accidentally set it down on the marshmallows C) A fat goon who cannot be at any distance over a few feet from their snacks while doing their ironing. Granted, I always have a beer next to me at home no matter what I am doing. It's just a part of being
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MisterOblivious posted:Enjoy! I think with these it's likely that the cop arrived to help and didn't realize where he needed to park or might have been blocked from parking somewhere safe himself. Still amusing to see the car get shredded, though.
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Zipperelli. posted:I've only gotten to smash a cars windows out for hydrant access once, but it was loving glorious. My previous job was with a fire alarm installation and service company, and our client base largely consisted of multi-million dollar homes. Whenever we would get a call that someone's fire alarm had gone off and the customer was not home or did not cancel dispatch, we started getting antsy because some of these rich motherfuckers had front doors that cost $50,000 or loving more, and by god did the local FD love demolishing those things.
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Most firefighters dont even check if the door is unlocked or not. We had a fire in an old shed one year and instead of just opening the unlocked door the firefighters smashed through with axes
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Had a fire at a place I manage, and the FD refused the key from the maintenance guy and tried to bust through with their axe. It was steel door/steel jamb + deadbolt, and all they succeeded in doing was put a couple of axe marks in the door. Finally they went back to the maintenance guy and got the key. Still managed to ruin the door though, so mission accomplished I guess. Also watched a fire fighter sit on the roof of a building with an attic fire and cut a vent or inspection hole or something with a chainsaw. Managed to cut through 2 or 3 trusses. Fun times.
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Vessel From Denny posted:Most firefighters dont even check if the door is unlocked or not. We had a fire in an old shed one year and instead of just opening the unlocked door the firefighters smashed through with axes SECONDS COUNT!
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Humphreys posted:C) A fat goon who cannot be at any distance over a few feet from their snacks while doing their ironing.  if you think fat goons put that amount of effort into their clothing
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Somfin posted:How much of your training was "and if this happens, you get to cut loose, there is no law holding your monkey brain back in this particular situation" It's not the police...
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I was a FF/EMT in a past life in a small rural town where nothing happened. Mostly just car crashes and old people kicking the bucket. I'm pretty jealous we never got to punch through a car window for a hydrant setup, although cutting up ventilation in roofs was fun as well as snipping the posts on cars.
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I've got a schadenfreude story involving firefighters. I was renting a house with a few other guys, and had the entire basement to myself. I came home on my lunch break one Monday, to watch the previous nights Dexter, and had a cigarette on the back deck first. It was getting pretty cold out, so I decide to kick the furnace on for the first time that season before heading downstairs to learn the fate of Doakes. Halfway through the episode I started to smell something, but assumed it was just the furnace since it hadn't been run in a long time. So I finish my episode of Dexter, which ended in a fiery inferno, and walk upstairs to be greeted by three firefighters standing in our living room and kitchen. Firehose snaked through our front door, through the house and out onto the deck. The cigarette butt from earlier caught the coffee can we were using as an ashtray on fire, which in turn spread to the deck and then the siding on one corner of the house. A dude walking his dog spotted it, rang the doorbell a ton (which I didn't hear), then hopped the fence and used a garden hose to try putting it out after calling the fire department. Fire department shows up, walk right in the front door, and put it out. Thirty minutes of drama going on right above me, and I was completely oblivious. Firefighters were super chill, and we all got a pretty good laugh about it. The good samaritan had already taken off by the time I got upstairs, so bummed I never got to meet him though.
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Enos Cabell posted:The good samaritan had already taken off by the time I got upstairs, so bummed I never got to meet him though. It's me, Sammy whatever. Anyways you can send any gifts/thanks to the following address:
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Schadenfreude is on the state of Oklahoma: http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2016/...s-is-not-a-joke
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Aerdan posted:Schadenfreude is on the state of Oklahoma: http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2016/...s-is-not-a-joke gently caress Mary Falin and my state so much. Thankfully we're not up to date on driver's licenses either so I get to renew my passport to loving fly in my own country, too. Also, earthquakes are getting more frequent and I feel justified blaming her too.
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Mr E posted:gently caress Mary Falin and my state so much. Thankfully we're not up to date on driver's licenses either so I get to renew my passport to loving fly in my own country, too. Also, earthquakes are getting more frequent and I feel justified blaming her too. To be fair, her opponent in 2014 managed to get nearly 45% of the vote despite doing absolutely nothing (loving Democrats would do reasonably well if they actually gave a poo poo about this state, just look at how many people Sanders pulled in when he came to Tulsa back in March).
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Oklahoma is terrible and it's never getting better, and the reason is simple: Oklahomans.
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Trig Discipline posted:Oklahoma is terrible and it's never getting better, and the reason is simple: Oklahomans. Pehaps Colorado should declare their right of Prima Nocta to breed out the Oklahomans with more docile and level headed Coloradans(?).
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Aerdan posted:Schadenfreude is on the state of Oklahoma: http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2016/...s-is-not-a-joke That is a loving amazing quote at the top.
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C.M. Kruger posted:http://shanghaiist.com/2016/10/07/balls_magnet.php https://twitter.com/degg/status/95301187385049088
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fuckin' magnets, how do they work?
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:fuckin' magnets, how do they work? Similar to jack-off crystals, I imagine.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:fuckin' magnets, how do they work?
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Solice Kirsk posted:Pehaps Colorado should declare their right of Prima Nocta to breed out the Oklahomans with more docile and level headed Coloradans(?). Worth a shot if CO is DTF.
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Use Texans instead. Our long-suffering tornado genes will merge with theirs and eventually will produce super-shitheads immune to tornadoes
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