Can't beat the post fire kitchen debrief. We called them fire brews. As soon as we got back my first instruction was to get a brew of tea and bring it to the appliance room whilst we restocked and cleaned. Then it was into the kitchen for a more leisurely brew and debrief. I bet that goes on all over the worlds fire stations. The senior man is the one that guides any new firefighter. The OIC has too much do to babysit new recruits so your long standing and highly trustworthy senior man gets that job. Yes they bitch about it, but you know they love it. Nothing beats moulding a new recruit into a good firefighter then, maybe, watch them rise through the ranks to senior positions. The good ones never forget their 'senior man', I haven't. He was an ex WW2 Royal Marine who landed in Normandy on D Day only to be wounded in his backside when an ammunition box blew up from a shell. He was rather miffed about that as he missed the 'fun' for a few weeks. Great bloke Harry RIP mate.
Justin Case i honestly don’t care about the hypothetical “what if it were you” this is the fire service not the boyscouts tough decisions are made everyday and i don’t know one officer that would let anyone go inside alone without a line charged ready to go and RIT on stand by. You do some dumb shit like that post 1999 you can kiss your career bye bye and if you try and justify it then do us a favor and stay the ever loving fuck away from our fire service.
Good grief that hoseline took some time to be charged. The number of times I have told occupiers thst possessions are nothing as long as you have your lives. OK its upsetting to lose personal possessions and photographs but you have your future and for that be thankful. I never really knew if it did any good until I was shopping with my wife a few months later after one particularly destructive house fire when this lady approached me and said 'I was distraught at the time but I remembered every single word you said that day and after you left I gave my husband and children the same speech. You were right and never once did we bemoan our situation. We just got on with it and now it's just a distant memory, Thank you.' That only happens very rarely but when it does you know you're in the right job.
Very good documentation :) Nice switch between training academy and fire station's daily jobs.
Can't beat the post fire kitchen debrief. We called them fire brews. As soon as we got back my first instruction was to get a brew of tea and bring it to the appliance room whilst we restocked and cleaned. Then it was into the kitchen for a more leisurely brew and debrief. I bet that goes on all over the worlds fire stations.
The senior man is the one that guides any new firefighter. The OIC has too much do to babysit new recruits so your long standing and highly trustworthy senior man gets that job. Yes they bitch about it, but you know they love it. Nothing beats moulding a new recruit into a good firefighter then, maybe, watch them rise through the ranks to senior positions. The good ones never forget their 'senior man', I haven't. He was an ex WW2 Royal Marine who landed in Normandy on D Day only to be wounded in his backside when an ammunition box blew up from a shell. He was rather miffed about that as he missed the 'fun' for a few weeks. Great bloke Harry RIP mate.
thank you for posting these....great stuff!!
I bet that guy has a fire extinguisher now loll
Car 8 District Chief on the project fire was Dave Meager. Worked with him in the early '70s.
He was my old neighbor years ago in Milton. He had a spitfire with "resqme" on his license plate. Nice guy. Im on Milton FD now
Thats why you wait for the line.
Justin Case i honestly don’t care about the hypothetical “what if it were you” this is the fire service not the boyscouts tough decisions are made everyday and i don’t know one officer that would let anyone go inside alone without a line charged ready to go and RIT on stand by. You do some dumb shit like that post 1999 you can kiss your career bye bye and if you try and justify it then do us a favor and stay the ever loving fuck away from our fire service.
John Doe : Wow! You’re what’s wrong with the fire service today!
how the hell the guy say it's 3 people trapped inside then find out NOBODY was inside?!??!?!?... WTF?????
Good grief that hoseline took some time to be charged. The number of times I have told occupiers thst possessions are nothing as long as you have your lives. OK its upsetting to lose personal possessions and photographs but you have your future and for that be thankful. I never really knew if it did any good until I was shopping with my wife a few months later after one particularly destructive house fire when this lady approached me and said 'I was distraught at the time but I remembered every single word you said that day and after you left I gave my husband and children the same speech. You were right and never once did we bemoan our situation. We just got on with it and now it's just a distant memory, Thank you.' That only happens very rarely but when it does you know you're in the right job.
Hindsight is 20/20.....
Are any of these guys still on the job and with this engine and ladder?