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THIS MEANT THAT ( IN THE CASE OF LONG LEAVE DAYS ) AFTER WORKING ON HIS UNIT FOR 24 HRS HE HAD TO WORK ON THE OFU FOR ANOTHER 24 HRS.
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK HIS KELLY'S OR THE DAY AFTER HIS KELLY

IN THE CASE OF SHORT LEAVE DAYS, IT WAS ONLY 12 HRS ON THE OFU

ALSO THIS INFORMATION I RECEIVED FROM THREE OF OUR RETIREES

OLD ENGINE 9 (LARNED & RIOPELLE),ENGINE 29, ENGINE 8, AND THE FIREBOAT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED
AS PLACES TO SERVE LONG AND SHORT LEAVE DAYS. BUT ALSO ONE OF OUR RETIREES MENTIONED THAT HE RECALLED SOMEONE SERVING TIME AT ENGINE 35. SO MAYBE THERE WAS SOME LEEWAY AS TO WHERE ONE SERVED TIME.

ALSO THEY WERE ALLOWED TO BUST OUT TO GO HOME FOR ONE HOUR DURING EACH MEAL TO VISIT HOME.
DURING THESE "HOURLY MEAL VISITS" NATURALLY" SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES" TOOK PLACE.
THE CHILDREN BORN FROM THIS TIME WERE JOKINGLY REFERRED TO AS "MEALERS"

I DON'T REMEMBER THE YEAR BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS ONE PERSON, THAT WAS TO SERVE EITHER LONG OR SHORT DAYS, FOUGHT IT. EITHER HE WENT TO THE NEWS MEDIA OR THEY JUST GOT WIND OF THE STORY. THE APPROACH THEY USED IN THE NEWSPAPERS WAS THAT THIS WAS A FORM OF INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE, HE BEING FORCED TO WORK FOR NO WAGES. HE WON AND LOST. THEY AGREED THAT THEY COULDN'T FORCE HIM TO SERVE LONG OR SHORT LEAVE DAYS.......................THEY SUSPENDED HIM AND THAT WAS THE END OF SERVING TIME AND THE BEGINNING OF SUSPENSIONS

IF ANYONE HAS ANYMORE INFORMATION ON THIS SUBJECT E-MAIL ME AND I'LL PASS IT ON.

DO YOU REMEMBER

COMPANY PUNISHMENT:

SOME BOSSES NOW DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A PERSON SUSPENDED FOR A SERIOUS INFRACTION BUT STILL FELT THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF PUNISHMENT.

WHAT WAS POPULAR WAS TO "ASK" THAT PERSON IF HE WANTED TO VOLUNTEER TO WASH THE APPARATUS ROOM WALLS. HE USUALLY WENT ALONG WITH IT AS HE KNEW HE MESSED UP AND AT LEAST THIS WAY IT " WAS KEPT IN THE ENGINE HOUSE"

I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT NONE OF THE GUYS THAT I'M E-MAILING WERE EVER INVOLVED IN ANY FORM OF DEPARTMENT OR COMPANY PUNISHMENT. IT JUST INVOLVED THE OFU.

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DO YOU REMEMBER

WHEN THE CITY COULD RETIRE YOU ONCE YOU HAD YOUR 25 YEARS ON FOR ANY OR NO REASON.

THE DAY YOU HAD 25 YEARS ON THE JOB THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD CALL YOU DOWN TO HEADQUARTERS AND YOU WERE GONE.

I CAN RECALL THEM CALLING A CHIEF DOWNTOWN. HE DROVE DOWN IN THE CHIEF'S
CAR . THEY TOOK THE KEYS FROM HIM AND HE HAD TO CALL SOMEONE TO GET A RIDE HOME. IMAGINE THE EMBARRASSMENT HE FACED FROM HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

ONE DAY THEY PICKED ON THE WRONG CHIEF
CHIEF "JOHN DOE" HAD POLITICAL CONNECTIONS ON A STATEWIDE BASIS . THIS
POLITICIAN WAS VERY WELL RESPECTED AND PROBABLY SAW THE INJUSTICE IN TERMINATING A PERSON FOR NO REASON. AFTER HIS INTERVENTION YOU COULD ONLY BE TERMINATED "FOR JUST CAUSE"

HIS VICTORY WAS OUR VICTORY AS MANY OF US WOULD HAVE BEEN RETIRED SOONER THEN WE PLANNED

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DO YOU REMEMBER:

WHAT YOU YELLED WHEN YOU THREW A CHAIR / MATTRESS / DRESSER OUT OF THE WINDOW

"LOOK OUT BELOWWWWWWW"

DO YOU REMEMBER:
WHAT YOU YELLED IF IT WAS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND YOU WERE IN A DOUBLE OR TRIPLE COMPANY AND THE ALERT RANG

"WHO GOES"
IF THE MAN ON COT YELLED "SQUAD GOES" AND YOU WERE ON THE ENGINE
OR TRUCK YOU YELLED "IT'S A GOOD HOUSE NOW"

DO YOU REMEMBER:

USING SALVAGE COVERS TO PREVENT WATER DAMAGE TO PEOPLES FURNITURE.

DO YOU REMEMBER:
THE TWO FOLDS:

THE TWO MAN FOLD AND THE ONE MAN FOLD............CAN YOU REMEMBER HOW TO FOLD THESE TWO FOLDS. NOTE...AFTER TYPING THIS, I TOOK OUT A HANDKERCHIEF AND IN FOLDING IT, IT ALL CAME BACK.

DO YOU REMEMBER:
HAVING TO HOOK UP THE HARD SUCTIONS ON ALL MULTIPLE ALARMS

DO YOU REMEMBER:
ENGINE HOUSE DOGS AND HOW PROTECTIVE OF THE STATION THEY WERE . AT ONE STATION ONE OF THE REGULAR GUYS HAD TO ESCORT A DETAIL IN. THAT DOG WOULD NOT LET YOU OUT OF YOUR CAR IF HE DIDN'T KNOW YOU. I THINK IT WAS AT ENGINE 36,
AND HIS NAME WAS "BARON" BUT I'M NOT POSITIVE

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DO YOU REMEMBER
( 1)    WHAT THEY CALLED IT WHEN YOU WENT OUT ON A RUN THAT YOU WEREN'T
           SUPPOSED TO GO ON. THIS ESPECIALLY HAPPENED WHEN YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE
           CORRECT RUNNING BOARD DUE TO THE REGISTER PUTTING COMPANIES IN AND
           OUT OF SERVICE AND YOU WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION
           ANSWER BELOW (1)

(2)    WHAT YOU YELLED TO THE ENGINEER WHEN YOU WANTED HIM TO GIVE YOU
           WATER?
          ANSWER BELOW (2)

(3) WE HAD MSA SMOKE MAKES BACK THEN. WHAT DID "MSA" STAND FOR?
ANSWER BELOW (3)

(4) WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT HAND PUMP EXTINGUISHER THAT WE USED FOR
GRASS FIRES BEFORE ENGINES CARRIED WATER?
ANSWER BELOW (4)

   (5) WHAT WAS THE COLOR OF THE END OF THE REGISTER TAPE TO INDICATE IT
          NEEDED TO BE CHANGED
          ANSWER BELOW (5)

(6) HOW DID YOU ATTACH THE END OF THE REGISTER TAPE TO THE TAKE-UP REEL
ANSWER BELOW (6)

BELOW FOR ANSWERS

(1) BULL RUN

(2) PLAY AWAY

(3) MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES

(4) INDIAN PUMP

(5) RED

   (6) (a) FOLD THE END AND PUT IT IN THE TAKE-UP REEL SLOT
                    OR
          (b) PUTTING THE END OF NEW TAPE IN YOUR MOUTH, WETTING IT, THEN
                WRAPPING IT AROUND THE TAKE-UP REEL SPINDLE

                     OR
          (c) PUT THE NEW TAPE ON THE PUNCH REEL WHILE LETTING THE ALMOST EMPTY
               OLD TAPE REST ON THE FLOOR OR IN THE TRASH CAN. BOTH TAPES WOULD
                THEN BE PUNCHED TOGETHER   WHEN THE NEW TAPE IS ATTACHED TO THE
                 TAKEUP REEL THE OLD TAPE IS RIPPED OFF

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AT ONE OF THE ENGINE HOUSES I RAN AT WE HAD A YOUNG CIVILIAN ,ABOUT 25 YEARS OLD,THAT WOULD HANG AROUND . WE WOULD INVITE HIM TO EAT WITH US. MAN, THIS GUY COULD PUT THE FOOD AWAY, HE WAS A TRUE EATING MACHINE, ESPECIALLY ON OUR MONEY.WELL ONE DAY WE HAD SPAGHETTI. YOU WOULD THINK THAT IF YOU ATE ON SOMEONE ELSE'S DIME YOU WOULD JUST TAKE A SMALL PORTION, BUT THIS GUYS REALLY LOADED UP. IT SEEMED A COUPLE OF THE GUYS GOT AN IDEA AT THE SAME TIME

WE'LL CALL HIM "JOHN DOE" AND THE OTHERS AS FF # 1 AND FF# 2

FF #1 " MAN, JOHN YOU CAN REALLY EAT SPAGHETTI, I BET YOU ARE FILLED UP NOW."

FF #2 " NO WAY, I BET YOU MY MAN JOHN CAN GO BACK FOR SECONDS".

FF #1 " OH SURE SECONDS, THAT'LL PROBABLY AMOUNT TO ABOUT A TABLESPOON
OF SPAGHETTI".

FF # 2 " JOHN IS AN EATING MACHINE, HE'LL GET A MAN'S SECOND HELPING

ALL THE WHILE JOHN DOE DOES NOT REALIZE THAT THE GUYS ARE PLAYING HIM LIKE A FIDDLE

JOHN GETS UP AND GETS A SECOND HELPING THAT I COULDN'T EAT AS A FIRST HELPING.
WELL JOHN SITS THERE AND EATS AND EATS AND EATS. ALL THE WHILE YOU COULD SEE HE BIT OFF MORE THEN HE COULD CHEW. HE WAS TURNING GREEN, BUT HE HAD HIS PRIDE AND HE DID FINISH. WITHIN 10 SECONDS AFTER FINISHING HE GOT UP AND SAID HE HAD TO GET GOING HOME. WE JUST HOPED HE DIDN'T PUKE IN HIS CAR AND MADE IT TO AN ALLY OUT OF SITE OF THE ENGINE HOUSE
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AT ONE ENGINE HOUSE I RAN AT IT WAS EARLY EVENING AND IN WALKED "FF JOHN DOE" . WE WEREN'T EXPECTING ANY DETAIL IN, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING.
WE ASKED "JOHN" WHAT WAS HE DOING HERE:
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED
HE WAS THE COOK AND COLLECTED THE MONEY. SOMEONE ASKED JOHN WHAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TODAY. HE SAID, JOKINGLY, "I THINK I'LL HAVE HOT DOGS BOTH MEALS. WRONG,...WRONG THING TO SAY IN FRONT OF A BUNCH OF GUYS.

FF#1 THAT'S JUST TALK...... YOU DON'T HAVE THE GUTS TO HAVE HOT DOGS BOTH MEALS

FF#2 TALK IS CHEAP....ESPECIALLY WITH "CAPTAIN---------------" WORKING TODAY. HE DOESN'T PLAY GAMES
THE REST OF THE ENGINE HOUSE JOINED IN.......................
FF JOHN DOE WENT SHOPPING...................................
HE CAME BACK AND THEY DID HAVE HOT-DOGS THE FIRST MEAL , WITH A LOT OF SIDE DISHES.
THE GUYS HELPED WITH THE MEAL AND THEY NOTED THAT THERE WASN'T ANY OTHER MEAT FOR THE SECOND MEAL EXCEPT MORE HOT-DOGS. BUT THEY FIGURED THAT HE WOULD HAVE SOMEONE DELIVER STEAKS OR SOMETHING AT THE LAST MINUTE THAT ONE OF HIS BUDDIES AT ANOTHER ENGINE HOUSE PREPARED FOR HIM.
WRONG......................THE SECOND MEAL......................HOTDOGS
FF JOHN DOE WAS DETAILED IMMEDIATELY TO OUR COMPANY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY WITH A TRANSFER TO FOLLOW
CAPTAIN....................DIDN'T PLAY GAMES
IN THOSE DAYS YOU COULD GET TRANSFERED FOR ANY AND NO REASON

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DO YOU REMEMBER

THOSE $#%& LIGHT GLOBES AND WHAT A %$#@* IT WAS TO CHANGE A BULB IN THEM.
THEY HAD THAT SLIP RING THAT IN MOST CASES WAS RUSTED ON OR JUST PLAIN STUCK. WITH ONE HAND YOU HAD TO HOLD THE GLOBE AND THEN TRY TO SLIP THAT RING UP WITH THE OTHER HAND. YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR HELP AS CHANGING BULBS WAS THE YOUNGEST MANS JOB.

AT ONE ENGINE HOUSE I RAN AT OUR CAPTAIN WAS SHOWING THE TRIALMAN HOW TO CHANGE THE BULBS IN ONE OF THESE GLOBES. THE COOK WAS OUT AND I WAS WORKING ON THE RIG, BUT THE GLOBE WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE APPARATUS ROOM.
I HAD A RING SIDE SEAT. THERE'S THE CAPTAIN UP ON THE LADDER STRUGGLING WITH
THE RING WITH ONE HAND AND HOLDING THE GLOBE WITH THE OTHER. THE RING SUDDENLY SLIPPED UP, THE GLOBES SUDDENLY SLIPPED DOWN, AND DOWN, AND DOWN TO THE GROUND WHERE IT SMASHED IN HUNDREDS OF PIECES

AFTER THE TRIALMAN WAS CONFIRMED HE TOLD ME THAT HE DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO KEEP FROM LAUGHING. HE KNEW IF HE LAUGHED HE WOULD HAVE A VERY BAD TRIAL PERIOD

DO YOU REMEMBER "THE CIGAR BOX" THAT WE ALL WILL END UP IN SOMEDAY.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE AT LEAST ISSUED A MORE DIGNIFIED
CONTAINER TO STORE DEATH NOTICES THEN AN" OLD CIGAR BOX"

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DO YOU REMEMBER

PUKING A LOT AT FIRES.
BACK THEN WITH USING SMOKE MASKS ,THAT WAS ONLY LIKE A LARGE FILTER ON A CIGARETTE. YOU TOOK IN ALL THE CHEMICALS IN THE SMOKE, THE CANISTER JUST FILTERED IT TO A DEGREE. IN FACT AS SOCIETY STARTED USING MORE AND MORE PLASTICS THESE MASKS BECAME OBSOLETE. ALSO THESE CANISTERS WERE ONLY EFFECTIVE IF THEY OPERATED WITH A CERTAIN PERCENT OF OXYGEN IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THAT'S WHY BASEMENTS AND SUB-BASEMENT WERE VERY DANGEROUS AS THERE WASN'T ENOUGH OXYGEN TO SUPPORT LIFE.

THERE WERE MANY SCENES OF THE GUYS PUKING DURING THE COURSE OF A FIRE.
REMEMBER EATING A BIG MEAL AND THE ALARM COMING IN. AS YOU CAME UPON
"A WORKING FIRE" YOU KNEW THE FOOD WAS GOING TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN,
AND IT WASN'T TO STAY IN YOUR STOMACH.

ALSO BACK THEN IT WAS A BADGE OF HONOR NOT TO PUT YOUR MASK ON. REMEMBER THE OLDER GUYS WOULD TELL US YOUNG "WHIPPER SNAPPERS' " HEY KID, WHEN I PUT MY MASK ON YOU CAN PUT YOURS ON.
FOR MANY OF US WE COULDN'T PUT ON A MASK FOR OUR FIRST MONTH IN THE ENGINE HOUSE NO MATTER HOW SMOKEY THE FIRE WAS. AFTER THAT FIRST MONTH WE WERE EXPERTS AT PUKING.

EVEN WHEN YOU PUKED YOU COULDN'T TAKE A BREAK FROM THE FIRE AS IT STILL HAD TO BE PUT OUT. YOU PUKED AND STILL WORKED.

IF YOU HAD THE LINE IT WAS EASIER AS YOU JUST LEANED FORWARD AND PUKED INTO
THE STREAM, IT WORKED BETTER IF YOU HAD IT ON FOG RATHER THEN STRAIGHT STREAM.

YOU KNOW GUYS THIS ABILITY TO PUKE REALLY HELPED US THROUGH OUT OUR LIVES.
OUR CIVILIAN FRIENDS WHEN THEY ATE OR DRANK TOO MUCH THEY HAD TO SUFFER AS THE FOOD AND DRINK STAYED IN THEIR STOMACHS AND DID BATTLE IN THEIR SYSTEM.

US FIREMEN HAD THE ABILITY TO PUKE ON WILL

IN FACT LET ME SHOW YOU TO BRING BACK MEMORIES......................

HOOO....RAAAAAAAAAAAAA................ARGH..............AAARRRGGGHHH

HHHOOO.........RRRAAA........AAARRRGGGHHH

HHHHHOOOOO...............RRRRRAAAAA

I KNOW......I KNOW........I SHOULD CHEW MY FOOD SOME MORE.

TO ANY WIVES READING THIS "STUFF: PLEASE FORGIVE THE CRUDENESS OF THIS ARTICLE BUT PUKING IS A
"GUY THING"
KIND OF IN THE SAME LINE AS "WRITING OUR NAMES IN SNOW"

(NO..... I WILL NOT BE SHOWING YOU THIS TO BRING BACK ANY MEMORIES)

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DO YOU REMEMBER

THAT WHEN A BOX ALARM CAME IN OVER THE REGISTER IT CAME IN THREE TIMES, YOU HAD TO WAIT TILL IT CAME IN TWICE TO OFFICIALLY RESPOND TO THAT BOX. THAT WAS IN THE CASE CENTRAL SENT IN THE WRONG BOX AT FIRST. THEY WOULD CATCH THEMSELVES AND AFTER THE FIRST WRONG BOX TRANSMISSION THEY WOULD STOP IT AND SEND IN THE CORRECT BOX THREE TIMES

THE FEO WOULD START THE RIG AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF "HIS BOX" IF THE BOSS WAS ON THE RIG AFTER THE SECOND ROUND THEY WERE GONE.
REMEMBER RUNNING AFTER THE RIG AS A "YOUNG WHIPPER SNAPPER" THEY WOULD BE JUST AT THE END OF THE APRON AND KNEW YOU WERE RUNNING AFTER THEM AND STILL THEY WOULD NOT STOP FOR YOU. AH THE GOOD OLD DAYS
MISSING THE RIG COST YOU ICE CREAM FOR THE HOUSE

DO YOU REMEMBER

THAT ON COMPANIES GOING BOTH IN AND OUT OF SERVICE THAT "LITTLE BELL" WAS NOT IN THE CIRCUIT. IT WAS IN THE CIRCUIT WHEN A BOX CAME IN.... THEN IF YOU WERE ON THAT BOX THE MAN ON WATCH THREW IN THE "BIG BELL" BY FLIPPING THAT SWITCH THAT LOOKED LIKE A LIGHT SWITCH.

DO YOU REMEMBER
IF YOU STOOD COT WATCH AT A COMPANY YOU WERE DETAILED TO IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO WRITE THE COMPANY'S NUMBER BY THE DEPARTMENT PHONE. OTHERWISE JUMPING UP FROM A SOUND SLEEP YOU WOULD RESPOND TO CENTRAL WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME COMPANY'S NUMBER

DO YOU REMEMBER

WHEN IT WAS TIME TO CHANGE THE CANISTER ON A SMOKE MASK?
THERE WAS A MEDIUM BLUE CIRCLE INDICATOR ON THE FRONT THAT I THINK SLOWLY TURNED TO A VERY LIGHT BLUE WITH USE. YOU CHANGED IT WHEN IT WAS LIGHT BLUE.

"NOTE ON ANY OF THIS ''STUFF I MAY BE WRONG" FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME AND I'LL SEND OUT THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW YOU PUT A CANISTER IN SERVICE ON A "CHEMOX" MASK

YOU TORE OFF THE CAP OF THE CANISTER AND INSERTED IT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE HOLDER. YOU THEN SCREWED THAT LARGE HAND SCREW THEREBY HOLDING IT IN. I ONLY USED IT ONCE AT A SUB BASEMENT SO I CAN'T REMEMBER BUT I CAN RECALL SOMEHOW WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING TO RELIVE THE AIR PRESSURE AS THERE WASN'T ANY WAY TO REGULATE IT.
WE DID SOMETHING TO BLEED THE EXCESS AIR??????????????
E-MAIL ME IF YOUR MEMORY IS BETTER THEN MINE AND I'LL PASS IT ALONG
WE THEN DISCARDED THE USED CANISTER IN A BUCKET OF WATER. IT BUBBLED UP AS IT CREATED A CAUSTIC LIQUID THAT WE THEN DUMPED IN THE ALLY

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DO YOU REMEMBER

ON CAR FIRES HOW THERE JUST WASN'T AN EASY WAY TO POP THE HOOD. SOMETIMES YOU TOOK OUT THE GRILL AND THEN TRIED TO REACH THE CABLE OR THE LATCH ITSELF. OTHER TIMES YOU TOOK THE LONG PRY BAR AND PRYED YOUR GUTS OUT
OTHER TIMES YOU CAME IN THE SIDE BY PUTTING THE BLADE OF YOUR AXE IN BETWEEN THE HOOD AND FENDER AND THEN TWISTING IT 90 DEGREES TO AT LEAST GET WATER IN THE MOTOR COMPARTMENT

ON CAR FIRES USING THEIR AIR CLEANER TO HOLD UP THE HOOD OF THE CAR

ON "WASH DOWNS" FOR CARS WITH LEAKING GAS TANKS. IF THE TANK WAS FULL, RATHER THEN BE OUT OF SERVICE FOR HOURS WAITING FOR IT TO DRAIN YOU WOULD PUNCH HOLES TO DRAIN IT FASTER. ANOTHER WAY WAS TO TAKE YOUR AX AND HOLD IT PERPENDICULAR TO THE TANK WITH THE PEEN JUST UNDER IT. YOU WOULD THEN BOUNCE THE CAR PUNCHING HOLDS IN THE TANK. YOU COULDN'T DO THAT NOW .
YOU DID IT BACK THEN AS YOU DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO LOSE THEIR HOME OR LIFE WHILE YOU WERE TIED UP ON A WASH DOWN.

THE FIRST PAID TV IN THE ENGINE HOUSE BEFORE HBO.........................................ONTV

DO YOU REMEMBER

THE SQUADS HAD ONE 15 MIN. SCOTT AIR TANK THAT YOU SLUNG OVER YOUR BACK AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE EXPRESSION THAT YOU USED IF YOU CAME BACK FROM A FIRE APPROACHING DAWN AND RATHER THEN GOING BACK TO BED YOU STAYED UP............."IRONMAN IT"

DO YOU REMEMBER
EVOLUTION'S ....................AND PRACTICING FOR THEM.

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE NAME OF ALL FIREHOUSE STOVES...........................................................GARLAND

DO YOU REMEMBER
DIPPING THE GAS TANK AND THE OIL DRUM MONTHLY AND HOW THE SHEETS AND WHAT WAS PHYSICALLY ON HAND NEVER TALLIED

DO YOU REMEMBER
TRYING TO LIFT THOSE KITCHEN CHAIRS WITH ONE HAND HOLDING THE END OF ONE LEG.......HOW MANY OF YOU COULD DO IT??....HOW MANY OF YOU LIED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DO IT?????????????

DO YOU REMEMBER

PULLING THE PINS, PULLING OUT THE JACK SUPPORT AND THEN SCREWING DOWN THE JACK , THEN RUNNING AROUND THE OTHER SIDE TO DO THE SAME THING. THEN YOU RAISED YOUR STICK.

CAVING IN THE SIDE OF SOME CIVILIANS CAR WHEN YOU LOWERED THOSE JACKS THAT CAME OUT AT AN ANGLE

SLICING THE ROOF OF A CAR WHEN YOU WERE SETTING THE JACKS OF THOSE SWING OUT MODELS

BREAKING THE WINDOWS OF THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO THE ONE ON FIRE. THE SMOKE BEING SO THICK THAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS THE ONE ON FIRE.

CHOPPING A HOLE IN THE FLAT ROOF OF A RESTAURANT WHEN YOU SAW FLAMES SHOOTING FROM IT..............
THEN ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT IT WAS JUST THE GREASE IN THE STOVE VENT THAT WAS ON FIRE AND WHEN THEY ACTIVATED THEIR EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM THE FIRE WENT OUT

DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT SOME COMPANIES WERE FAMOUS FOR STEALING ANY TOOLS LEFT UNATTENDED
THEN THERE WERE OTHER COMPANIES THAT WOULD CALL YOU AFTER A FIRE AND SAY THEY HAVE YOUR AX OR PIKE POLE

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DO YOU REMEMBER

WHEN SOME GUYS PAID FOR CHOW BY THE PAY AS THERE WEREN'T MANY DETAILS AND THEY KNEW THEY WOULD BE THERE EVERY DAY

WHEN THEY ISSUED US THOSE SMALL PIECES OF GLASS TO REPLACE IN FIRE ALARM BOXES

WHEN SOME GUYS CLEANED THE AXES BY PUTTING IT ON THE FLOOR ,PUTTING A PIECE OF EMERY CLOTH ON IT . THEY THEN PUT THEIR FOOT ON THE CLOTH SHIFTING IT BACK AND FORTH TO POLISH THE AX

THE "BUYOUT" RUMORS AND THE AMOUNTS WE WERE TO GET

THE GLOVE DRYERS MADE FROM CUTOUT TIN CANS

GETTING DETAILED TO THE "OLD FIRE BOAT TO CHANGE LINE"

THE OLD IRON BEDS THAT LASTED GENERATIONS

THE NEW BEDS THAT WILL BE LUCKY TO LAST ONE GENERATION

DO YOU REMEMBER

GOING TO A PACK RATS HOUSE ON A" SPECIAL" FOR A MEDICAL RUN.
THE PERSON SAVED EVERYTHING THERE WAS TO BE SAVED. STUFF WAS PACKED FLOOR TO CEILING WITH STUFF, WITH SOMETIMES JUST A SMALL ISLE TO GET FROM ROOM TO ROOM. IT'S ONE THING TO SEE THESE HOUSES ON TV BUT TO SEE IT IN PERSON IS SOMETHING ELSE

DO YOU REMEMBER
HAND CRANKING THE HOSE REEL BEFORE THERE WERE MOTORS

HOW SOMETIMES THERE WOULD FORM A "LOOP" WHEN THE MOTOR ON THE WINDUP REEL TURNED TOO FAST AND THE REEL JAMMED.
THEN IT TOOK THREE OF YOU PULLING ON THE RED LINE TO GET IT UNSTUCK

USING THE BALL AND CHAIN TO UNBLOCK APARTMENT BUILDING INCINERATORS.

SAYING.............."THAT'S A BAD BOX"

10-10 ALL COMPANIES IN SERVICE

10-4 COT WATCH

12 TO 3
3 TO 7     THESE WERE WATCHES BEFORE COT WATCH CAME IN TO EFFECT. I WAS IN THE
                 TRAINING ACADEMY FOR ABOUT ONE MONTH AND THE INSTRUCTOR STATED
                  THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO STAND ANY 12 TO 3 OR 3 TO 7 WATCHES AS A NEW SYSTEM WAS COMING IN EFFECT.

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