If, in your experience, there is one lesson that you would like to pass on.. what would it be???
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If, in your experience, there is one lesson that you would like to pass on.. what would it be???
Never agree to play "Pass the Buff" in the common bunkroom of a strange firehouse you may be overnighting at after lights out.
LOL.. and never think that the cover of darkness is as dark as it appears to those whose eyes have already adjusted. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by FWDbuff
Never eat more than your mask can hold! :D
1. Don't screw with the cook.
2. If the cook is not eating, ask yourself has anyone been screwing with the cook.
3. The cook can get even and you don't know it until it's to late.
"Pitty on the man who betrays his brothers, by betraying one he will find himself with none."
-John B. Bunting
Be mindful of your BACK as you only have one. Mess it up and it's a LIFETIME of pain and misery. T.C.
Be mindful of your BACK, as bullet proof vests have trauma plates to stop a knife, but bunker coats don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rescue101
1. Make sure that the only valves opened is the tank fill/recirculate and tank to pump, when doing a pump survey or doing some tests.
2. Make sure the deck gun valve is closed.
3. Make sure the heads of your department and of the FD are not in the area.
'nuff said.
FM1
Don't tug on Super Man's cape.
Don't spite into the wind.
Don't pull the mask off of the Lone Ranger
AND
You don't mess around with Jim. :D
Awesome lesson! LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by rm1524
Watch..and pay attention..not only to your officer but also the senior guys. There are some who have been on the fire department longer than you've been alive.
Along those lines...Be mindful of your back, and the "brother's" who have no problem putting a knife in it for their own benefit!!Quote:
Originally Posted by VincentEng2
As a rookie....be seen and not heard.
To add -Quote:
Originally Posted by FIREMECH1
4. Make sure all of the drains are closed when you're trying to draft.
Also - Look both ways before crossing the street. You just never know.
And - A bit of wisdom from the world of railroading that most certainly carries over to the fire service:
Most of the rules in the rulebook are written in blood. They're there because somebody else already made that mistake. Don't be the one who repeats it.
As a EMT on the bad medical calls let your medic know your there and can do alot to help. From my exp paramedics tend to get in the zone and will be trying to do many things at once. Try to take care of all of the basic stuff.. this includes advanced airways combitube, LMA, king ect.
I can't tell you how many times I have used advanced airways on pt's and not just on cardiac arrests either. You will learn much more when your medic trusts you and your skills and that your not just another firefighter that is ****ed off that they have to be on the bus instead of the engine.
As soon as you feel like you gotta pee go to the little boys room. When you say to yourself I will just wait until the next to commercial you have a good chance at spending the next 3 hours at an an all hands fire with no bathroom in sight.
Oh, same goes for eating when your hungry, get your meals when you can you never know what is happening next.
Take a deep breath, slow the F down and think about what you are doing.
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Originally Posted by FIREMECH1
You missed the big picture on this. I accidentally soaked all the above (7 people) while they were checking out new rigs 30' away.Quote:
Originally Posted by tree68
FM1
To newbies: You have one mouth and two ears for a reason. You are to listen twice as much as you talk.
To officers: Always watch out for your guys in every aspect. ALWAYS!
To chiefs: NEVER forget where you came from.
To everyone: When this job becomes not fun anymore, or becomes "just a job" or the day you think you know everything there is to know, you need to retire.