Hey guys/gals, I am fairly new to my dept (3 months) and wondering why FF's refer to the stations with the "s" after the the number. Example: "25's" I was going to ask a senior FF but figured I would ask here first. Thanks in advance!
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Hey guys/gals, I am fairly new to my dept (3 months) and wondering why FF's refer to the stations with the "s" after the the number. Example: "25's" I was going to ask a senior FF but figured I would ask here first. Thanks in advance!
Gb1k's House?
25's Station or 25's for short
13's house....24's first in...etc.
Generally, it indicates what apparatus is housed there.....Eng 25 is housed there - so it is 25's house...etc.....
We dont. At all. Going to 13...Detailed to 19...Richard Head works at 14.Quote:
Originally Posted by gb1k
We don't use the plural either.
That would be the posessive. Plural indicates multiples, posessives have the 's. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by BoxAlarm187
Do not take this the wrong way.Quote:
Originally Posted by gb1k
You have the chance to ask somoene from your department, who understands why the department does things and understand its' traditions.
Instead you feel it is better to log onto an international forum, whose members have NO idea where you are from, what department it is in question, and most likely do it completely different than your department.
Ask yourself, did that make any sense?
no'sQuote:
Originally Posted by JohnVBFD
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It probably did at the time. Not wanting to seem foolish about something simple. Give the kid a break. Wait until his 10th post or so...then kick him in the gonads.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnVBFD
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Originally Posted by JohnVBFD
Here we go again. Some poor new guy asks a simple, honest question and he gets sh*t on.
I'm sorry I hold common sense to a much more valued level.Quote:
Originally Posted by THEENGINEGOES
And if you call that "$hit on" you must have paper thin skin.
Yea but then it's no fun. Plus as Sean Avery pointed out, its "seconds"Quote:
Originally Posted by len1582
If I were you, which I am not, I would have asked the Officer of my company or some of the members in the company about it.
For what it's worth, I always said I 'll being working at 5 Engine or 3 Truck the next day, if I was detailed out, to my wife. Just in case she would want to know! ;)
Funny guy here.Quote:
Originally Posted by len1582
Yea..Rich is a funny guy. Before working at 14 he was at 17 and 11.Quote:
Originally Posted by CGITCH
Did you just quote yourself in the third person?Quote:
Originally Posted by len1582
This is what i would do. We dont use the 1 truck or 1 engine at my dept, but every dept has its traditions. Just ask your company officer and you ll be fine....Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptOldTimer
The fact this question had to be asked makes me worried that you're allowed to hold an axe or any other sharp object.
Call me an *** but this is a completely idiotic question that should require very little cognitive thought.
In the grand scheme of things...
Who gives a fat rat's rump?