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You begin to think your name is 'Lookdamnit' or 'Jesus Christ'. For example "Lookdamnit, for the hundreth time put your brain bucket the right way." or "Jesus Christ, who the heck taught you how to hit a hydrant like that?"
Everyone one refers to you as simply "HEY YOU!"
Add your own from your probie expierence or from what you've seen of other probies. Make em' funny.
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07-09-2002, 03:52 PM #1Junior Member
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You Might be a probie if....
These views are mine and mine alone.
Ya'll be safe out there.
Think smart and not hard, who knows it could save your life.
Be Easy
Titan
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07-09-2002, 04:24 PM #2MembersZone Subscriber
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You might be a probie if..
You actually look for the hose stretcher on the engine.
Chris Minick, P.E., Firefighter II
Structures Specialist, MD-TF 1
These statements are mine and mine alone
I.A.C.O.J. Building crust and proud of it
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07-09-2002, 04:54 PM #3Forum Member
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You might be a probie if you're still looking for that left handed spanner wrench.
"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like." Will Rogers
The borrower is slave to the lender. Proverbs 22:7 - Debt free since 10/5/2009.
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07-09-2002, 05:08 PM #4Member
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Where is it...
You know, I still haven't found that darn water hammer yet.
DJW
Member I.A.C.O.J.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear."
-Ambrose Redmoon
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07-09-2002, 05:51 PM #5Forum Member
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You Know When...
You ask someone to make a doughnut roll and they tell
you that they don't bake!
Stay Safe Out There!!!!!!
"Just remember. No matter where you go. There you are!"
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07-09-2002, 05:58 PM #6Forum Member
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Your first call comes in. You take the officer's seat on the rig and tell the Captain that he'll have to sit in the back, because you got there first!
(This probie was last seen laying on the floor of the apparatus bay as the rig left without him.)
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07-09-2002, 06:34 PM #7Forum Member
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You ask the Question: What do you do if your at a fire and you have to use the washroom? And the seniors advise you that you simply fill your boots, They'll dry!
You get to use the steel SCBA tanks.
You learn exactly how many gallons of water you gear will hold with a duce and a half up your pant leg and how much pressure it takes B-4 your lid blows off.
You learn that a K2 will not start after pulling your guts out, with out the spark plug installed, regardless of how loud the chief yells at you to start it.
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07-09-2002, 07:12 PM #8Senior Member
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You have at least one of every kind of FF tshirt and cap that Galls has to offer.
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07-09-2002, 07:15 PM #9Forum Member
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You might be a probie if....
You find a short lease attached to your neck and a rolled up newspaper in the bosses seat.
This is a pup in training. Short lease and newspaper in bunkerpants pocket.Last edited by FireLt1951; 07-09-2002 at 07:23 PM.
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07-09-2002, 08:00 PM #10Forum Member
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From years ago
Your first name seems to be(GOFFER)according to the battalion Chief!
Stay Safe Out There!!!
"Just remember. No matter where you go. There you are!"
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07-09-2002, 08:54 PM #11Forum Member
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Your always in the right spot when the pump operator accidentally pulls the valve for the deck gun.
"I truly believe that tradition is important to the long-term survival of the fire service."-Lt. Andrew Fredricks, FDNY,9-11-01
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07-09-2002, 09:08 PM #12MembersZone Subscriber
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If you can't catch forty winks on the way back from a run, you may be a probie.
If everyone is talking about the fire you were just at and you don't remember anything they say happened, you may be a probie.
If your feet blister from wearing wet boots for 15 hours, you may be a probie.
If people shade their eyes from the glare on your helmet, you may be a probie.
If you're cleaning out your drawers while the brothers are cleaning up the tools, you may be a probie.
If you call the Lieutenant "SIR", you may be a probie.
If you can't seem to walk into the firehouse and stay dry for 5 minutes, you may be a probie.
If a 30 minute SCBA lasts you 30 seconds, you may be a probie.
If none of the above make any sense to you, you're a probie.
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07-09-2002, 09:20 PM #13Forum Member
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If you are asked to check the blinker fluid on the engine...
If you are asked to check the spark plugs on a diesel engine...
If you are asked to look under the engine for the dump valve....
If you pull up your bunker pants and there are panties on the outside of them...NREMT-P\ Volunteer Fire Chief\Tactical Paramedic
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Experts built the Titanic, amateurs built the Ark.
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07-09-2002, 10:42 PM #14MembersZone Subscriber
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You actually think that "pearl diver" is a riding assignment.
I never did find the sky hook either BGFD.
Your the only one that says "yesss!!!" when a call comes in.
You hang out at the station on every off day.
The words, "I always thought..." come out of your mouth.
You spend all of your uniform allowance...on uniforms.
You jump out of the chair when the Captain says, " I need someone to.." or your the only one being looked at when the Captain says "I need someone to..."
You know your not a probie when you can be the OVM!!
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07-09-2002, 10:47 PM #15Forum Member
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You might be a probie
When you ask the chief where the application for the deck gun operators job is?
When you ask how do we clean the hose after a fire ? Ans. soap brush and you
When they tell you that its your job to cook for the shift and they tell you they want steak and shrimp and pay for it also. $120 later they ask for desert
Poor little guy never saw it comingLast edited by Ltmdepas3280; 07-09-2002 at 10:50 PM.
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07-10-2002, 12:28 AM #16Member
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You might be a probie if:
You actually buy "square" ice cream (the exception to this being Breyers)
You drive right by a bakery on your way to the house and bring in day old Safeway donuts anyway
You actually volunteered when a medic mentioned he needed some crike practice
You've tried melting your faceshield with a propane plumber's torch (true story)
Your gloves are still soft enough to allow any form of dexterity
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07-10-2002, 01:19 AM #17MembersZone Subscriber
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You might be a Probie if you ask what side the pump panel is on, even after you fell out of the Jump Seat and didn't see the panel on the way to the ground.
If you don't do it RIGHT today, when will you have time to do it over? (Hall of Fame basketball player/coach John Wooden)
"I may be slow, but my work is poor." Chief Dave Balding, MVFD
"Its not Rocket Science. Just use a LITTLE imagination." (Me)
Get it up. Get it on. Get it done!
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IACOJ member: Cheers, Play safe y'all.
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07-10-2002, 03:22 AM #18Sr. Information Officer
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You might be a probie....if you don't think.
Or...then again..........You might not be a firefighter at all.
Proudly serving as the IACOJ Minister of Information & Propoganda!
Be Safe! Lookouts-Awareness-Communications-Escape Routes-Safety Zones
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07-10-2002, 04:50 AM #19Member
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you might be a probie.....
if your gear is still a BRIGHT color
if you carry more accessories then everyone eles in the department combinedThe words on my post are my thoughts, my thoughts have nothing to do with the department in which I volunteer, and other organizations I work
i do it all for the money, yup i make the big bucks!!!!
cobb island VOLUNTEER fire department and ems CO 6
whidbey island VOLUNTEER fire department and ems station 25
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07-10-2002, 03:08 PM #20Senior Member
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you might be a probie if.....
- your still looking for that freegin canuter valve
- there seems to be a different sort cullinary art in your boots
each run
- you try to get on a truck with half your gear on b/c you think
its "the cool thing to do"
- the training officer tells you to "run start" the K-12 when it
doesn't start
- you come to a call to find your gear cordened off with caution
tape
- if the answer to all your questions starts with "NO YOU MORAN!"
- if yo still think you can't make the first out truck without a
blue light
- when you take so long to charge the hydrant the tips guy leaves
it layin on the ground to run back and do it for you
- when your gettin yelled at to do something on the way to a call
and you didn't hear your assignment because the reflection of
the red lights on stuff mesmerized you
- you put a blinkin light on your bike to warn pedestrians that
you are going to a call
be safe and have fun!Matt G. Warminster Fire Dept. Station 90
IAFF Local F-106
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