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About LinkBacksBefore you joined the fire service, did a certain television show or movie inspire you & cause you to realize what you wanted to do with your life? And if so, what about it inspired you?
View Poll Results: Did a TV show/movie inspire you to join the fire service?
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Emergency!
11 64.71% -
The Towering Inferno
0 0% -
Backdraft
3 17.65% -
Third Watch
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Other
2 11.76%
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10-11-2002, 07:54 PM #1Junior Member
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Did a TV show/movie inspire you to join the fire service?
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10-11-2002, 09:32 PM #2Permanently Removed
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With out a doubt...
Emergency baby....they rocked. LA County Fire (http://www.lacofd.org) is still on of the best, HANDS DOWN!!!
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10-11-2002, 09:32 PM #3Member
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Flashpoint...........I mean Backdraft, sorry.
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10-11-2002, 09:33 PM #4Senior Member
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Third Watch
I shouldn't say it inspired me, but it did add a little "fuel to the fire" so to speak. I've thought about becoming a FF since I was about 16. I tend to watch a lot of movies and TV shows that involve fire-fighting, so I don't know if it actually inspired me, or if it's just my strong interest.
-Tim
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10-11-2002, 09:41 PM #5Forum Member
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EMERGENCY! I still can hear 51's tones in the back of my head.
Hmmm, brettbouk, any relation to the recently banned boukca? You sound like him.
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10-11-2002, 10:53 PM #6Forum Member
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304, I think it is boukca. If so, welcome back!
These are my opinions, not those of my career department, my volunteer company, or my affiliates. And by the way, I'm not a Junior.
Buy me a drink, sing me a song, take me as I come 'cause I can't stay long.
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10-13-2002, 11:37 AM #7dazed and confused
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What about Captain Kirk?
I mean William Shatner...
I'm a child of the 80's... what can I say?
Last edited by Resq14; 10-13-2002 at 11:47 AM.
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10-13-2002, 11:41 AM #8Member
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LOL i am with FHandz 17 it was
nahh.. but in all honesty it was my father doesnt most kids at that age wanna be just like there dad?Flashpoint...........I mean Backdraft, sorry.There's an old saying around the firehouse."You
don't have to watch your back, because you know someone else is watching it for you"
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10-13-2002, 11:53 AM #9Senior Member
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Re: What about Captain Kirk?
Rescue 911 was a good show for kids, but I only saw 1 person die on there. And they were an organ donor so it helped other people live. It never showed the senseless death caused by a drunk driver. Children playing with matches and burning their house down with a brother or sister still inside.Originally posted by Resq14
I mean William Shatner...
If all you wanted to see was the happy endings, then it was good.Another lifetime volunteer proud to serve my community.
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10-13-2002, 12:13 PM #10MembersZone Subscriber
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Though I voted EMRGENCY! and I still love that show, it was a firefighting documentory that actually got me very interested in the fire service. It was on late at night and about Wildland Firefighting with CDF-California Department of Forestry.
Two weeks out of High school, I was hired and the rest is history. It will be 20 years this July . My how time flys by.
Front line since 1983 and still going strong
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10-13-2002, 12:15 PM #1155 Years & Still Rolling
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Not Me....
Wasn't any TV to watch, so it musta been somethin' else......Stay Safe....
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10-13-2002, 03:47 PM #12Forum Member
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i must say that there wasn't a TV show or movie that inspired me to become a firefighter. my motivation was my dad, whose birthday was yesterday. he was a volunteer firefighter in the town where we lived for a time being. my grandfather and brother-in-law were firefighters also. my wife is pregnant with our first child and if she/he decides to become a fourth generation firefighter then i would be extremely happy. if not then i'll still be extremely happy.
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10-13-2002, 07:18 PM #13Forum Member
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A so called friend of mine talked me into it and I still dont talk to him. Its been 25 years.
wellsfr
We've been doing so much for so long with so little. We can do almost anything with nothing.
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10-13-2002, 08:28 PM #14Forum Member
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CHiPs and Emergency
...were the only two shows that I really watched. I tried the police thing so to speak and didn't really didn't like to see that side of people. I prefer the helping side of things.
Matt
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10-13-2002, 08:48 PM #15Forum Member
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Hears one not mentioned !!
How about the show CODE RED with Lorne Green and Adam Rich i think it was cool to watch little Adam want to help out and get involved and of course EMERGENCY, although i was more fascinated with the Engine Company operations then the squad..Just my 2cents worth
Rest in peace Worcester 6
12/3/99 @ 18:15 hours
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10-14-2002, 03:44 AM #16Sr. Information Officer
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Well...ya see, when Gonzo and I were kids..
...we used to go the the ol' cinema. (Pronounced Thee-ay-ter)
...The Silent Movies. They had these wonderful black and white, moving images of firefighters...flickering on a large screen....accompanied by organ music. We used to run and chase the Steamer....when we heard the horses and whistles coming out of the fire station.
Nah...I'm pulling your leg.
I grew up watching Gerald McBoingBoing and Ding Dong Bell. No wonder I'm a Looney Tune!
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