Great Fire Department Quotes

[firemonkey311]

Foam.

"Hello, Meyersdale Fire Department. You light 'em, we fight 'em."

you better not have stolen that from my signature

[jack61sgfd]

A great training officer once said ………….”do you want to be a pump operator or a throttle manipulator????”

[snowball]

Show up on time
Do your job
Try to not **** anyone off
Go home

[dadman]

Strategic Priority Sizeup is the foundation of an intelligent,
safe, and coordinated incident action plan.
http://www.competentcommand.com/docu...ritySizeup.pdf

1. Where is the water coming from?
2. Where is the water going?
3. How Much Water?
condensed comment by "Andrew Pollack" at www.firefighterhourly.com

"Basics, basics, basics. People need to know how to do a primary search before you stick them on a Rapid Intervention Team."
Jay Lowry
http://www.firefighterhourly.com/fir...g-the--14.html

[doughesson]

Is that a southern thing?

No.A Southern fire saying is"Hey y'all!Watch this!"which at my old department gets you assigned to rehab where you can't play with sharp things or hoses.

[Geinandputitout]

I worked in an area that had four giant "mobile home communities" Engine 8 respond to address lot 28 for whatever. Everyone on the crew looked at one another and said F T C (Fu*&ing Trailer Court)

[Hexxus]

you better not have stolen that from my signature

Never even saw it was there before. Common saying when we answer the phone at my station.

[Geinandputitout]

An oldie, but a goodie: The floggings will continue until morality improves.

despair.com: picture of french fries with the caption "Not everyone gets to be an astronaut"

[ffgottke]

Mine would have to be " What dont kill ya, Only makes ya stronger".

[Jigga1]

"Don't let your battleship mouth overrun your rowboat ***"

[1shitbrick]

"Man up... or shut the F*** up"

"Right for fight, Left for Lobster"

[emt161]

"Putting fancy tools into poorly-trained hands simply makes for more expensive errors."

[hwoods]

If At First You Don't Succeed, You're Done Skydiving.

[firemonkey311]

Never even saw it was there before. Common saying when we answer the phone at my station.

I was just joking with ya!

[the1141man]

"Right for fight, Left for Lobster"

LMAO I love that one. Definitely going into the "hoselines and fire streams" curriculum for the new kids in the company....

[jdngfd]

I liked one I found on the internet:
"All men are created equal, and then some become Fire Fighters"

[JHR1985]

these quotes suck....



too add too this list of suckyness....

"If you fail, there is always cop school."

[IowaFFandEMT]

"Firefighters....We're here to save your @$$, not kiss it!"

[tennfrfghtr55]

" Garbage men don't get excited when they turn a corner and see garbage piled up on the street, so don't get excited when smoke's showing, its our job."

[ChicagoFF]

In my opinion, no career has more cheesy and embarrassing catch phrases the the fire department.