20 Backdraft Magazine | A Volunteer Fire Service Publication | Volume 5 | Issue 1 | www.thebackdraftmagazine.com
YOU MIGHT BE IN A
VOLUNTEER FIRE
DEPARTMENT IF...
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Your department has ever had two emergency vehicles pulled over for drag racing on the way to the scene.
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You have naked lady mud flaps on your pumper.
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Your firehouse has wheels.
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You've ever gotten back and found out you locked yourselves out of the firehouse.
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Fire training consists of everyone standing around a fire gettin' drunk.
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You've ever been toned out on an outhouse fire.
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That outhouse fire was with entrapment.
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You've ever let a person's house burn down because they wouldn't let you hunt on their ground.
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At least one vehicle in the firehouse still has decorations on it from the Halloween Parade and it's January.
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Your personnel vehicle has more lights on it than your house has lights in it.
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You don't own a Dalmatian, but you do have a coon dog named Sparky.
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You've ever walked through a Christmas display and came up with more than 3 new ideas for a light scheme for your truck.
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Your rescue truck can smoke the tires.
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Your department's name is misspelled on the equipment.
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Your engine had to be towed in the last Christmas Parade.
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Dispatch can't mention your name without laughing.
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The local news crew won't put your department on TV because you embarrassed them last time.
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You've ever referred to a light bar as sexy.
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Your defib consists of a pair of jumper cables, a marine battery, and a fish finder.
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You've ever taken a girl on a date in a pumper.
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Your pumper has been on fire more times than it has been to a fire.
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Your pumper smokes more than the house fire.
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The only time the trucks leave the station is on bingo night.