Fireman, strangest thing in a structure fire

[Whitmore]

alotta years back we responded to a structure fire , when we arrived on scene the house had just self ventilated itself out the roof and there was a lady came running out the the curb and said her babie was in there , my partner and I packed up grabed a 1. 75 attack line , went in and did a little squirting till the 2nd hose line came in and then we started our search for her baby, the chief calls me and says the baby is a 6 foot bbowa constrictor in an aquarium we about peed in our bunkers bu when the smoke cleared the bowa was still in the aquerium and its nose had a big blister on it from touching the glass :{ , needless to say we let the lady get the snake out .



Lets hear some stories

 

[TboneMan]

The baby this gets used alot. One of our chiefs rolled up to a farm thinking a child was in respitory arrest. The FARMER told dispatch that the "baby" wasn't breathing. The "baby" was a horse.



A lady calles dispatch and tells the call taker that her daughter is burning up. We roll up with a BRT to find out the the child is running a fever of 101. (our chief had a coversation with the dispatch supervisor that night).

 

[Mactruck]

This isn't a baby but one to remember (and giggle about:-laf)



We get dispatched out for "Liver pain" in the next town. Were driving there with this inquisite look on our face and find a female complaining of "liver pain" We asked how she new it was her liver and she stated that "she just new"



We transported giggling the whole way. Her pain was on the wrong side.



After that call, we would be at the firehouse yelling "OW, My liver" :-laf

 

[dbryant]

Nothing Too exciting here, just figured I would share one of my fire stories.



We were called for mutual aid at a working structure fire in one of the local communities.



When we arrived on scene we were told that we would be doing search and rescue and there was a dog still in the house.



We began a rapid search and I was in front.



Using a halligan I was sounding the floor in front of me and lo and behold I hit something soft and furry. Oo.



I said SWEEEET we found our pooch!!



We grabbed the dog and headed back the way we came.



Once outside we took it over by the Squad and they started doing CPR on it, as it was not breathing.



A few minutes later it started breathing again. Oo.



It died later that night from smoke inhalation and burns.



Even though it died, I still am proud that we found the dog and that through CPR it was brought back.

 

[Whitmore]

Good effort but too late

me and my buddie did the same thing once but the dog (Weimerhimer???) actually lived, he was all , I cupped my hand around the end of her nose and blew, it worked real good

 

[Scot]

We were at an apartment fire one time and rescued an "Inflatable Annie, with bonus orfices! (TM)" Somehow, it ended up out on the balcony...

 

[Doubleclutch]

Our neighbor was a Racine,WI retired fireman. Stories!!! They had a pregnant lady drop in on them at the firehouse one day, in the process of delivering. About a month later, same lady comes by with a big home made pie for all the guys who helped her and Jr. Only problem was, nobody knew who she was... Quote Fred " sorry lady, we weren't looking at your face".

 

[dbryant]

I always like to hear a good fire and rescue story. I think we all have enough of them to last about as long as a Keg of beer.



Hmmm, That sounds like fun



Seriously though, The good stories outweight the bad stories by a mile, so thats what makes it worth it.



Becoming a Firefighter/Paramedic is probably the best thing I've ever done.



Girls like it too. HeHe



So like whitmore said - Lets Hear Some Stories!!!!Oo.

 

[dbryant]

Almost Forgot,



I have my own story along the same lines as Scot had with the inflatable Annie.



Lets just say the house came complete with it's own permanent Dungeon.



We talked about that one for weeks.



sianara

 

[Whitmore]

oh no

I have my own story along the same lines as Scot had with the inflatable Annie.

So I bit her on the ( . ) and she farted and flew out the window :{

 

[JTBMC]

My partner and I were first line in on a fully involved structure it was hot and mean in there. Then I realized Milton wasn't behind me, I almost panicked where was he. I start backing out along the 1&1/2 (this was the days before 1&3/4 lines) and I see his flash light shinning me in the face, there he is in the hall bath room sitting on the Crapper, packed up, bunker pants around his ankles, in a fully involved structure and he's on the crapper. Well as the story goes we saved the slab that night and 27 years later Milton is now the Chief of the Department. He says that he would never have made it if that toilet had not been there for him on his climb up the ladder.

This is a true story.

TJ

 

[Whitmore]

wow

that is one of the best fire stories I have ever heard ... ... ... ... ... LMAO :-laf :-laf :-laf

 

[Fireman Dave]

Good one, TJ!:-laf



Not in a structure, but one night we had to help get a drunk woman out of a tree at a trailer court. We put a ladder up, and a cop had to go up and coax her down. Worse than a cat.

 

[Scot]

Originally posted by Fireman Dave

Good one, TJ!:-laf



Not in a structure, but one night we had to help get a drunk woman out of a tree at a trailer court. We put a ladder up, and a cop had to go up and coax her down. Worse than a cat.

A city near us found that deck-gunning the cat out of the tree tends to upset it's owner.

 

[Whitmore]

Natural gas

One time we responded to a trailerhouse fully involved and the ground was on fire too figgered the gas line was leaking but found no shut off at the trailer I called for a defensive attack and no entry, all people were accounted for so no need to go in, we shut in the whole block for gas. after extigguishment we found that the owner had bootlegged the gas in and under the trailer he had a regulator and shut off inside a closet , needless to say that when the dirt is burning you have an obvious fuel source ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... Kevin

 

[Fireman Dave]

A city near us found that deck-gunning the cat out of the tree tends to upset it's owner.



I like that!

 

[Whitmore]

one time at bandcamp

Once I came outa the structure with my buddie and when he turned around I cracked up... ... ... ..... there was a huge piece of molten plastic formed on his back, a trailer house plastic ceiling trim melted to a ball and droped on his airpack tank I would hate to have got that one down the neck :{

 

[Will24]

how about coming out of the burn building at our county training center and having everyone laughing and pointing for no apparent reason, then realizing the basement fire drill got a little out of hand and your helmet is on fire!



I gotta get rid of that tupperware... .





-Will

PA state FF1, FFII

hopefully soon VRT

 

[Hummin Cummins]

Before the new regs, a few of us from our company were arsonists for the PA state fire academy. We were at a burn on day and had trouble getting the 2nd floor to burn. The fire on the 1st floor was robbing the air from the floor above. After the instructor ribbed us about not being able to start a fire, the next run we had HOT.

We were kneeling in the next room beside the stockpile of extra skids when they started to burn too Grrrr, tell me I cant build a fire... . LOL

 

[Scot]

Some years ago, we were at the Ft Worth Fire training facility doing a multi jurisdictional exercise. Police K9 units are also on the grounds.



I kept hearing barking and thought nothing of it until I noticed it was a guy hanging out the window of the drill tower who was barking. The Haltom City Fire-dog as he liked to be known. He made some comment after the morning exercise on the lines of his grandmothers house was hotter than the tower was.



Sooo, after lunch we go in for the second exercise. The Haltom City Fire-dog and his crew go up the few steps to the first floor and we follow them on our way to the second. They almost run over us coming out. Seems it was too hot...



We proceeded to the second floor and I kicked open the big steel windows to let some heat out while others fought fire. It was incredibly HOT! (made me want one of those baked potato suits. ) If it had been a real structure fire, it would have been defensive but here there was rivalry and testosterone involved here, safety be d***ed.



The HCF-D was rather quiet the rest of the day. In fact, the last thing I remember hearing was the YIPE! YIPE! when he came out the door.



Oh did I mention that live fire is no longer allowed in that tower because it was deemed unsafe to burn in because it had been overheated too many times?