Retired Shift Commander for a fire department in NE Kansas.
Kansas
Joined April 2016
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Unfortunately, my Bride noticed this as we were getting ready to leave. I can't blame the hotel. It didn't look like they've been painting. It looked like a guest did it. Guess I should look up every now and then.
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It drives me crazy to see guys turn the radio down so they're but bothered during this shift. What are you here for and is the job for you?
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2 car detached garage no exposures. The size up was calm, slow and short. Fire is fire. The size up should be the same, calm, slow and short.
It used to be a race to get to the call first. If you got beat into your territory, you heard about it.
Congratulations to one of the Battalion Chiefs on my shift. Great job! I'm only the best, because I work with the best. tkmagazine.com/blog/2021/3/1…
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2 house fires last tour. Both could have been a lot worse if crews had not done such a great job. As my mentor used to say "5 more minutes, we'd of lost that one."
To this picture on a family vacation a few years ago. It's a very powerful monument to a great man and all of his work. #MLKDay
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Thank you @culvers for bringing ice cream to Topeka Fire Stations yesterday. There's nothing better in the evening than a bowl of good ice cream.
Heritage Christian school came by each station on Veteran's Day and left enough bags of candy so that everyone on the department would get one. That's a great group of kids!
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Had a station go to a fire leaving the oven on. When they finally remembered, the smoke was terrible. Didn't cause any damage. Just the awful smell. There's about 30 of these put up by the other shifts around the station. Guess they won't forget again.
Had a fire this morning. I open the window on my car for fresh air and a moth flies in. I'm guessing I looked really mad or really crazy waving my arms around trying to get him out.
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Zoom in, these guys are all smiling. Just finished training in the rain. They're picking up to go back in service. I tell the guys, joke all you want in the station, but when the tones go off, be professional. They did perfect on their training by the way.
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Fireman Chris retweeted
A few of the neighborhood kids took a break from virtual learning and stopped by to see The Professional Fire Fighters of Station 21. When they arrived, the Fire Fighters were washing the apparatus. They offered the kids an even trade “we wash your bike if you wash our Ambulance”
"If you didn't show up, who would miss you and why?" Lou Holtz
Or "Are things better when you're gone?"
We've all had company members that made the day by being there or made the day by being gone. It's a personal choice. Be needed or be in the way.
