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Remember, only your forest service can start forest fires
One dark night
outside a small town, a
fire started inside
the local chemical plant. Before long it
exploded
into flames and an alarm went out to fire
Departments
from miles around. After fighting the fire for over an hour, the chemical
company president
approached
the fire chief and said, "All of our
secret
formulas are in the vault in the center of the
plant.
They must be saved! I will give $50,000 to
the
engine company that brings them out safely!"
As soon as the chief heard this, he ordered the
firemen
to strengthen their attack on the blaze.
After
two more hours of attacking
the fire, president
of
the company offered $100,000 to the engine company that could bring out
the company's secret files.
From the distance a long siren was heard and another
fire
truck came into sight. It was a local volunteer
fire
company composed entirely of men over 65. To
everyone's
amazement the little fire engine raced
through the chemical plant gates and drove straight
into
the middle of the inferno. In the distance the
other
firemen watched as the old timers hopped off of
their
rig and began to fight the fire with an effort that they had never seen
before.
After an hour of intense fighting the volunteer
company
had extinguished the fire and saved the secret
formulas.
Joyous the chemical company president
announced
that he would double the reward to $200,000 and walked over to personally
thank each of thevolunteers.
After thanking each of the men individually the
president
asked the group what they intended to do
with
the money. The fire truck driver looked him right
in
the eye and said - "The first thing we're going to
do is fix the blasted brakes on that
truck!"
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Humor
Firefighter
Newbies
~He wears his badge everywhere
~He has 500 road flares in the trunk of the POV
~Her fire decals obscure the rear window
~He argues with the Chief about apparatus placement
~She is studying to be a Paramedic, third attempt
~He has personalized road cones
~She thinks Sergeant/Lieutenant equals the rank of Chief
~She knows every police officer's name and thinks they are pals
~He wears a huge fire truck belt buckle
~He chases other companies trucks
~He knows everything about fire fighting, but can't pull hose
~He has watched Backdraft at least 50 times
~He has a Dalmation (or two)
~He owns an antique fire truck
~He names his dog "Sparky"
~He thinks water on magnesium "looks neat"
~He thinks dirt/holes in turnout gear is "Macho"
~He claims to have had sex on the hosebed "just like in Backdraft"
~He is an expert on which fire academy is best in the state
~He will not leave the structure when ALL-OUT is given
~He thinks high pressure is "just the thing" for interior attack
~He likes only Neoprene
~He thinks only "men" can fight fires
it look good for the press
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