Anybody who has been a part of firehouse life knows that the firehouse members consist of a group of characters, all with their own personalities. In fact it has often been said that many times, guys in the same firehouse know more about each other than their own family members or spouse knows. "You learn what makes a guy tick and what ticks them off". Often the firehouse can offer more comedy than any high rated comedy show.
We "DO" become a part of a family as we laugh and sometimes even cry together. We depend on each other during our time of need and we all know how important it is for us as a team player NOT to drop the ball.
Of course, there are many of us here who are/were volunteer firefighters or city paid firefighters. Most of us did it because we enjoyed our job or helping others. Even as buffs, we would meet great guys who sometimes invited us into the firehouse as their guest and for a period of time, we seemed to become a part of their firehouse family.
Very often, I talk to guys from here and very often the talk leads us to firehouse stories. Of the individuals who were a part of that life, within the walls of the firehouse. I have no idea who the guy is but the story itself is usually a classic comedy. It might have happened years ago but the stories are STILL FUNNY. Kind of like watching some of those old TV reruns.
In my case, I was a part of a Firehouse life as a volunteer firefighter, and later as a career firefighter. These days I look back some 50 years or so and I still remember some of the characters and the funny stories.
I hope that we can share our own funny "FIREHOUSE STORIES" with each other here. It doesn't matter where or what firehouse the story is from. We don't need names. Maybe we can just use "stage names" to tell the story. It's purely fun times that you can tell us during "YOUR" 20, 25, or 30 plus years of being a part of a FIREHOUSE.
I hope to pass on a few stories of my own and hopefully "YOU" will too. It's NOT necessary to give names or which Firehouse it is you talk about. We really want to keep this all in Good Fun. Stories that made YOU laugh and that will make US laugh too. We know there's plenty of them out there.
Thanks guys and I (WE) hope you join in.
We "DO" become a part of a family as we laugh and sometimes even cry together. We depend on each other during our time of need and we all know how important it is for us as a team player NOT to drop the ball.
Of course, there are many of us here who are/were volunteer firefighters or city paid firefighters. Most of us did it because we enjoyed our job or helping others. Even as buffs, we would meet great guys who sometimes invited us into the firehouse as their guest and for a period of time, we seemed to become a part of their firehouse family.
Very often, I talk to guys from here and very often the talk leads us to firehouse stories. Of the individuals who were a part of that life, within the walls of the firehouse. I have no idea who the guy is but the story itself is usually a classic comedy. It might have happened years ago but the stories are STILL FUNNY. Kind of like watching some of those old TV reruns.
In my case, I was a part of a Firehouse life as a volunteer firefighter, and later as a career firefighter. These days I look back some 50 years or so and I still remember some of the characters and the funny stories.
I hope that we can share our own funny "FIREHOUSE STORIES" with each other here. It doesn't matter where or what firehouse the story is from. We don't need names. Maybe we can just use "stage names" to tell the story. It's purely fun times that you can tell us during "YOUR" 20, 25, or 30 plus years of being a part of a FIREHOUSE.
I hope to pass on a few stories of my own and hopefully "YOU" will too. It's NOT necessary to give names or which Firehouse it is you talk about. We really want to keep this all in Good Fun. Stories that made YOU laugh and that will make US laugh too. We know there's plenty of them out there.
Thanks guys and I (WE) hope you join in.