Pine Terrace Fire Department
You Know You're A Firefighter
1. You can tell what type of fire
it is by the smell of the smoke 10 miles away.
2. You lay out your clothes from that day
so if there is a call at night you can find them quickly
3. You have ever been airborne without
an aircraft and water was your thrust.
4. You carry a ton of specially modified tools
in your pocket that would rival a Swiss Army Knife.
5. You’ve ever clung to the air horn chord
for dear life because the driver is insane.
6. You have ever played jingle bells at
Christmas Time on the horns to clear traffic
7. You have ever called a person found
after a fire a “crispy critter”
8. You have ever stomped out a fire with your boots
because you couldn’t wait for the water.
9. You have ever walked 3 miles into the woods
in 100 degree heat in full turnout gear
and a 5 gallon or more water can
strapped on your back jut to put a fire out.
10. Your kids are afraid to get into
water fights with you
11. Your work gear makes you
sound like Darth Vader.
12. You roll around in anything
that just burned to make your new gear look old.
13. You carry enough in your car
to extinguish a minor blaze
14. You own vehicle has more lights
than a Christmas tree.
15. All the shirts you own say
you are a firefighter
16. If you have more pagers
than money in your wallet
17. If assembling a mile and half of hose
running up a hill to catch a fire is a good day
18. The microwave goes off and you
run out of the house thinking it was your pager
19. If you have ever woken up
thinking your pager went off
and as you look at it, it does
20. If you had to extricate someone
by cutting the car doors off on one side
to realize there was nothing wrong
with the door on the other side.
21. If you have more Toy Fire Trucks
than your kids do.