Fire Department Ranks

[Southern Breeze]

Fire Department Ranks

Chief
Leaps tall buildings in a single bound
Is more powerful than a locomotive
Is faster than a speeding bullet
Walks on water
Gives policy to God.

Deputy Chief
Leaps short buildings in a single bound
Is more powerful than a switch engine
Is just as fast as a speeding bullet
Walks on water if the sea is calm
Talks with God.

Assistant Chief
Leaps short buildings with a running start and favorable winds
Is almost as powerful as a switch engine
Is faster than a speeding BB
Walks on water in an indoor swimming pool
Talks with God if special request is approved.

Battalion Chief
Barely clears a Quonset hut
Loses tug-of-war with a locomotive
Can fire a speeding bullet
Swims well
Is occasionally addressed by God.

District Chief
Makes high marks on the wall when trying to leap buildings
Is run over by a locomotive
Can sometimes handle a gun without inflicting self-injury
Dog paddles
Talks to animals

Captain
Runs into buildings
Recognizes locomotive two out of three times
Is not issued ammunition
Can't stay afloat with a life preserver
Talks to walls.

Lieutenant
Falls over doorsteps when trying to enter buildings
Says, "Look at the choo-choo"
Wets himself with a water pistol
Plays in mud puddles
Mumbles to himself.

Firefighter
Lifts buildings and walks under them
Kicks locomotives off the tracks
Catches speeding bullets in his teeth and eats them
Freezes water with a single glance
HE IS GOD!!!!!

[Kilted KT]

Fire Department Ranks

Firefighter
Lifts buildings and walks under them
Kicks locomotives off the tracks
Catches speeding bullets in his teeth and eats them
Freezes water with a single glance
HE IS GOD!!!!!

Oh soo true...makes sense that someone chose the fire engine as an unofficial symbol of my fraternity, and why so many firemen wear kilts!

hmmm...hang on...

does that make God scottish?

[flyv65]

I present a good deal of HazMat training to Firefighters (I'm a Federal Emergency Responder)...they'll like this if they haven't already seen it.

Bryan...Thanks, SB...

[Southern Breeze]

I present a good deal of HazMat training to Firefighters (I'm a Federal Emergency Responder)...they'll like this if they haven't already seen it.

Bryan...Thanks, SB...

Here's one you've possibly heard already:

How firefighters identify a HAZMAT chemical using the Tri-COP-Scope Method:
1. Officer standing/car running: not hazardous.
2. Officer unconscious/car running: Toxic fumes.
3. Officer unconscious/car stalled: oxygen displacing chemical.
4. Officer/car both melting: acidic chemical.
5. Officer/car on fire: extremely flammable.

[Streetcar]

Hehehe...
They don't call us the "Blue Canaries" for nothing...!

[GlassMan]

Here's one you've possibly heard already:

How firefighters identify a HAZMAT chemical using the Tri-COP-Scope Method:
1. Officer standing/car running: not hazardous.
2. Officer unconscious/car running: Toxic fumes.
3. Officer unconscious/car stalled: oxygen displacing chemical.
4. Officer/car both melting: acidic chemical.
5. Officer/car on fire: extremely flammable.

Now that's hilarious! And oh so true. God it's too bad that is so true.

And even though my fire department was small and had fewer ranks than the joke, that one also resonated for me.