Firehall Pranks ( let's hear them ) [Archive]

DFCSmash

01-21-2005, 08:31 PM

Well 17 of us were the victims. Grand opening of our new firehall, Sept/03. Invited all current and past members, as well as members from neighbouring M.A.D. depts for a pickerel fry and soiree. Just put the fish on the table, everyone is digging in and oooo oooo dee dee dee dee dee Shoal Lake Fire this is 911, and 17 guys jump up and head for one 3 foot door and a flight of stairs, then it says Congratulations on the grand opening of your new fire hall, have a great night. One guy standing looking over railing, just about killing himself laughing. 17 guys head back up stairs and administer extreme wedgie to wipe the grin off his face.
:D Then we sat back down and enjoyed the evening. BTW, we had put the surrounding depts on standby for the evening so we wouldn't be called, but it's funny how you forget that at the moment.:p :cool:

wilderness

01-22-2005, 04:59 AM

hrecruit

01-22-2005, 06:24 AM

these are great. :D :D :D

Fireknight

01-22-2005, 07:07 AM

"dish dipping" As the rookie is washing dishes the guy drying hands it back to the guy behind the rookie, then smeers it with sauce and hands it to the guy handing the rookie dirty dishes.

It takes about 20 dishes to realize there was only 8 eatting.... ;)

bestcoast

01-22-2005, 07:36 AM

Man I live for these thing's. We do a number of thing's.....pop can's under the bed leg's as mentioned...flour on the pillow....parmesan cheese taped up in a paper towel and put in pillow case.....at Christmas we send the rookie to Safeway to get our free turkey...joke was on us one year the manager thought it was real and gave him one and billed the city:rolleyes: And my fav we did a few years back. Rookies first night shift....really old hall, and the floor creaks when you walk on it. Put a bucket near his bed up near his pillow and told him that we use it to go to the bathroom at night cuz the floor makes to much noise to walk on late at night. Then everyone filled up some pop cans with water and throughout the night walked up and used the bucket, flicking the odd drop of water or two on his head. He clued in after a while and had a good laugh himself.....boys will be boys......BC...

Leafs Fan

01-22-2005, 08:25 AM

This is the number 1 past time in our hall.
Think -20 outside, garden hose, every half hour, senior man's truck. Next morning it takes him half an hour to get into it.

Think spending morning in cow pasture filling grocery bag with thistles, Than fill fellow prankster's bed with contents of said bag and remake bed. Ouch!

Tell a shift mate that you came in early and seen a hygenically challenged dayshift guy sleeping in his bed, after you have put a bandage stained with Ketchup and a few skids from a chocolate bar in the sheats for proof.

This is just the start.

Michael13

01-22-2005, 09:03 AM

I had one, buts its nothing compared to these. I wont even bother.

bestcoast

01-22-2005, 09:20 AM

Another quick one....on the rookie's first night we tell him the Captain's room is his. It's private so you can stay up late studying and you get your own TV and vcr to watch training video's. He set's up his bed and then we send the captain up and watch the spark's fly. Man I miss being a rookie....NOT..........:D ...BC...

hrecruit

01-22-2005, 09:35 AM

I've been told of one that happened a while back 8 guys on shift one guy brings in cookies with a couple secret ex-lax cookies so this poor guy eats then. So the crew gets a game of cards on the go. so a little time passes and this guy is dying to bolt to the can. so the captain orders him to stay for the remainder of the hand which took 15 mins. finally this guy bolts for the can 2 out of three stalls have out of order taped on them. so he goes in sits down let's it fly but little did he know there is saran wrap over boll and he makes a mess of himself. :D

or some crew members thought it would be funny to rub insulation all over this guys sheets so this guys goes to bed and the whole night all you can hear is this guy scratching his ass off and swearing for hours to himself. :D :D :D

wilderness

01-22-2005, 09:51 AM

boots filled with water from the last call because he wouldn,t wash the truck after the last call as he had to return to work....... oops garden hose was left on........ so we get paged out to a grass fire YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE LOOK ... he was fumming...... all the while he was pissed off his real boots were above him on the top shelf.....

bestcoast

01-22-2005, 09:54 AM

Originally posted by wilderness
boots filled with water from the last call because he wouldn,t wash the truck after the last call as he had to return to work....... oops garden hose was left on........ so we get paged out to a grass fire YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE LOOK ... he was fumming...... all the while he was pissed off his real boots were above him on the top shelf.....

Try peanut butter in the boot's next time......however it doesn't go over too well all the time...:rolleyes:

wilderness

01-22-2005, 10:00 AM

Sue will like this Mouse Trap in the cookie jar

hrecruit

01-22-2005, 11:17 AM

this one was so funny I sh#t myself black shoe polish on the phone reciever call for crew menber phone to face no one there shoe polish on ear, cheek, month. whole day covered even on runs. :p :p :p

bcfire

01-22-2005, 11:29 AM

Originally posted by Leafs Fan
This is the number 1 past time in our hall.
Think -20 outside, garden hose, every half hour, senior man's truck. Next morning it takes him half an hour to get into it.

Think spending morning in cow pasture filling grocery bag with thistles, Than fill fellow prankster's bed with contents of said bag and remake bed. Ouch!

Tell a shift mate that you came in early and seen a hygenically challenged dayshift guy sleeping in his bed, after you have put a bandage stained with Ketchup and a few skids from a chocolate bar in the sheats for proof.

This is just the start.

Leafs fan, that's the funniest one Ive heard yet. "Hygenically challenged"- gotta love it. How gross, coming in to "that". lol

iamvff

01-22-2005, 12:12 PM

On the fire dept. we usually just wait for the opportunity to give the rookies a good hosing down, unfortunately a few years ago we did it and never stopped to think the rookies was holding a 2.5" charged hose......he won!! These ones are not from the fire dept, but worthy back ups none the less. When I was a kid working in the restraunts..my 2 favorites were sending the new guy to the basement to get something, they would go to the managers office and he would give them the key and away they would go....for about a half hour....there was no basement!! my favorite was the night we were closing the restraunt, and we had the new guy take 5 gallon pails of water and fill the public drinking fountain so it was ready for the next day....he dumped about 40 gallons of water down the drain before it dawned on him!!

Sorry for being a little off topic,
be safe
iamvff

bestcoast

01-22-2005, 02:02 PM

Originally posted by hrecruit
this one was so funny I sh#t myself black shoe polish on the phone reciever call for crew menber phone to face no one there shoe polish on ear, cheek, month. whole day covered even on runs. :p :p :p

Well hrecruit the cashier at Safeway and everyone on the 8 or so run's we went on that day nearly sh#t themselves laughing too. Like I said I don't miss Probation at all.........BC....

hrecruit

01-22-2005, 05:40 PM

so I guess that means that you were a victim of the shoe polish yourself there bestcoast :p

FFWannabe

01-22-2005, 09:08 PM

Oh my goodness, these are funny!! hahaha!!! iamvff, I had a couple from restuarants as well... sending the new guy to get the left handed screw driver, a bucket of steam, or my personal favorite, the 50 feet of shore line!!! hahaha!

Sue :)

PS - mouse trap in the cookie jar? OUCH!!!!

hrecruit

01-23-2005, 06:01 AM

they had a rookie call every station in the city looking for the out of town hydrant one day. they told him it was in the next station and so on until he made it back to the station he was in and finally got it.:p

bestcoast

01-23-2005, 07:32 AM

Originally posted by hrecruit
so I guess that means that you were a victim of the shoe polish yourself there bestcoast :p

Roger that.....:mad:

colin911

01-23-2005, 07:49 AM

Here's another ...

Tell rookie to go to the medical cabinet and get some "fallopian tubes" for the trauma bag. After a few minutes, he comes back and can't find any. Tell him to phone the medical supply officer and leave him a voice mail telling him that we're out.

Fireknight

01-23-2005, 08:13 AM

Get a BIG goofy pair of boxer shorts put them over the bunker pants and hide them in the folds, when the tones go off, they do not even notice, until their dressed looking down at a big pair of flowery boxers over their pants (works great on the night shift)

bestcoast

01-23-2005, 08:23 AM

Originally posted by Fireknight
Get a BIG goofy pair of boxer shorts put them over the bunker pants and hide them in the folds, when the tones go off, they do not even notice, until their dressed looking down at a big pair of flowery boxers over their pants (works great on the night shift)

OOOOOO.... that's a good one. Gonna have to try that ......BC.....

18atone

01-23-2005, 08:26 AM

Remember folks to stay away from screwing with a FF's duty gear as I have seen to many steam burns or blisters from pranks just before a call. But shaving cream in the rookies (or officer's) station boots helps them to break-in faster.

East Calgary.........Drop-in Centre and a frequent flyer has fallen and can't get up. He drinks non- beverage alcohol and is indeed hygenically challenged in a real world way. Young bright eyed rook who has never been out of the silver spoon world of doll houses in North Calgary. Heh kid pick buddy up and put him back on the tracks.

Now upon return to the station we explain to the rook about the lice problem with these poor homeless souls. You need to strip and bag all of your clothes before you are able to come into the living quarters. Left the doors open to all of downtown Calgary while the kid peeled faster then then speed of light. Here is a bottle of "Nicks" shampoo.....get in the shower...........oh another call and wet trip down the pole followed by suiting up in contaminated (lice?) duty gear. Well how many laughs do you think we got well this poor kid played this game for the next four hours. His skin was raw from scrubbing and had gone through all of his uniforms. Then one final twist to put him over the edge.........a hand full of rice into the bed............had to pull the kid off the ceiling for the next call. He still just shakes his head when I see him.

18atone

01-23-2005, 08:29 AM

Now there is a duty gear prank that is safe and oh so funny!!!! Heh what size of boxers do you need to get over the average pair of bunker pants???

:confused:

123fire123

01-25-2005, 04:45 AM

Using computer technology......scan your licence plate in actual size and then using software modify the plate numbers and letters to a personalized licence plate with IM GAY. Print it off in colour and you are in business.

This plate can now be used to tape over any of your targets. It's a good laugh to see how long they drive around with the plate taped on. One of our guys got pulled over by a cop and never got in trouble was just made aware of the prank.

Great gag for when you're covering off another station when they are at a "worker" and you can get all the cars in the lot except for one guy. That one lucky guy gets framed for the prank.

Another one that I've seen done is the little glass viles (sp?) filled with "stink bomb" odors. When a visiting truck swings by the station you can just break one open in thier cab or tape the vile to the underside of the officers seat frame. Right in the scissor part so once he sits down or hits the first bump it breaks. Taping it is the best becasue chances are you'll see them slam the breaks on and all pile out of the cab just down the street.

That's all for now!

wilderness

01-31-2005, 09:24 AM

We had a barn fire yesterday, and lastnight around 10 we are getting a little tired and we are begin to look for some fun.......
500 round bails of hay and we are in there pulling them apart with a pike poles and a high hoe, so rookie sitting on a nice dry bail and he has his back resting on it....so we grab a pike pole full of burning hay and put it beside his nice soft chair....next thing you see all this smoke then a little flame then somemore flame. then the rookie looks at us, as we are " looking like angels" sitting back talking to the Captain in charge.. so the rookie relaxes till he notices his feet are getting warm and notices his soft chair is burning.....the kid never trusted us the whole night, he kept looking and watching...man he has eyes in the back of his head...

Michael13

02-01-2005, 09:21 AM

sending rookies for made up tools is the best. the 2x4 straigtner, the lefthanded screwdriver, stuf flike that. The most we have at our hall doesnt even happen to a rookie. the rookies pick on him!! he's been on for 14 years and he still a kid at heart. i would say he gets it the worst. He always sits in the same chair at meetings and is the first to jump up to answer the phone or get the door if someone is knocking. so we knock on the underside of the table, and he just jumps up and heads for the door. and i mean jumps. he did it 3 times before chief said, what the hell are ya doing??? he swore someone was at the door. or we use our cell phones, and call the hall # and he gets up, and no one there. ive seen it happen 10 times before he gets angry and wont answer phone anymore. to this day he never knew it was us.

Whitewater_419

02-01-2005, 09:46 AM

Originally posted by wilderness
We had a barn fire yesterday, and lastnight around 10 we are getting a little tired and we are begin to look for some fun.......
500 round bails of hay and we are in there pulling them apart with a pike poles and a high hoe, so rookie sitting on a nice dry bail and he has his back resting on it....so we grab a pike pole full of burning hay and put it beside his nice soft chair....next thing you see all this smoke then a little flame then somemore flame. then the rookie looks at us, as we are " looking like angels" sitting back talking to the Captain in charge.. so the rookie relaxes till he notices his feet are getting warm and notices his soft chair is burning.....the kid never trusted us the whole night, he kept looking and watching...man he has eyes in the back of his head...

LOL! This time the rookie wasn't me :)

ALTHOUGH - I have to admit, when I was back on the line, standing next to that bale, I kept checking behind me, just to be sure ;)

wilderness

02-01-2005, 10:08 AM

Sorry Marc..........

Whitewater_419

02-01-2005, 10:15 AM

Seriously - that wasn't me that you gave the hotseat to :) It was one of the young lads from Westmeath :)

wilderness

02-02-2005, 09:43 AM

just a warning keep low and you will be safe.....ROOKIE.....roflmao

double0seven

02-03-2005, 05:54 AM

I got mine last night. After my workout I went in to get a shower, I didn't think anyone saw me go in but about half way through I saw a big bag of ice cold water come over the curtain, burrrr it was cold. I saw it just in time to move my head out of the way but I still got splashed...lol... all in good fun though.

hrecruit

02-03-2005, 06:07 AM

LOL the bad boys of D Central. :D

procleaner

02-10-2005, 07:20 PM

Great post...Keep em coming, helped me to laugh after a tough week. My best one was taking a paper cone cup, half filling it with water, freeze it and suspended it above the rookies bed with a small hole in the bottom. Starts to thaw and by morning he thinks he's pissed himself!

mikeeps

02-10-2005, 07:40 PM

The obvious getting the new guy with water fire extinguishers but finish it off with a dry chem extinguisher with flour in it.

Michael

Red_Devil

02-11-2005, 03:58 AM

not sure if anyone has said this one yet, have somone go to bed early and put flour all over the rookies pillow, when he goes to bed and lights are out already, if you get a call or wake up in the morning hes gonna have flour all over his face

hrecruit

02-11-2005, 04:05 AM

LOL pretty good Devil have too give it a tri.

Leafs Fan

02-11-2005, 09:12 AM

We use to have to wear our dress uniforms to and from work and change into our station wear before roll call. So usually the guys would find time during the day to sew the rookies pantlegs cuff together on his dress pants so he could not get his foot in . Caused a lot of interesting dances at shift change.

mutts252

03-11-2005, 07:12 AM

read this one a while ago...

while your unfortunate rookie is fast asleep in his bunk... pick up the entire bed with him in it (GENTLY!!!), and turn it around... when the tones go off, they'll get up and smash into the wall instead of running for the door :D

firewhirly

03-12-2005, 05:01 AM

sending the rookies to go get the rotor wash ready for the air ambulance landing site is always a good one...
send them out for elbow greese and some compass bearings... These are spill overs from aviation practical jokes... tend to work just as well in the fire service to. :D:D:D

wilderness

03-12-2005, 11:55 AM

1 suspended ceiling
1 night shift
1 rookie
1 ceiling tile above rookie drilled with holes
1 bag of ice

place bag of ice on ceiling tile
drops of water hitting rookies bed over several hours while he sleeps, having rookie waking up thinking he pissed his bed
"PRICLESS"

Doug246

03-26-2005, 06:59 AM

2 dozen Tin hortons donuts
poloraid camera or digital camera
send 1 dozen donuts to favorite station
take pictures of other dozen donuts in various compromising positions
send pictures to favorite station a couple of days later
send pictures out to entire department
laugh your ass off and wait for revenge.

Get as many black shoes and boots as possible and have two or three guys including rookie start to polish them. The other guys get phone calls and never return. See how long it takes rookie to finish shoes.

Hally

08-22-2005, 06:33 PM

So.. well since we are all or mostly from different dept.. just wanted to see.. what kinda jokes are played aroudn your hall... Like tonight.. we had a big storm.. and well the boys had me going that i had to stay up all night and watch in case somebody came by.. or the alarm might not work cause of a power outage.. thats just one of many things htat has been happen to the new guys aroudn our halls.. all in good fun.

funguy

08-23-2005, 10:46 AM

Well I guess I can say Im pretty fortunate at the moment, for the simple reason is that I too am a rookie, actually only one month on the trucks. But the same night I started a co-op student started aswell,so he has been at the tail end of most of the practical jokes. Last night being the latest, he had informed our captain that he would be late due to he was writing an exam,when he did finally come in only 20 mins late, we all kind of gave him the cold shoulder, 10 mins later our PC called and ask to speak with him,our PC questioned why he was late and when he went to give him a answer our PC said that he did not want any excuses he wanted a typed out letter explaining why and that he would be there in 10 mins to pick it up.Well the poor kid was a mess, he typed out the letter and then continued to clean the hall, he apolagized to the captain, he walked around like a little kid waiting for his father to come home and give him crap. Finally the captain called us in for a crew meeting, we strung him out there a little longer, but felt so sorry for him we let him in on it, you should of seen his face,he was laughing with us, but I swear the relief look was priceless, I think I even saw a tear.

smoke286

08-23-2005, 01:04 PM

I think I'll remain mum on this issue as I'm pretty sure there are a few for which the statute of limitations has not yet run out on.

bcfire

08-23-2005, 03:38 PM

2 dozen Tin hortons donuts
poloraid camera or digital camera
send 1 dozen donuts to favorite station
take pictures of other dozen donuts in various compromising positions
send pictures to favorite station a couple of days later
send pictures out to entire department
laugh your ass off and wait for revenge.

Doug,this is so gross and so funny at the same time,it brought tears to my eyes.I think I will send dough-nuts to our sister station.LOL BCFIRE

Ladymedic

08-23-2005, 04:17 PM

Ran a call for an unconscious CVA with Fire back up. The Captain on the crew was a very good friend of mine who shared my warped sense of humour and also knew my propensity for torturing rookie firemen :). Strewn about the room were numerous used adult diapers, picked one up, turned and handed it to the rookie and asked him to dip his finger into the diaper, taste the urine and tell me what the patients blood sugar was. Incredulous rookie then looks to Captain who nods his head and says go ahead with a completely straight face. We let him sweat for at least 45 seconds before he actually looked like he was going to do it...............

Ladymedic

08-24-2005, 03:57 PM

Oh come on, it was hilarious!!!!! Not even an ewwwwww comment???

FFWannabe

08-24-2005, 06:36 PM

Oh come on, it was hilarious!!!!! Not even an ewwwwww comment???

Well, you've got one from me.... eeeewwwwwww... hahaha.... poor fella! That's funny!!

Sue :)

irsqyu

08-25-2005, 02:01 PM

I was taken in by "The Firefighter's Prayer" on my first night shift (Many Many Moons ago) The crew all lined up in the bedroom beside their beds while I read a printed version of the prayer. I got about halfway through before the snickers alerted me to what was happenning.

A nasal cannula above the T bar ceiling and above a probies bed is also a lot of fun. A large syringe provides the water power

dentedhead

08-25-2005, 02:14 PM

I am a pretty hard guy to catch with a prank.The bastards got me though.

After writing my last class exam I was sure I passed but didnt think I did as well as previous exams.I wrote it in the AM.

At afternoon break the T/O told me there was a problem and I would have to rewrite it,He said that he hadnt seen quite so low a mark in a long time.He is very convincing.I was devastated I studied hard and we went over things as a shift.He said I had a lot of good answers just to the wrong questions.

My captain could tell I was upset about it (he wasnt in on it either) so he went in and talked to the T/O.He came and told me I passed, well aced it actually.I then turned the joke on my tormentors.I told them I went to the chief and said that they never taught me any of the stuff etc They were a bit sheepish themselves.I finally let them in on it and we all lived happily ever after.

Dentedhead

BuffaloFart

10-10-2005, 03:53 PM

High expansion foam in the tank of the toilet (NOT the bowl) will turn the bowl into an enedless foam guiser next time it is flushed. Quite a fun mess for the victim to clean up. Especiall fun trick if someone is a "multiple flusher" and flushes while they are still sitting down!

harmony22

10-10-2005, 06:32 PM

Firefighter1680

10-10-2005, 07:00 PM

Got some police friends of mine to come to the hall one day. Our rookie had just started driving the ladder. I had the run sheet form the week before printed up and we had decieded to get them to come and tell him he was being charged with hit and run.
Big truck, he wouldnt notice that he clipped a car.

2 cops and there supervisor showed up. I had all the officers in on it as well. They tool him to the office and told him what happened and he was being charged with hit and run. He was still on probation so chance of loosing his job.. they even went so far to read him his rights. The capt jokng said " you didnt want to be a firefighter anyways.." He didnt realize that its not a criminal offence to hit a car and drive away.. They took hiim down to investigate beacuse he swore he didnt hit anything.. there was no damage. They left telling him to seek counci.. He was totally in shock.. I had to left him off, we were cryign we were laughin so hard.. I got chnaced with an axe for about 10mins then all was good... Even had the cops for lunch!!!

cdnbacon

10-10-2005, 07:17 PM

We had one guy in our station that would always come into the bunk room late and turn on one those touch lights so he could see.

It annoyed everyone in the bunk room, so one day another guy touch the light and rewired it and hook up a buzzer to it.

We all waited for him to go to bed and when he finally and turned on the light you would have thought it was a joy buzzer the way he jumped.

I know it's lame, but it sure was funny at the time.

wilderness

10-11-2005, 03:52 AM

Even had the cops for lunch!!!
Do they taste like donuts?

goosebump

10-11-2005, 04:22 AM

It was forest fire season. we sent a rookie to the top of the tower with a pair of binocculars and a radio and told him to look for smoke, We then proceeded to fill the tower with fake smoke.

BuffaloFart

10-11-2005, 06:37 AM

We have a tradition that you are a full on target for a pie in the face on your birthday... as well as many other "special occasions"... all day long. Not unusual to get nailed 3 or 4 times by the time the day is done. It's relentless.

If you're really one of the guys' "favorites", the pies can be "seasoned" with garlic, sardines, tuna, barbecue sauce, mustard... YUCK! Guys practically are trying to one-up eachother for the grossest stuff to add! Care for a banana and onion cream pie? But as they say, what goes around comes around! That's probably the only thing that keeps things from getting fully out of hand.

FFbeaumont

06-06-2007, 07:36 AM

Being the rookie at my hall, I thank you all for the heads up. I will be checking everything twice. I know they will still get me, but now I at least have a chance. Ha, I do like the one with the pop cans under the bed legs, that would scare the crap out of me.

cmtjb

06-11-2007, 08:44 PM

At our station, we are volunteers that cover the station when the paid firefighters are gone to a call, so the next call would be ours.We were about 8 guys standing around talking when we hear over the P.A FIRE CALL FIRE CALL , house fire at then he said the address of the hall. Well you never seen 8 guys run and get dress in there bunker gear so fast. Then the guy comes out of the office laughting so hard that he almost piss in his pants.I must admit that he got us real good
Marc

Shilts

07-07-2007, 05:25 PM

At my previous station,Whilst one of the lads was on leave his locker was bricked up ! i'll post the pics if i can find them.

ottawafire64

10-21-2007, 07:46 PM

Best one Ive heard yet:
Sweep up some broken glass during vehicle -x training, at night roll down the rookies window, spread the glass on his seats and floor, take some little things like CD's.
This rookie drove around for weeks with plastic taped over his window, and found out that the window was rolled down when he brought his car into the shop to get a new one put in.

2. while the person is asleep, creep beside his bed and paint his toe nails pink.

3. Take the persons facepiece and colour the inside of their seal with a dry erase marker. When they take off their mask after the big call, they'll be walking around with a nice ring on their face and no clue

Pumphead

10-22-2007, 03:38 PM

Try putting those little packages of ketchup under the little pads on on a toilet seat, and wait for someone to sit.

geoffey

10-22-2007, 03:46 PM

popcorn seeds in probies muffin batter!

club31

10-23-2007, 07:07 AM

The crew suggests to the Lt. that we need some medical training. Specifically patient packaging. So we get him on the back bored tie his hands together with a bandage, pick him up, carry him outside and throw him in a snow bank. Then we carry him inside and take pictures of the whole crew with our snowey tied up boss.

lightsandsirens

04-02-2008, 09:58 AM

we were going over K-12 and chain saws when one of the guys quizzed the new guy about how to start the K-12 if the pull cord was broken; he had the new guy pushing the K-12 across the parking lot trying to push start it like a car.............so funny to watch.

SMOKEnPipes

04-02-2008, 03:02 PM

Our version of the water torture is placing a paperclip into the icetray,allowing the waterto freeze around it, making a nice hook tohang it from a drop ceiling ...

I once took a medium sized Cardboard Box filled it with a tad bit of weight few coathangers some newspaper etc, running a slice of rope through two holes in the "front" I made numerous pencil pokes as "airholes" and tiedthe box to the rookies rearend on his pickup, but not until I used a sharpie tomark the box with "Free Kittens" ....all setup thebox was stuffed "loosely atop the rear axle " Knowing when he hit the hump of the driveway it should deploy, about 12 feet behind his truck.... everyone hung out and waited for him to leave, he hitthe hump and it deployed perfectly, and I was aware of his trip home , so set myself to get to a intersection to watch him cross in front of me "stuck at the light" as he got on the highway ramp.. the otherguys , had followed me and we all saw the "poor kittens" go flying across in front of me.... about a mile down the "connector highway" merged with the interstate, and often the state cop would set up there, and surenuff he was... He wasted no time and imediately pulled the rookie over , yelling at first at the guys ignorance, and then realizing "he'd" been Pranked.. read the kid the riot act nearly pinching him....The rookie explained his way out of saying he was a rookie and got pranked as well.. The funniest part was when I recieved a call later that night , The Shift Sergeant at the state police barracks called me and said , You gotta hear this one, One of my rookie troopers pulled over a guy towing a box o' kittens in the am, Blah blah blah... an how the rookie called his sergeant to see just how to handle it, and itwas him that arrived and defused the situation.....he thought it was hilarious that this rookie trooper got so upset over something truely trivial... AHAHA .. Finally I asked him when I could have box back.......>8^P

Doug246

04-03-2008, 12:58 PM

We have two accountability boards in the truck. One for night shift and one for day shift. We came in on days and the driver switched the boards over. The rookie from night shift then phones and says he forgot to take his accountability tag off the truck. It was his first day or night on the trucks. Well the wheels start turning and by the time he comes into work that night we have the whole prank planned. With his captain (who's in on it) I write the rookie up for improper use of equipment, negligence, etc etc. We explain to him that we caught a house fire that morning and the evacuation alert was given. When accountability was taken, his name was on the board but he couldn't be found, so we sent the rit team in to do a search for him.
Since the the chiefs were there we had know choice to write him up and in fact the chiefs had already signed the paper work! By this time this kid was so pale I thought he was going to pass out! We went on to tell him that the last time it happened, the firefighter had received a 3 month suspension but he was a ten year firefighter.
My crew and his whole crew are gathered around the office door by this time and I was going to lose it soon. So I finally said Mike, one more thing, We're fucking with you, Welcome to the BFD!!

hosemonkey84

04-03-2008, 03:30 PM

origin76

05-28-2008, 07:59 AM

Yogi

06-02-2008, 07:51 AM

plastic tie wraps around someones drive shaft...works all the better if you know they just got it back from the garage or have a new truck and are neurotic over it like washing it because it got sun on it.

Whitewater_419

06-02-2008, 09:13 PM

We were sitting the other night in the hall and we opened the doors to bring the tanker and pumper out for pump test, and when we went to bring in the trucks the rookie... " he knowes who it is" hit the button and the door begins to open and then it reverses and closes...mmmmm so he again goes over and hits the button and it begins to open and its about 1/2 way it makes a noise and closes this must have happened 5 times and then he comes to me and asked...hey look at the tracks or the saftey eyes.... so he proceeds to paly with the door all the while the other young lad sitting at the back of the hall has the remote....it was just to funny

Gee, I wonder who that rookie was ? Do you think I'd know him, if you said the name... ? <grin>

OK, it *was* funny- There was me and one other guy who wasn't in on the joke - the entire rest of the hall must have given themselves hernias trying not to laugh as I'm trying to "pitch in" and determine the cause for our screwy bay door :) :) :)

I can admit it - I got got and good :)

RugbyCanada

06-21-2008, 05:45 AM

1.} At the end of yer shift, substitute salt for sugar in the sugar bowl.

2.} Take a little bit of peanut butter, and smear it UNDER the rim of the toilet seat. 1st guy lifts the lid to pee, gets a bit of a surprise on his finger tips :)

Cheers,

RC

CKL958

07-08-2008, 02:38 PM

BTDT

03-25-2009, 06:54 PM

Slight necro post but I hope it's worth it.

The Baby Powder Cannon. Gear up a whip of garden hose or suitable alternative and crimp on an air fitting to one end leaving the other end open. Attach to air cylinder. Wait for some poor, unsuspecting soul to hit the single crapper. Run ratchet strap from one doorknob to another. Find breaker panel and kill lights and fan in bathroom. Shove hose under door and crack air. You get one firefighter looking like he has a serious coke habit. The first time I did this I was laughing so hard my guts hurt for days.

A bunch of us were sitting around my old volly hall one Sunday watching the race. One of the guys had brought in one of those electric flyswatters to deal with the infestation after some dimwit left the doors open for about three hours. Anyhoo, the DC walks in, picks up the swatter almost immediately and asks what it's for. With not a second's hesitation the owner tells her it's a little guitar with a built in speaker he bought at the flea market but the damned thing doesn't work. Anyway, she starts examining it all over and notices the button on the side, she pushes it and proceeds to call us all dumbarses when the red light goes on because we obviously missed that. She gives it a healthy strum, we hear a snap, a scream and shattering glass as she fired it straight through the window. Addendum: this became so funny that we tried it almost every time we could with great results.

This is the one that got me when I was on my practical from fire school: First night in the hall and I have to head up to the bunkroom with one of the senior guys for the tour of that area and to find me a rack. I comment when we get in there that one bed is already made up...without missing a beat he says, "Yeah, the cleaning staff do that whenever we have a new guy in. You know, makes him feel more at home" A little while later I turn in and drop into peaceful slumber. Not long after that the bed is overturned by the raging driver wondering why the "snot" (Student Now On Training) was in his bed.

club31a

05-03-2009, 06:19 PM

you tube: Fire hall chain saw prank #1 & #2

We had fun doing this one, check it out!

club31a

05-03-2009, 06:22 PM

You Tube: Fire Hall Chain Saw Prank #1 & #2

Check em out, we had fun doing it!

BTW, they got me first!

ndvfd_ff33

05-03-2009, 09:16 PM

You Tube: Fire Hall Chain Saw Prank #1 & #2

Check em out, we had fun doing it!

BTW, they got me first!

Psst. There is a function called edit in the bottom right of your posts. That way you don't have to post the same thing twice just to make a little change. Just lettin you in on it. :p

HalifaxHooligan

05-08-2009, 08:02 AM

Oh man, this thread brings back memories for me...memories of being the receiving end of some classic pranks that is!

1) My FIRST shift, we had a rep from a fire and safety company come in with a HazMat suit. Captain tells the crew that we're going to demo the suit and that I'm the "lucky" one to wear it. So, rep comes and we go through the process of FULLY suiting me up to show her what it looks like...Captain then orders me to go for a walk towards the road. Get to the road, Captain tells me to jump up and down...after some protesting, I was told "CAPTAIN'S ORDERS!"...So, I meekly comply...The first car that was passing by came to a screeching halt...After waving them on, I get another order...for Tim Horton's up the street. I used the drive-thru window because I had no intention of going into the store.

2) This one was hilarious because it back-fired on them in the end...The very first snow storm of the year and about an hour before lights out, I'm given a schedule with a list of the guys and a bunch of times next to their names. I'm told that it's for "Snow Shoveling Duty"...because at any time, someone can come to the station, we have to keep the walkway clear of snow every hour as it's a liability...Of course, I have first shift, 11:00pm to 12:00am and second shift was a guy who really wouldn't have been impressed to be woken up at 12:00am and told that it's his turn for "duty". There was no way in hell I was going to wake him up, so I had decided to actually cover his shift too. They totally had me on this one until I went upstairs to get my winter gear and ran into buddy and told him that I was going to cover his shift...The glazed look on his face told me I had been had...He tried to back peddle, but failed miserably. Good laugh though as they had me grumbling for about an hour.

3) The other rookie at the station had this really bad habit of locking his keys in the car and one night, he left his keys on the kitchen table...so, I took the key to the car off, left everything else and threw them into his car and locked it...7:00am comes and we're all woken up by him screaming "NOT AGAIN!" and pounding on the car windows...

4) Localized ice storms...I've heard this one mentioned before in here, but still hilarious - encasing someone's car in ice...usually a fine misting every hour throughout the night does a wonderful job. For added cursing and swearing, add a layer of white paper towels though...

Version B of the same trick is encasing the tires in ice...Build a little snow dam around the wheels and flood with water. Let freeze...and that car is NOT going anywhere.

5) My gear had gotten pretty dirty, so I had to wash it. We're lucky enough to have a washer/drying room in-house, so I took it apart and put it through. Next shift, I come in and start piecing it back together...The guys have dispatch do a "call-out". They sent the tone through for the alarm, but when the voice came through, it was "Time check" (which should be a different tone).

6) I was doing my regular station duties (Sweeping, mopping, etc.) when I was paged out to the truck bay...Get out there and there is absolutely NO ONE around...All of a sudden, the doors are locked (or barricaded) and buddy pops out of the bucket on the truck with a fully charged line...

Some other tricks that I've heard (or had a hand in) is placing an IV bag under a bed and running the tube to the pillow...When they go to sit on the bed, the weight will push the fluid out and onto the pillow (or wherever you choose to direct the tube).

One guy I know had his bed completely dismantled and the pieces hidden around the station...with the last piece being hung at the very top of the hose drying tower.

Having the rookie take part in a high-angle rescue demo and hoisting him up and leaving him for an hour.

I'll tell ya this much...I'm taking notes of some of these pranks. They are classic...