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LFD_FF17
04-23-2005, 07:52 PM
There is currently a multiple alarm fire burning in Edmonton at a bumper repair shop (3 Buildings) as far as I know the fire started as a grass fire and spread to the buildings. The original call came in at 17:33 local time (mountian) and at the time of this post it is 21:50.
Units I saw on scene:
4 Pumps
3 Aerials (only two with ladder up)
2 Rescues
1 Tanker
Dangerous Goods
Investigation
2 District Cheifs
1 Platoon Cheif
KootenayTrue
04-23-2005, 08:32 PM
WOW Buddy!
iamvff
04-23-2005, 08:58 PM
Do you listen to and watch ALL of the fires????
iamvff
bestcoast
04-23-2005, 09:06 PM
Do you listen to and watch ALL of the fires????
iamvff
there could be a 5 alarm going on in Vancouver and unless i'm on duty I could CARELESS.....OVER.......BC
iamvff
04-23-2005, 09:09 PM
there could be a 5 alarm going on in Vancouver and unless i'm on duty I could CARELESS.....OVER.......BC
Ya...but you can't stop thinking about the crew on firehall.com can ya!
iamvff :D
bestcoast
04-23-2005, 09:10 PM
Ya...but you can't stop thinking about the crew on firehall.com can ya!
iamvff :D
Never....;)....BC...
LFD_FF17
04-23-2005, 09:17 PM
Ya when I hear about one I usually go to it.
The question i have about this one is that this started from a grass fire beside a business on a major road. There is a fire station 30 seconds from the building so how do 3 buildings end up getting destroyed.
Youd think that someone would have noticed a grass fire in that area early enough to get crews on scene early.
Then again it was pretty windy today and it was an old building.
LFD_FF17
04-23-2005, 10:46 PM
The building is beside major train tracks for CN so the major road goes under the tracks so that would have obstructed the view from the grass that was on fire. The building was a Plating shop and had a courtyard full of junk as well as numerous chemicals inside. I heard there was a small explosion so that may be why the fire got out of control so fast.
firebabs222
04-24-2005, 06:23 AM
I don't know what to say....um........wow
iamvff
04-24-2005, 06:51 AM
Ya when I hear about one I usually go to it.
Do you kind of skulk around the crowd of people hoping not to be noticed....maybe take a few pictures...post them all over your living room wall??
iamvff
dentedhead
04-24-2005, 07:11 AM
Do you kind of skulk around the crowd of people hoping not to be noticed....maybe take a few pictures...post them all over your living room wall??
iamvff
Dont we all? Oh sorry I thought this was the thread about the ladies 5 pin bowling tour.
Dentedhead
iamvff
04-24-2005, 07:21 AM
I thought this was the thread about the ladies 5 pin bowling tour.
Dentedhead
THEY TOUR???.......COOL. I'd trade a pair of Jetsgo tickets to see that!! :D
iamvff
firebabs222
04-24-2005, 07:23 AM
And just think........He's going to be trying out here! YEAHHHHHH
iamvff
04-24-2005, 07:27 AM
And just think........He's going to be trying out here! YEAHHHHHH
You have fun with that!!! :D
iamvff
dentedhead
04-24-2005, 07:41 AM
THEY TOUR???.......COOL. I'd trade a pair of Jetsgo tickets to see that!! :D
iamvff
Hell yeah, I got some great shots (nudgenudewinkwink) at the Georgina Classic stop on the tour.The prize money was like $299 in Jetsgo certificates.I love the rubbing sounds of polyester.
Dentedhead
LFD_FF17
04-24-2005, 08:36 AM
I just stand there and watch like the other 100 people there were doing, I don't take any pictures. And just because I try out there doesn't mean I will be hired here.
In all fairness to firefighterkid If i wasnt on call Saturday night i definetly would have checked this fire out. i live half an hour away from edmonton and the smoke really looked close. It seems that with most major fires there is going to be a big crowd watching as it is human nature to want to get close to these events.
iamvff
04-24-2005, 04:49 PM
In all fairness to firefighterkid If i wasnt on call Saturday night i definetly would have checked this fire out. i live half an hour away from edmonton and the smoke really looked close. It seems that with most major fires there is going to be a big crowd watching as it is human nature to want to get close to these events.
Yeah I know...I just couldn't resist!! :D
iamvff
dentedhead
04-24-2005, 04:54 PM
When im off its ususally the wife who points out the large plume of smoke in the distance.I just go back to my ladies bowling highlights DVD and wait for the all hands call.
Dentedhead
dentedhead
04-24-2005, 06:51 PM
I just stand there and watch like the other 100 people there were doing, I don't take any pictures. And just because I try out there doesn't mean I will be hired here.
FFkid I dont know your age.But if you keep that enthusiasm and make sure you do whats required for their recruitments Im sure that you will make it on.Lots of guys here are on depts in their hometowns now through sheer perserverence and a real desire to only get on "their"dept.Just remember rejection isnt fatal and if at first you dont succeed try, try again!
The teasing just goes with the territory.
iamvff
04-24-2005, 07:50 PM
The teasing just goes with the territory.
:confused: ;)
iamvff
Red_Devil
04-25-2005, 01:55 PM
i think hes in his late teens or early 20's, i know when i was that age I would rather be chasing around women at that age!
LFD_FF17
06-01-2005, 06:42 AM
For me right now being a firefighter is priority number one. after that happens women will be priority number one for now its 2
iamvff
06-01-2005, 09:33 AM
For me right now being a firefighter is priority number one. after that happens women will be priority number one for now its 2
You'll never get a woman if you keep calling them #2!
iamvff
LFD_FF17
06-01-2005, 10:43 AM
They are only number 2 untill i am a firefighter
bestcoast
06-01-2005, 11:11 AM
They are only number 2 untill i am a firefighter
What if it takes you 10 years to get on??? still number 2!!..LOL.....BC....
smoke286
06-01-2005, 11:30 AM
We have had two "general callouts" that I can remember. i.e. where they transmit a general call in on TV and radio. I recall seeing video of the Harvey Road fire, men were walking in in their street clothes being told to don their bunker gear and walk to the fire, lol(only around the corner) and report to the I.C.
Firefighter1680
06-01-2005, 12:43 PM
BestCoast...Somebody tell him that when he is a ff he can still keep them #2...they will want him more!!! I know, I know that was bad...dont tell my wife I said that... :)
dentedhead
06-02-2005, 04:51 AM
BestCoast...Somebody tell him that when he is a ff he can still keep them #2...they will want him more!!! I know, I know that was bad...dont tell my wife I said that... :)
Treat em mean keep em keen thats what I say....whats that hun? okey dokey ill get the dishes in a sec...okay now.Gotta goLOL!
Dentedhead
LFD_FF17
06-02-2005, 06:45 AM
What if it takes you 10 years to get on??? still number 2!!..LOL.....BC....
If it takes me that long my priorities will probably change, I'm just saying right now I am focused on becoming a firefighter, and I don't want a girl interfearing with that. I mean the whole going to fire etc and everything, I just wanna be devoted 110% to becoming a firefighter.
smoke286
06-02-2005, 12:26 PM
Its all in the luck of the draw, Firefighting is a career you have to set your mind to attaining, sometimes you are lucky and can get in very quickly, often it takes money and time, sometimes a long time. I know people who have worked for 10 years before being successful
dentedhead
06-02-2005, 06:21 PM
Its all in the luck of the draw, Firefighting is a career you have to set your mind to attaining, sometimes you are lucky and can get in very quickly, often it takes money and time, sometimes a long time. I know people who have worked for 10 years before being successful
Or in my case 25 years,I can lift a tun I just cant spell it!The desire never waned.
Dentedhead
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