Fire Poetry
Other Poems
  • Callwaiting
  • The Creation of the Firefighter
  • You know you're a firefighter if...
  • The Fireman's Prayer
  • I Wish You Could...
  • The last alarm
  • Unsung Heros

    		• You know you're a fire fighter if:
    • You can tell what type of fire it is by the smell of smoke 10 miles away.
    • You have ever had a heated debate over the color of firetrucks.
    • You have ever spent 10 min trying to force open a door only to have someone come along and open it by turning the handle.
    • You have ever taken 10 or more showers in 1 day.
    • You lay out your cloths from that day so if there is a call at night you can find them quickly.
    • You take great joy in smashing the windows of a car parked in a fire zone or in front of a hydrant.


      (see what I mean)

    • You have ever been airborne without an aircraft and water was your thrust.
    • You always wear red suspenders.
    • You have ever slept in a hosebed.
    • You carry a ton of specially modified tools in your pocket.
    • You ever cursed out someone for armor-alling the seats to make them look nice.
    • You've ever clung to the air horn chord for dear life because the driver is insane.
    • You have ever played jingle bells at Xmas time on the air horns to clear traffic.
    • You double your weight every time you go on a job in a building.
    • You have ever said, "she's hot tonight" and not been talking about a girl.
    • You have ever had "yoda ears"
    • You have ever called a person found after a fire a "crispy critter"
    • You have ever smoked and there wasn't a cigarette in sight.
    • You have ever stomped out a fire with your boots because you couldn't wait for water.
    • You have ever walked 3 miles into the woods in 100 degree heat in full turnout gear and a 5 gal or more water can strapped on your back just to put out a fire.
    • your kids are afraid to get into water fights with you.
    • "Climbing the corporate ladder" has nothing to do with career advancement.
    • Your work gear makes you sound like Darth Vader.
    • You roll around in anything that just burned to make your new gear look old.
    • You take pride in the fact that you haven't washed your gear in years.
    • You carry enough in your pockets to give the Swiss army knives competition.
    • You carry enough in your car to extinguish a minor blaze.
    • You have ever juggled hot coals with your gloves.
    • Your own vehicle has more lights than a Christmas tree.
    • All the shirts you own say you are a firefighter.
    • You find yourself living at the fire department 365 days a year!
    • When you go to rent a movie, and they insist on getting Backdraft EVERY TIME! (Submitted by a Wife)
    • You are caught on the back of a truck with your girlfriend or wife in the middle of something and the page goes out for a call.
    • If you have more pagers than than money in your wallet.
    • If the smell of a fire excites you more than sex does.
    • If a great stop has nothing do with a moving vehicle.
    • If assembling a mile and a half of hose to catch fire in running up hill is a good day.
    • The microwave goes off and you run out of the house thinking it was your pager.
    • You ever tried to patent a 911 blocker with the phone company
    • If you can hear that the siren will go off even before your dog notices it.
    • If you have ever woken up thinking your pager went off and as you look at it, it goes off.
    • If you have ever tested your gloves by putting a fuzzie out on your hand.
    • If you have ever been awakened with a CO2 extinguisher.
    • If you have ever dried your gloves on the trucks exhaust.
    • You really think that rusty old hydrant looks good in the garden.
    • All your friends give you t-shirts from their departments for your birthday, Christmas, anniversary, etc.
    • If your wife voluntarily chooses the lumpy side of the bed to avoid being trampled in route to a call!
    • Your wife/girlfriend has learned to duck and cover when she hears the pager go off for fear of being run down.
    • If you had to extricate someone by cutting the car doors off on one side and realized there was nothing wrong with the doors on the other side.
    • If you have more toy fire trucks than your kids do.
    • When you have ever made a jacuzzi out of a 2100 gallon dump tank and a rescue boat motor (15 horse Merc). It was hot!.............Watch yer toes!
    • When you take all of your improtant stuff (like wallets and pagers) out of your pockets before going to a training involving a portable tank.

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