By Diane Rothschild

Many thanks to Ron Jeffers of the New Jersey Metro Fire Photographers for the humorous photos and captions below.

“I thought it was 200 feet?”

“The horns! Oh, the horns!”

“Sussex [NJ] firefighters don’t take any buff!”

“May I recommend a new barber?”

Diane Rothschildis a 28-year veteran of PennWell Corp.; the executive editor of Fire Engineering, Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment, and Fire Rescue; and the conference director of FDIC. She has a B.A. in English communications. She has been a yenta (look it up) for most of her life. If you have a story for the Yenta, e-maildianer@pennwell.com.